| 单词 | barter away |
| 例句 | It seemed inconceivable that such a personal and historic document could be bartered away so carelessly. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, with a mountain of surprises piled up in front of him like poker chips, Brad began to barter away the ones he didn't like. The parent trap: art after children 2010-08-01T20:30:00Z Democracy to enslaved Black Americans thus initially presented as little more than a negotiation on how their rights and humanity could be bartered away. How the Black Vote Became a Monolith 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z “It is a shame and an outrage frankly that Northern Ireland is treated like some disposable inconvenience to be bartered away,” Blair said. Parliament votes to withhold approval of Brexit deal, postponing Boris Johnson’s moment of reckoning 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z Look what happened to Muammar Gaddafi when he gave bartered away his nuclear capability. North Korea’s release of US prisoners doesn’t mean peace | Polly Toynbee 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z “It was surreal,” Richards writes, “essentially being asked to barter away women’s rights for more money.” Planned Parenthood head Cecile Richards’ new book outlines a life in activism 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z It’s unfortunate that Congress would barter away pristine natural resources in this manner. Fight to save Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling is not over 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z “Under Secretary Kennedy’s attempt to barter away American national security interests for plainly political purposes is appalling and may rise to the level of a federal crime,” Mr. Goodlatte wrote in the letter. Ex-F.B.I. Official Acknowledges Role in New Clinton Email Controversy 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z “Undersecretary Kennedy’s attempt to barter away American national security interests for plainly political purposes is appalling and may rise to the level of a federal crime,” Goodlatte wrote in the letter. Ex-FBI official says he, not State Dept., suggested quid pro quo over Clinton email 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z But within the short span of her life, she was bartered away. Families Blame Each Other After Afghan Child Bride Burns to Death 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z In the 1970s, India and Sri Lanka agreed on a maritime boundary in which India ceded to Sri Lanka an island called Katchatheevu and bartered away the surrounding fishing rights. Vellapallam Journal: Sri Lanka and India Battle Over Fishing Grounds 2012-09-05T01:17:32Z The first years of the reign were largely spent in restoring the public peace and recovering for the crown the lands and prerogatives which Stephen had bartered away. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z She will be sold, poor thing—bartered away by those great dealers in royal hearts, whose grand calculations will not be much consolation to her, if she happens to have a taste of her own. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z The feudal lord could sell his vassals as he did his animals, and they were often bartered away with fields and houses. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z Tsai says that while she wants good relations with China, closer economic links could lead to Taiwan bartering away its autonomy. China May Be Allied With U.S. in Preferring Ma Win in Taiwan 2012-01-12T08:14:11Z Tsai, who has avoided talk of independence during her campaign, says closer economic links with China could result in Taiwan bartering away its autonomy. Ma Says Better Mainland Ties Best Way to Ease Taiwan Dependence 2011-12-27T22:23:23Z For the right, this is a victory, because no tax increases were bartered away. With Supercommittee Failure, 2012 Election Offers False Hope 2011-11-21T22:05:39Z And thus was this marriage determined on, this bargain concluded, in which was bartered away a young girl's future happiness, to secure for her some insignificant worldly advantages. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z The idea that he was actually bartering away the land was never even in his mind, for it was held by a communal tenure for the whole tribe, and it was not his to barter. The Crime of the Congo 2011-10-13T02:00:47.603Z Even the colonial and commercial interests of Great Britain herself were bartered away for snuff boxes and the smiles of Continental despots! Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z Jay, that had stood "like a stone wall" at Madrid and Paris, was now willing to barter away the privileges of the nation for a mere sectional gain. Stories of Old Kentucky 2011-09-23T02:00:21.413Z And what was your pressing need that made you ready and willing to barter away the honour of a man like that,”—she pointed to the photograph on the table—“for—diamonds?” Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z Men battled for their idol everywhere, women bartered away their souls to crown self with a diadem of gold. The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z A soul that is free will not barter away its convictions and its aims, even though the happiness of a lifetime is at stake. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z They were alone—and he who had just bartered away his splendid birthright for the love of this girl beside him, felt that he had his reward. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Faustus had bartered away his soul for a definite period of pleasure and power. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z You have only a brother opposed to you, who seems to have been willing to barter away a sister's birthright. