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Significados de expostulation en inglés

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The act of expressing earnest opposition or protest.

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Uso de expostulation en inglés
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The result was a long letter of wild expostulation in this vein:
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
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The climax of his expostulation afterwards with Desdemona is at that passage:
English literary criticism
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And even from the women about there came little murmurs of expostulation.
The Mississippi Bubble / How the Star of Good Fortune Rose and S...
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Mr. Jack Hamlin lifted his lashes in affected expostulation to the skies.
Openings in the Old Trail
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But I'd rather help too.' There was no expostulation in his tone.
A Changed Man, and Other Tales
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After some expostulation, the Doctor was persuaded to put the gun away.
The Story of Paul Boyton: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the...
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I have tried expostulation, threats, entreaties, locking her up; but it's useless.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 / Volume 17, New Series, J...
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Amélie shuddered at his vehemence, but she knew how useless was expostulation.
The Golden Dog
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I will hear no pleas, I will receive no letter, nor expostulation.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1
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With apparently one accord they burst into hilarious mirth, comment, and expostulation.
Stories from Everybody's Magazine
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Coming forward, he bared his white head, and adventured a humble expostulation.
The White Ladies of Worcester: A Romance of the Twelfth Century
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Lastly, we have to consider very briefly God's expostulation with a saint.
Sermons Preached at Brighton / Third Series
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Andrews' voice, and another, became distinctly audible,-Andrews 'apparentlyraised in vigorous expostulation.
The Beetle: A Mystery
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Upon these occasions she would sometimes venture upon a good-humoured expostulation:-Dearsir!
Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
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When he did, it was in the way of feeble expostulation.
Put Yourself in His Place
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This produced on the part of the papal government an expostulation.
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
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