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They, and their money, would have total control over the masses in servitude.
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_The period of servitude_ -- Louis crossed out "servitude." -- _mutual dependence shall end no more than seven years after acceptance of this contract.
The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996
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Now, as stated above (A. 1, ad 3) _latria_ belongs to religion, and _latria_ denotes a kind of servitude.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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He is in most cases quite unused to military control, and feels himself degraded to a kind of servitude.
The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship
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How could I expect to dispose of work subject to such a legal "servitude."
The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Various
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French troops overran the country; Napoleon's letters were each more menacing than the last; and at length Louis fled from his dominions (July 1, 1810), and delivered himself from a royalty which had proved the most intolerable kind of servitude.
A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 Charles Alan Fyffe 1868
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We had no idea how one-sided the situation really was, until Marvin Miller brought his experience to our association and delivered some startling facts about our "servitude."
The Hardball Times 2010
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In fact, in all other relationships this is called wisdom, and it is only in the relationship of marriage that it is called "servitude."
The Common Room 2009
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They called civilisation, _humanitas_, Tacitus said of the Britons, what was actually "servitude." [
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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