kinswoman

Example Sentences

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And little did I ween that, in drinking this Great Person on my knees, I was disobeying the Precept of my dear dead Kinswoman.

From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus

"Tell me freely what you think I ought to do—freely as if I were in blood, as I am in heart, "Your Kinswoman, "Jessie Kirke."

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion

The next Day a Kinswoman of Duny's, told the Deponent, that her Aunt was all grievously scorch'd with the Fire, and the Deponent going to her House, found her in such a Condition.

From The Wonders of the Invisible World Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches by Mather, Cotton

Kinswoman, I am come to cumber you, whilst I inquire into this matter.

From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Kinswoman, thou art pale; thou hast feared for thy mate amidst all these tidings of war, and still fearest for him. 

From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by Morris, William