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z By compact no, lady! none save but with my own nature; even as all who are mortal do barter away their souls when they obey the devil within. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z Such was the origin of the pacta conventa, and such the first venal bargain, by which the energies of Poland were bartered away, and aristocratic tyranny made the basis of the constitution. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z On the 9th of May, 1832, on the banks of the Oclawaha, the chiefs of the Seminole nation in full council assembled bartered away the land of their fathers! Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z "She will be sold," he said, "bartered away, by those great dealers in royal hearts." In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z Now that he saw her in the arms of another, he felt how pitiable had been his choice, felt that he had bartered away the happiness of his life. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z In some, Hudson Bay rum met the rum of the free-traders, and in others no rum was bartered away. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z I hope the men, now the Wages Boards are abolished, will not barter away an improvement in their working conditions. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z For the moment she felt that she would gladly have bartered away twenty years of her life to know exactly whence had come that quaint and drawling voice. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z Could I, I would not now be fully told, how the guitar came to be at Saddle Meadows, and came to be bartered away by the servants of Saddle Meadows. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z That prize belonged to another, and, whatever he might achieve in the future, his happiness had been bartered away,--lost forever. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z In a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed the goal of reshuffling the board, but urged him not to barter away any U.S. authority. Lawmakers urge Geithner to retain U.S. voting rights at IMF 2010-10-01T00:09:00Z Rome bartered away religion, and woman domestic piety. Priests, Women, and Families “Your stubborn rejection is explicable only by the supposition that you have deceived me,—that you have already bartered away the heart I long to call my own.” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part The services of the editor, however, were not to be bought, he refused to barter away his independence, and retired—taking with him the respect of both friends and enemies.” Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years "My child is the Lady Anna, and I do not dare to barter away her rights." Lady Anna Certainly, more interest must be taken in selecting the right kind of men to rule over them or the people will barter away their liberties by indifference. History of Human Society In order to secure whiskey and brandy the horse tribes of the prairies had slaughtered thousands, and bartered away their robes and hides. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 And for the prize he desired, he bartered away much that makes the completer man: for he extinguished many generous instincts and noble possibilities, and thought himself the gainer by their loss. Name and Fame A Novel It is not only the wealth of today but that of future generations which is being bartered away so cheaply. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V But he who has bartered away his mats or his fishing-gear, must make other mats or fishing-gear for himself; and in so doing must, in some degree, further develop his aptitude. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I Of all the generation of rogues, he was least fitted to barter away his underpinning. Dwellers in the Hills You gave them to me, they belong to me; and those years you bartered away shall now be added to the days I have to live.' Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy And I have no intention of bartering away my political freedom to my Church, which, in my opinion, should keep clear of politics. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Your country, which has defied conquest for a thousand years, was to be bartered away that one man might live in luxury on his miserable blood-money. The Traitors She has bartered away for femaleness the possibility of ever receiving a double dose of this factor. Mendelism Third Edition Shall we barter away any portion of this our glorious birthright for any poor boon of man's devising? Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject No woman's vote ever sanctioned the rum-seller's bar, at which her husband has bartered away his manhood, and made himself more vile than the brutes that perish. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I If the New England people were thus ready to barter away the vital interests of a remote part of the country, what might they not do? The Critical Period of American History Metzger, their President, had been caught red-handed in a flagrant attempt to barter away the freedom of their country. The Traitors Why is Dr. Chancellor able to describe a situation existing “generally and characteristically,” in which the welfare of children is bartered away for high promotion averages? The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) However, it cannot have been mere temporary fear which induced Melanchthon to barter away eternal truth for temporal peace. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church She had heard herself bartered away, as a parcel of goods, and her very life weighed in the balance as a most objectionable thing. