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Lo! yonder I see a servant bearing a full pitcher of water on her shaven head; let us sit down and make inquiry of this bond-maid, if haply we may glean some tidings of the matter which brought us hither, Pylades.

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Lo! yonder I see a servant bearing a full pitcher of water on her shaven head; let us sit down and make inquiry of this bond-maid, if haply we may glean some tidings of the matter which brought us hither, Pylades.

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One day he made his way to a king, Tuathlus by name, to intercede for the liberation of a certain bond-maid.

The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints Anonymous

All the empty old rooms were as orderly as when there had been many servants to attend them, but this was accomplished at a cost of incessant labor and watchfulness, which the mistress really enjoyed since it filled her days with "things to do," but which was not so well liked by her bond-maid.

The Brass Bound Box Evelyn Raymond 1876

So the daisies had it, truly; and to the young bond-maid the longed-for happiness had been given.

The Brass Bound Box Evelyn Raymond 1876

The bond-maid had rarely "done" her dishes so swiftly or so well, and, having set them in their places, she put out the kitchen candle, fetched her knitting, and sat down on her own stool beside the fireplace.

The Brass Bound Box Evelyn Raymond 1876

-- The Hebrew and Greek words translated servant, bond-man, bond-maid, &c., in this and the succeeding lessons are always used in those languages when slave is meant.

Our Own Third Reader: for the Use of Schools and Families 1862

Abraham -- that the one, Ishmael, was by a bond-maid, and the other,

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

The newspapers carried advertisements like the following from the _Staatsbote_ of Philadelphia: "The time of service of a bond-maid is for sale.

American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod 1894