quittance
Example Sentences
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When Khayyam quittance at Death's hand receives, And sheds his outworn life, as trees their leaves, Full gladly will he sift this world away, Ere dustmen sift his ashes in their sieves.
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar
We have disregarded our oaths; upon her head be our perfidy; receive her in quittance of our debt to thee.
From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Fuller, Robert H.
Had you but been courteous to me I would have rewarded you well; now take your money, give me a quittance, and I will take my lands once more.
From Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race by Ebbutt, M. I. (Maud Isabel)
"I shall not give Travers quittance in this matter till he has paid me wages for my toil."
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene
We were well quit of George Glen and his gang, though the price of the quittance was heavy.
From The Watchers A Novel by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
