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Ferdinand Lopez maintained his anger against his wife for more than a week, after the scene at Richmond, feeding it with reflections on what he called her disobedience.
The Prime Minister 1876
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He had had no thought but all was well; those fine chattels were his, and would fetch him in a southern market, at a moderate estimate, two thousand dollars; they would furnish him pocket change for some time, and also his loving wife could have a chance to wreak her vengeance on my father for what she called disobedience.
Life of James Mars : a slave born and sold in Connecticut : written by himself, 1868
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He had had no thought but all was well; those fine chattels were his, and would fetch him in a southern market, at a moderate estimate, two thousand dollars; they would furnish him pocket change for some time, and also his loving wife could have a chance to wreak her vengeance on my father for what she called disobedience.
Life of James Mars, A Slave Born and Sold in Connecticut. Written by Himself. 1864
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Ferdinand Lopez maintained his anger against his wife for more than a week after the scene at Richmond, feeding it with reflections on what he called her disobedience.
The Prime Minister Anthony Trollope 1848
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Women have a powerful influence on men, and if they do not show proper caution when a man rules outside of where God has already laid a plan, they are aiding and abetting him in disobedience.
Living the Dream 2007
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His nature was such, that, accustomed to command, he trembled at the idea of disobedience.
The Man in the Iron Mask Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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His nature was such, that, accustomed to command, he trembled at the idea of disobedience.
The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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God, having shown the people that the temple would not protect them while they polluted it with their wickedness, here shows them that their sacrifices would not atone for them, nor be accepted, while they went on in disobedience.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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The Vatican says the policy of celibacy itself was never up for discussion today, but, rather, it wanted to consider the implications of "disobedience."
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We become angry to get rid of anything that we think might threaten our solid identities as parents, such as disobedience.
The Twelve Links of Dependent Arising ��� Day Two: The First Seven Links 2000
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