dame

• I asked no questions, but as the dame was buxom, and the girls were fresh, I kissed in return, and followed [Pg 21] unreluctantly as they half dragged, half carried me into their domicil. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Captain Canot, or Twenty Years of an African Slaver, by Brantz Mayer and Theodore Canot.
• They were turned now upon Amphillis Your Grace's new chamber-dame," said Mistress Perrote, "in the room of Clarice. —  The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century
• Of one thing I am very sure, neither father nor mother could have been aboard, for they would not have left her I'll tell thee more about that anon," observed Adam, recollecting the poor coloured woman whose wretched fate he had discovered; "I think thou art right, mother The child had ceased sobbing while the dame was speaking, and now lay quietly in her arms enjoying the warmth of the fire She will soon be asleep and forget her cares," observed the dame, watching the child's eyelids, which were gradually closing. —  Won from the Waves
• "It's all a mistake to suppose that I intended to be otherwise than polite and respectful The dame, as she drew May nearer to her, looked up at her husband, and was going to speak. —  Won from the Waves
• The next opportunity she had, Maude inquired from Bertram, "What like dame were my Lady of Buckingham's greathood Bertram shrugged his shoulders, as if the question took him out of his depth Marry, she is a woman!" —  The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time

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