The Manganja usually intrust their ivory to the Babisa to be sold at the Coast, and complain that the returns made never come up to the high prices which they hear so much about before it is sent.
When the owner heard of this, he requested him to come before the chief, as he meant to complain of him; rather than go, the delinquent settled the matter by giving one of his own oxen in lieu of the lost one.
Whether he had learnt to respect the superiority of his enemies, or whether he had cause to complain of the warriors of Palestine, Edward returned within the walls of Ptolemaïs, and sought for no more contests.
The sultan of Cairo sent ambassadors to the Christians to complain of these outrages, committed in a time of peace.
Yes, but that is exactly what people are doing; nobody can justlycomplain on that score!
It seems highly unjust to complain because of a lack of appreciation of and admiration for our authors.
You did complain of sleepless nights, and you did say that the tea, poured out by Jabez, was drugged.
That is exactly what I complain of," said the other woman triumphantly, "he may be a rogue and a scamp.
In France, they complain of too much red tape in the police department.
Mumu gave a faint whine, as though she would complain and apologise.
A mood of reverie seemed to have come upon Zinaïda; the old princess sent word that she had a headache; Nirmatsky began to complain of his rheumatism.
In carrying it we sigh with weariness and complain of its weight.
On the whole, though, I have not much to complain of at present; my master is very kind and my coachman is very careful, and never loses his temper except when I take the bit in my teeth and have my own way for a mile.
There is no bill to pay nor anybody to `remember;' and, if the accommodation has been limited, the lodger cannot complain of the charges.
I do and say for her, and I would not have even an accident deprive her of her just reward for anything.
On Thursday, January 8, while Margaret was at dinner, I knelt by the side of the cradle, rocking it very gently, and he asked me to tell him a story.
You shall have no reason to complain of my generosity,” said he.
And when you have got the philosopher's stone, be sure you will no longer complain of bad times or the difficulty of paying taxes.
My own pittance is far in arrears, but I can't complain of that since so many of my dear flock are in need.
Doctors will complain that modern mothers do not nurse their own babies--which has always been both true and untrue--and that women do not wear enough clothes for health, not to mention modesty.
His knowledge was certainly not very apparent, for this deep thinker rarely made himself heard except to complain at table of an ill-cooked roast or a spoilt sauce.
They had missed his entry and his exit, forgotten the recall at the third act; he would complain to the manager, &c.
The Nabob soon began to complain of the burden which he had undertaken to bear.
No line of action is traced out for her, and it is well if the Ordinary does not complain of her intrusion, and if the Bishop does not shake his head at such irregular benevolence.
Even to its worst evils we are accustomed; and therefore, though we may complain of them, they do not strike us with the horror and dismay which would be produced by a new grievance of smaller severity.
Alone of all his companions they appear never to have had reason to complain of his demeanor towards them.
The foreman jumped on the truck and rode away, and Archie bent his back to the barrow, resolving that never again would he complain of bumps in a road now that he knew the heart-breaking and back-breaking labor of road-mending.
Now that I come to you red handed and for all you know with stolen silver in my pocket, you can't complain of my forwardness.
One might object to so many of the little fellows," remarked the Governor, "but on the whole we have no reason to complain of Leary's work.
The bishop will doubtless complain to the king of the language used by one of Harold's pages, and though the earl is well able to see that no harm comes to the lad, it is likely he will send him away to his estates for a time.
He could wellcomplain in particular of Luther’s demand, that the spirit which spoke in Münzer should submit to an examination before the Lutheran tribunal at Wittenberg previous to being acknowledged as a spirit which had been duly called.
This was what caused them to complain to their secular protectors that they were being treated worse than the meanest peasant.
I don't think the McNaughtons can complain that I haven't done their friend brown," said the Governor to himself as he went back across the hall.
And the junior warden, the one rich man of the parish, had come in before service in the afternoon to complain of the music.
There is seldom anything to criticise or complain of, as regards the facility of obtaining admission to interesting private houses in England.
If poor Anthony Forster happens to have met Sir Walter in the other world, I doubt whether he has ever thought it worth while to complain of the latter's misrepresentations.
He has so often called you a brave girl," said she to herself, "and will you weep and complain like a child which the mother has left alone for a few moments?
In their remonstrance presented to the king just before his departure for Flanders, they complain of the burdensome taxation to which they had recently been subjected.
You say that you also have something to complain of; then state it to me immediately; it would be very unfair, and very contrary to my disposition, not to hear both sides of the question.
Except the Post Bag (and surely you cannot complain of a want of success there), you have not been regularly out for some years.
He said little, except to complain of headache, and to request the eggs to be removed from the table.
