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"Well then, the thrall's death must be caused by that of his master."
Conan The Warlord Carpenter, Leonard 1988
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"Well then, the thrall's death must be caused by that of his master."
Conan The Warlord Carpenter, Leonard 1988
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I thought of him as a child, crying when our father had his young dog killed for sheep-chasing; or staring open-mouthed at a thrall's wife we had discovered bathing in a stream, then grabbing my hand and running away; or exercising with his javelin, creasing his brow to recall his trainer's instructions.
The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978
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"I think it better to lose my life in thy house than to change my master; but this I will beg of thee, if I am slain, that a thrall's price shall not be paid for me."
The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown
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Grettir saw that he could not put up any resistance, and with a sudden movement he dashed into the thrall's arms and set both his feet against a stone which was fastened in the ground at the door.
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Havelok, however, said nothing to explain the mystery, and Goldborough that night lay awake bewailing her fate as a thrall's bride, even though he was the fairest man in England.
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I have seen the marble heads of heathen gods broken with the hammer to make mortar of, and great cups of onyx and alabaster used as water troughs for a thrall's mongrels .. ..
The Path of the King John Buchan 1907
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"Some thrall's sweetheart doubtless, come to babble her complaints."
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The yellow face was close to the thrall's unconscious shoulder; one evil claw-like hand was almost at his cheek.
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Occasionally Rolf quietly saluted some young guardsman; and, to the thrall's surprise, the warrior answered not only with friendliness but even with respect.
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