ravishments

Its essence, according to Robert Nisbet, is “the protection of the social order—family, neighborhood, local community, and region foremost—from the ravishments of the centralized political state.”

Conservative novels 2010

Its essence, according to Robert Nisbet, is “the protection of the social order—family, neighborhood, local community, and region foremost—from the ravishments of the centralized political state.”

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Migra agreed, saying the koprophagais were up to all kinds of mischief: thefts, ravishments, causing maladies by pollutions, and spying at bathers through peepholes.

Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

Migra agreed, saying the koprophagais were up to all kinds of mischief: thefts, ravishments, causing maladies by pollutions, and spying at bathers through peepholes.

Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

Migra agreed, saying the koprophagais were up to all kinds of mischief: thefts, ravishments, causing maladies by pollutions, and spying at bathers through peepholes.

Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

“Very likely they are enduring cruel ravishments, even now.”

The Berrybender Narratives Larry McMurtry 2004

Lord Berrybender, though hardly wishing his daughters to adorn the harems of Comanche or Kickapoo, nonetheless saw the matter mainly in practical terms: that is, the prospect of greatly reduced dowries should rumors of these ravishments follow them all back to England.

The Berrybender Narratives Larry McMurtry 2004

“It is she who secretly dreams of wild ravishments—I believe she is growing rather tired of our old papa.”

The Berrybender Narratives Larry McMurtry 2004

He had never expected, much less asked, for his fate, least of all the ravishments of Evoe.

In Other Worlds Attanasio, A. A. 1984

'What you see,' Susie said, 'are the ravishments of acne — my teen-age misery.

The Hotel New Hampshire Irving, John, 1942- 1981