All 8 Uses of
constant
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- They are, in the first place, a constant offence to their mistress.†
Chpt 1 *
- These were raised in great abundance; so that, with the products of this and the other farms belonging to him, he was able to keep in almost constant employment a large sloop, in carrying them to market at Baltimore.†
Chpt 2
- They regarded it as evidence of great confidence reposed in them by their overseers; and it was on this account, as well as a constant desire to be out of the field from under the driver's lash, that they esteemed it a high privilege, one worth careful living for.†
Chpt 2
- Colonel Lloyd kept a large and finely cultivated garden, which afforded almost constant employment for four men, besides the chief gardener, (Mr. M'Durmond.)†
Chpt 3
- She was by trade a weaver; and by constant application to her business, she had been in a good degree preserved from the blighting and dehumanizing effects of slavery.†
Chpt 6
- She was to master a bill of expense; and as he was a mean man, she was a constant offence to him.†
Chpt 9
- Mr. Freeland had many of the faults peculiar to slaveholders, such as being very passionate and fretful; but I must do him the justice to say, that he was exceedingly free from those degrading vices to which Mr. Covey was constantly addicted.†
Chpt 10constantly = in a manner that is unchanging, continuous, or happens repeatedly
- He did not strike me, but told me that he would find me in constant employment in future.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
unchanging, continuous, or happening repeatedly