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter At any rate, it would be inevitable; since no one is wild enough to believe that Porto Rico can be turned back to Spain, or bartered away, or abandoned by the generation that took it. Problems of Expansion As Considered In Papers and Addresses I have blushed with shame to read of those, who, calling themselves her sons, would have bartered away her liberty for gold.... The Traitors A treaty which has bartered away their rights can not, will not, be submitted to. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. The father had recovered the soul which the musician had bartered away! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 There never was a love born—except maternal love—that will sustain itself after the knowledge dawns upon it that it is being bartered away and imposed upon. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies Moreover, to barter away an unoffending little State was to repeat the international crimes of the partitions of Poland and Venetia. William Pitt and the Great War She would oppose an encroachment on that with her nails and her teeth; and this last fringe of freedom was what nuns had sacrificed and all servants and other people had bartered away. Mary, Mary For them he had bartered away a catapult, and now his heart was heavy over the exchange. An Australian Lassie The court room is a soul's market where many barter away their ideals in the hope of winning wealth or fame. The Price of a Soul A number of things which form women's tools she can barter away on her own responsibility, or in any other way employ as she pleases. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II All this might have been true of us, and is not; for, worse than Esau, we have bartered away an incomparably more magnificent heritage. Gloria Crucis addresses delivered in Lichfield Cathedral Holy Week and Good Friday, 1907 It is equally iniquitous for a sovereign to barter away the birthright of his subjects as for any foreign power to require it, but how much more so when that power is an ally! Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta Here the natives rushed into the water, brandishing their weapons; but were quickly pacified, and bartered away seventeen plates of gold, worth one hundred and fifty ducats, for a few toys. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold He accused the Prime-minister of meanly stooping to the dictates of a haughty, insolent Court, and of bartering away the lives and liberties of Englishmen for "a sneaking, temporary, disgraceful expedient." A History of the Four Georges, Volume II The delegates from Northern States were ready to barter away the Southwest; but the Southern delegates succeeded in postponing action until the impotent Confederation gave way to a more perfect union. Union and Democracy The jurymen, however, were not prepared to barter away their liberties in this manner, and the attempt wholly failed. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion Should it not make our hearts sink with sorrow, when we see the worthless wealth, the empty titles, for which men barter away their souls?” Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman They willingly supplied the ships with such provisions as they possessed, but would receive nothing but brass in return, and all brass articles to be found on board were bartered away. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold And there is also the specie which he has captured, and which of course he has had no need to barter away.” The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba When any other animal barters away his legs he buys either fins or wings with them; this is a generally-understood law, invariably respected. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Yes, I became a Christian, or rather a godless hypocrite, who had bartered away the sympathy of his co-religionists as well as his self-respect. Rabbi and Priest A Story Yet, strange to say, the peoples of Germany willingly consented, under the influence of the intoxication of a successful war, to have their independence bartered away to Prussia by their rulers. German Culture Past and Present With a reckless underestimate of the beaver-skin, their unit of currency, Indians hung over counters bartering away the season's hunt. Lords of the North Do you think I am a slave or a human chattel to be bartered away like that? The Romance of Golden Star ... She marks the difference; she does not pause to count the cost, but barters away her self-respect, to gain the respect, or deference, of strangers. Plain Facts for Old and Young There, however, they found the cargo of corn so nearly sold out, or bartered away, that they were able to get but three bushels to bring home. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know Some of the most opulent and powerful spirits ever seen on earth have scarcely done more than indicate what kind of birthrights they bartered away for a mess of pottage. The Joyful Heart Beware lest thou barter away this sublime station.... The Promised Day Is Come Beware lest thou barter away this sublime station.” God Passes By Beware lest ye barter away the River that is life indeed for that which the souls of the pure-hearted detest. The Advent of Divine Justice Yazíd, the son of Mu’áviyih, out of corrupt desire, bartered away the head of the true Joseph to the fiendish people for a trifling price and a petty sum from his property. Selections From the Writings of the Báb What you held dearest in the world you were ready to barter away for gain. John Gabriel Borkman Characterization, dramatic effect, variety of emotional coloring, are all bartered away for sensuous beauty of tone; and hence the distinctive name for Italian singing—bel canto, or beautiful song—is very aptly chosen. Chopin and Other Musical Essays They complained that they were treated by the nobility like herds of cattle, which they might sell or barter away at pleasure. