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expostulation
1. 14 And with every member disjointed, he exclaimed in expostulation, 15 O most accursed
2. 14 And with every member disjointed he exclaimed in expostulation 15 O most accursed tyrant and enemy of Heavenly justice and cruel-hearted I am no murderer nor sacrilegious man whom you so ill-use; but a defender of the Divine law
3. A frantic chorus of expostulation rose, which Conan silenced with a lion-like roar
4. In his expostulation he dropped his cleaner hand (perhaps accidentally, perhaps not) upon the joker's heart
5. rather by raillery than serious expostulation, to give a different turn to his
6. which I neither declined nor resented: but on my mild expostulation with
7. groan, or angry expostulation; but in my heart I resolved nothing so
8. On which, with the utmost marks of a fear of again offending, he ventured to kiss my lips, which I neither declined nor resented: but on my mild expostulation with him upon the barbarity of his treatment, he explained the mystery of my ruin, if not entirely to the clearance, at least much to the alleviation of his guilt, in the eyes of a judge so partial in his favour as I was grown
9. And yet I did not utter one groan, or angry expostulation; but in my heart I resolved nothing so seriously, as never to expose myself again to the like severities
10. The circle closed up again with a running murmur of expostulation; it was a minute before I could see anything at all
11. And then her cooing voice, plaintive in expostulation, disturbed the darkness, the velvet touch of her lips passed over his brow, and he could distinguish in the air the warmth of her breath