indignities

And the privilege, ancient though it be, to beat her with a stick, to pull her hair, choke her, spit in her face or kick her about the floor, or to inflict upon her like indignities, is not now acknowledged by our law ....

'Trivial Complaints:' The Role of Privacy in Domestic Violence Law and Activism in the U.S. 2008

Usually the sexual union has already occurred, and oftentimes cohabitation, with its disappointments and indignities, is in full swing.

The Wedding Merchants 2001

Usually the sexual union has already occurred, and oftentimes cohabitation, with its disappointments and indignities, is in full swing.

The Wedding Merchants 2001

The best of saints have sometimes received the worst of injuries and indignities from a spiteful, scornful, wicked world, and must not think it strange; our Master himself was thus abused.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721

She called the indignities forced upon blacks in Durham in the 1950s "extremely hurtful," citing the segregated seating at the Carolina Theatre and the lack of seating at local eateries for black people.

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They listened, with eager attention, to the complaints of their captive children, who had suffered the most cruel indignities from the lustful or angry passions of their masters, and the same cruelties, the same indignities, were severely retaliated on the sons and daughters of the

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Not the least of his indignities was his flamboyant and often inebriated wife, Martha, who dominated the capital's gossip columns -- and political columns -- more than any political spouse of his time.

Reconsidering John Mitchell 2008

Just recalling the indignities he had met as a black man seemed to expose some raw nerve in this highly educated, dignified official.

The Autobiography of Malcolm X X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1964

The Rev. J. Rayfield Vines Jr., pastor of the predominantly African-American congregation, paused briefly as he recalled the indignities he endured but did not bow to growing up Suffolk, in southeastern Virginia.

ModerateVoters.org 2008

The Rev. J. Rayfield Vines Jr., pastor of the predominantly African-American congregation, paused briefly as he recalled the indignities he endured but did not bow to growing up Suffolk, in southeastern Virginia.

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