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Soon she will go to her reward, and you will be without the only friend of man whose love seems to be inalienable—whose esteem he cannot barter away, either in greed or in vice. The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future Have ye bartered away My certitude in exchange for your idle fancies and My Way for your selfish desires? Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas Beware lest thou barter away this sublime station. The Summons of the Lord of Hosts Beware lest thou barter away this sublime station... The Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh Dust fill your mouths, and ashes blind your eyes, for having bartered away the Divine Joseph for the most paltry of prices. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh May was silent, and wondered at it all, and felt, rather than reasoned that somehow Helen was bartering away her eternal interests for gain, and that these scenes were integral parts of the ruinous scheme. May Brooke The Supreme Court says: "No legislature has the right to barter away public health, public peace or the public morals; the people themselves cannot do so, much less their servants." Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures Yet the Scottish love of independence was not to be bartered away for better government. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Bahá’u’lláh, in one of His Tablets, describes Himself as the "Divine Joseph" Who has been "bartered away" by the heedless "for the most paltry of prices". The Kitáb-i-Aqdas But he who has bartered away his mats or his fishing gear, must make other mats or fishing gear for himself; and in so doing must, in some degree, further develop his aptitude. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library She felt as though she were a slave who had been bartered away to a new owner. The Moon out of Reach In face of this declaration of the Supreme Court, legislators do barter away public health, public peace and public morals to the organized liquor traffic. Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures The first impression, if the scheme were accepted, would be that the capitalists had secured something for themselves by bartering away the rights of the public; so there would have been a division in Johannesburg. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs He had bartered away the best years of his life to the gold god, and he was satiated with the success of this transaction. The Odds And Other Stories She would never give him another opportunity to accuse her of having bartered away her self-respect. Bought and Paid For From the Play of George Broadhurst You have not yet bartered away your magical influence for a mess of pottage. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Was the whole great issue for which so many of us had perished and fought and endured all manner of hardships, being bartered away in the absence of our beloved Commander? In the Days of Poor Richard I believe my sister has bartered away her soul this evening, and promised to marry that old money-bag there who keeps the tavern. The Pilot and his Wife Nothing can ever take the place of my own sweet baby I so rashly bartered away. Jess of the Rebel Trail They sell food, lances, native knives and all kinds of curiosities to those who desire them and are at perfect liberty to barter away all their property if they wish to do so. A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State For a heavenly possession in the uncertain future, the Indian acknowledged, by the cross raised in commemoration, that he had bartered away his earthly kingdom. Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 Wealth and social position become the chief ends of men's efforts, and, to buy these, unselfishness and truth and self-respect are bartered away. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 His sensitive feelings, his affectionate heart, were bartered away in the most reckless manner. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 When we talk of force, we use it, if we are driven to use it, to beat back those who will dare to barter away those elementary rights of citizenship which we have inherited.... John Redmond's Last Years She would have bartered away years of her life at this instant for one glimpse of what was going on in that man's heart. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance At least he had not bartered away his uncle's treasure. The Mating of Lydia Napoleon could not have bartered away Venice if it had not belonged to him. The Liberation of Italy Jay was accused of bartering away the rights of America, and indignation meetings were held, because Jay had not insisted on apologies, and set sums of indemnity on this, that and the other. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen Yes, sacrifice; for was it not a sacrifice to barter away youth, pride, nay, life itself! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 28, 1891 So much confidence was established on both sides, that the savages bartered away every thing they possessed, which was indeed of small value, and left themselves entirely naked. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time My employer congratulated me on my investment, and assured me that if the people ever overthrew the Reconstruction usurpers the public domain would no longer be bartered away for chips and whetstones. Reed Anthony, Cowman The court-room is a soul's market where many barter away their ideals in the hope of winning wealth or fame. In His Image These last barter away to their northern neighbours spears, throwing-sticks, and mother-of-pearl shells for bows, arrows, bamboo pipes, and knives, and small shell ornaments called dibi-dibi. