All 4 Uses of
remonstrate
in
Uncle Tom's Cabin
- "But, Mr. Harris," remonstrated the manufacturer, "isn't this rather sudden?"†
Chpt 1.2
- For a year or two Eliza saw her husband frequently, and there was nothing to interrupt their happiness, except the loss of two infant children, to whom she was passionately attached, and whom she mourned with a grief so intense as to call for gentle remonstrance from her mistress, who sought, with maternal anxiety, to direct her naturally passionate feelings within the bounds of reason and religion.†
Chpt 1.2
- They were all very well, only that now and then she would oddly transpose some important words, and persist in the mistake, in spite of every effort to the contrary; and St. Clare, after all his promises of goodness, took a wicked pleasure in these mistakes, calling Topsy to him whenever he had a mind to amuse himself, and getting her to repeat the offending passages, in spite of Miss Ophelia's remonstrances.†
Chpt 2.20
- A nation has a right to argue, remonstrate, implore, and present the cause of its race,—which an individual has not.†
Chpt 2.43 *
Definition:
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(remonstrate) argue, complain, or criticize