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No ignorant people, I care not how they may boast of chastity,
The Negro and the White Man Wesley John 1897
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With stealthy steps, as of one who had violated the chamber of chastity,
A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hall Caine 1892
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For only at last, after many years -- after chastity,
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His son Egfrid succeeded him; who perishing in battle against the Picts, without leaving any children, because Adelthrid, his wife, refused to violate her vow of chastity,
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John David Hume 1743
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Nor did I content myself with these trials only; but when I was informed that one, whose name was Banus, lived in the desert, and used no other clothing than grew upon trees, and had no other food than what grew of its own accord, and bathed himself in cold water frequently, both by night and by day, in order to preserve his chastity,
The Life of Flavius Josephus Flavius Josephus 1709
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The will of Sir Gilbert Denys, Knight, of Syston, dated 1422, sets out: "If Margaret, my wife, will after my death vow a vow of chastity, I give her all my moveable goods, she paying my debts and providing for my children; and if she will not vow the vow of chastity,
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