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 Lastly, they love each other so well that they never weary of their solitude, nor care to barter away their blue Italian skies and solemn pine-woods for the glittering unrest of society. In the Days of My Youth The Maoris loved the higgling of the market, and would enjoy nothing better than to spend half a day over bartering away a single pig. The Long White Cloud I was dazzled by the handful of silver they offered me; for its sake I bartered away my golden freedom. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes To give his subjects a good example, he bartered away his gold plate, and bade them exchange theirs with our men, so that they got nineteen in all of pure gold. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time But they are too often bartered away for whiskey, that vile poison, which has sunk even Wapakee into the dust. A Visit to the United States in 1841 They thought of the past with insupportable repentance, each man contented to give his right hand to have again the choice of that peace and liberty, which he had unthinkingly bartered away. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are To barter away that precious jewel, self-esteem, and cringe to any mortal creature—for eighteen shillings a week!' Martin Chuzzlewit "It is a clear truth," he said, "that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own." The Black Experience in America I believe such men would, if they had the power, and were it to their temporal interest, sell their country's independence, and barter away every man's birthright for a mess of pottage. Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or, the escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery But I am not going to barter away my freedom for anything or anyone. Delia Blanchflower Her father had bartered away that most precious birthright. The Lovels of Arden They did not barter away the harmony between people and people, nor their own mistrust of the tyrant and the foreigner, nor any of these high sentiments. The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 He might have turned his gift into laced coats and châteaux as easily as Voltaire, had he not held it too sacred to be bartered away in any such losing exchange. Among My Books First Series The young men who had been stirred by their intense love for the princess had bartered away their lives for her hand. Filipino Popular Tales You shall read how the King is bartering away law and justice by letting murderers escape their punishment if they seek refuge at the salt-works. Master Olof : a Drama in Five Acts I have bartered away life, faith, and happiness for Dead Sea fruit; I, who once was young, and not altogether as I now am, a soulless creature of clay! The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction It can not be "necessary" or "proper" for Congress to barter away or divest themselves of any of the powers vested in them by the Constitution to be exercised for the public good. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 2, part 3: Andrew Jackson, 1st term I single out Madame de Pompadour from the crowd of erring and infirm females who bartered away their souls for the temporary honors of Versailles. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers They bartered away to us their bows, arrows, and quivers, for pins and buttons; and if they had had any thing else better they would have done the same with it. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 It seemed to him that they were like savages bartering away gold and pearls, whose value they could not understand; much less could they realize his possession of a nature of exquisite sensibility to beauty. Barriers Burned Away All the same, the position of superintendent must not be bartered away for the transitory pleasures of a foot-bridge. Fran Is it not a most cruel and unnatural thing that a father should sell his own children into slavery?—that a father of the land should barter away its freedom? Jess No, sir knight, neither Comyn nor Baliol, nor any other of the Anglo-Norman nobles who hold estate in Scotland, have a right to speak for her, or to barter away her freedom. In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce In Germany, social democracy grew so strong that it became impossible for it to resist the temptation to barter away some of its intransigeance in return for government recognition of its claims. Political Ideals Out upon our folly when we barter away the truth of God for a flimsy, tissue-paper bond of so-called "fellowship"! The Heart-Cry of Jesus I should have mentioned before that, previous to the vessel's departure, the men had bartered away all the clothing they could possibly spare; but now, it was resolved to be more provident. Omoo The cups were cracked, without handles, and of coarse pottery—the thrifty housewife having taken care to select the worst of her wares to barter away. Prince Eugene and His Times You have no mother to thrust you aside, while she barters away your rights for a mess of pottage! Joseph II. and His Court So they bartered away their muskets and powder, their tools, and everything of value of which they were possessed. This Country of Ours It is so," answered the Zulu, looking down shamefacedly; "to save this girl from the king, and because the love of her eats out my heart, I have bartered away my honour. Black Heart and White Heart At the word, up rose the bearded man in the Oriental robes,—the beautiful, the dark magician, who had bartered away his soul! The Blithedale Romance All the tools and implements which might have been used to rebuild the place had been bartered away to the Indians. This Country of Ours They would have bartered away their tools and firearms to the savages for a few handfuls of meal rather than work so hard. This Country of Ours |
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