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Meanings of dismissed the servant in English

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Usage of dismissed the servant in English
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They dismissed the servant, whose wages they could no longer afford.
Original Short Stories — Volume 06
2
He dismissed the servant, and watched by the bedside.
The Phantom Ship
3
Lorelei's lips were white as she dismissed the servant.
The Auction Block
4
For a moment he thought he had misheard as Bethune dismissed the servant and repeated, 'Lady Somervell.
Relentless Pursuit
5
Orsino dismissed the servant and waited again.
Don Orsino
6
She sent the child away, flogged and dismissed the servant, and renewed her grip on the duke.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
7
Upon that he dismissed the servant, and sat huddled there, a prey to mental tortures which were not to be repressed.
The Sea-Hawk
8
When he had dismissed the servant-maid and bolted the door, he began rubbing her abdomen, while leaning over the seat of the ovaries.
Bouvard and Pécuchet: A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life, par...
9
Ulrich dismissed the servant, took the mementos of his mother in his hand, and listened to the hammer- strokes, that echoed from within.
A Word, Only a Word — Volume 05
10
Having dismissed the servant with the lunch tray, she caused him to draw his chair sociably up to the fire, and said, without any circumlocution:
A Knight of the Nineteenth Century
11
With a beating heart and fearful, I knew not why, I dismissed the servant and locking my door, sat down to read my father's letter.
Mathilda
12
"And after you had dismissed the servant, did you see or hear nothing of him any more?" asked the president.
Dame Care
13
"It doesn't matter." She dismissed the servant by a gesture, and burst into such effusive hospitality that she actually insisted on kissing Emily.
"I Say No"
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