10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTUBERNAL»
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The Nutmeg of Consolation (Vol. Book 14) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
'Another misery of human life,' remarked Stephen to the morning darkness, 'is
having a contubernal that snores like ten.' 'I was not snoring,' said Jack. 'I was
wide awake. What is a contubernal?' 'You are a contubernal.' 'And you are
another.
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On the Threshold of Freedom: Masters and Slaves in Civil War ...
68 Baptist reform leader N. M. Crawford ridiculed the humanitarian pretense of
the state's new legal code, which provided that the "contubernal relation among
slaves shall be recognized in public sales whenever possible."69 After
discovering ...
3
Patrick White's The Eye of the Storm, Voss, and Other Novels
8. coplanar poverty.. 11. necessitous river bank . . 9. riparious rivers, streams.. 9.
rheophile sees (deep) . . 8. bathybic shores . . 8. littoral solitude, seclusion . . 10.
eremitical 11. eremiticism tents . . 7. scenrte together. .11. contubernal living {pert
...
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The imperial dictionary of the English language: a complete ...
Contubernal t (kon-tu'ber-nal), a. [L. con- tnbernalis, from contubernium,
companionship in a tent— cow, together, and taberna, a tent. See Tavern.]
Pertaining to fellowship in a mess or lodging; dwelling together. Contubernialt (
kon tu-ber'ni-al) ...
John Ogilvie, Charles Annandale, 1885
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An Inquiry Into the State of Slavery Amongst the Romans: ...
Slaves, from particular countries,' were supposed to be especially qualified, or
the reverse, for certain occupations-and natives of EpirusIF were the slaves,
amongst whom some thought, contubernal unions could most advisably be
promoted.
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The Dublin university magazine
For all this, I am not quite reconciled to the notion of my old friend and
contubernal, Tony Bolter, cutting mo yesterday morning in the Hall of the Four
Courts. "You have the advantage of me," quotha. Well, as Peter Van Homrigh
said, if I have, ...
University magazine, 1851
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ElderSpeak: A Thesaurus or Compendium of Words Related to ...
< L contubernium common war tent; military companionship]. alt. adjs.
contubernal (-too'bur-), contubernyal (Chauser) ({-too'bur-}). See togetherness.
contumacious (kon”too-may'shəss) adj. stubbornly rebellious against authority;
insubordinate; ...
James L. Reynolds, MD, 2014
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Antiquities of the Southern Indians particularity of the ...
part any tiling like solemnity to the contubernal relationship, thus established,
appears never to have been thought of. The tie — such as it was — originated in
the fancy of the male, was at first sanctioned by the female friends of the woman,
...
It will be perceived that a recognition of the contubernal relation existing between
these slaves and the necessity for their religious instruction are entirely ignored
by the provisions of this bill. The other public acts passed by the General ...
Charles Colcock Jones, 1883
HORTENSE CALISHER Miss Calisher's contubernal contribution expresses in a
sophisticated metaphor her readiness to share the paranoia of her fellow writers.
Oddly enough, even the best tent is absolutely RICHARD HOWARD JOHN ...
