When her father, brother and sisters protested, they were beaten up, shoved and dragged around the house.
Griselde, once again, accepted her fate and protested her love for the marquis, solely requesting her dignity upon exodus from the palace.
But a handful of anti-hunt demonstrators, who peacefully protested amidst crowds of supporters, disagreed.
They also protested against government plans to privatise the public health sector.
Mind you, I watched myself being pulled into a meat wagon after I protested about the Iraq war and I didn't look too bad.
Several of his less talented colleagues, I'm told, protested vehemently when they heard the glad tidings.
The police said that he was quite annoyed with his wife as she had protested against his beastly act.
He has always protested his innocence, claiming that on the night of the shooting he was with a friend.
But she has always protested her innocence, saying the fire was an accident.
All of those charges have protested their innocence, claiming that they were using accepted interrogation methods.
They each got three life sentences after a lengthy trial just over two years later but have always protested their innocence.
He has always protested his innocence and his legal team say new DNA evidence could help clear him of the murder.
The council then banned the driver from driving school buses but he protested his innocence and insisted the girls had lied.
She had for the past three years protested her innocence, claiming that her son had drowned by accident.
He has always protested his innocence and is seeking an inquiry into his detention.
He was arrested for gun-running a week after he arrived, but has always protested his innocence.
Small farmers and health service workers have also repeatedly protested against government policies.
Human-rights activists have protested against measures that would allow Britain to deport suspects to countries where they could face torture.
About 10,000 German steel workers protested against the planned trading scheme on Monday.
The workers also protested against the company decision to send its Boeing 767 fleet to Singapore next year for servicing.
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On December 3 thousands protested against government economic policy outside the Ukrainian legislature.
For several months, French temporary art workers and technicians have protested against cuts in their unemployment assurance scheme.
While the flags of all 25 countries flapped in the light breeze, about 3,000 demonstrators protested against the war.
The unions protested against wage cuts and layoffs for public sector workers.
Ever since the disputed elections of 2000, opponents have protested against the worsening economic situation and lack of political dialogue.
In the new factories, industrial workers protested against the harsh conditions of work.
Workers also protested against the low wages they receive, compared to permanent staff.
However, his prayers did not avert the famous Morozov strike of 1885, when his 8,000 workers protested against the fines.
In Egypt demonstrators protested against the war, but at the same time attacked the regime.
To our objections, he protested that he had repeated our order back to us, and this is what we had ordered.
When I complained to the landlord, he protested that they were all okay before I had moved in.
The patient protested, again complained of pain, and again requested a C-section.
Labor continued to resist change and various communities that would lose rail service protested to their congressional representatives.
We protested against the old manner of acting and against theatricality, against artificial pathos and declamation.
The striking workers protested outside the municipal council office and dumped garbage on the steps.
Lawyers protested that it would expose clients to unreasonable pressure, and introduce a foreign element into the court.
Nor, for his part, had Peter protested his father's trading the townhouse on Blake Street for a corrody.
When the Delawares protested that they had been cheated, Logan made a military alliance with the Iroquois, who drove the Delawares out.
I protested, trying to make my way out of the confines of the restricting hospital sheets.
She protested only feebly when her father picked her up and tucked her into bed.
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The following year parliament protested that he was exceeding his powers and 70 MPs voted to impeach him.
It has also protested against the loss of a town centre location for a community facility and the lack of performing arts facilities.
His party has protested the cruel and unlawful detention without charge or trial of two citizens by the military.
In early May, some 15,000 people protested outside parliament following a two-week hikoi by Maori.
Angry townspeople protested in the streets following the explosion, shouting anti-government chants and tossing rocks at security forces.
Doctors went on strike, and people protested in the streets in numbers not seen since the war.
In 2000 workers protested and went on strike against the threat of job cuts.
An estimated 60,000 people protested in Rotterdam as public transport staff, port workers and teachers struck.
When we raised our concerns to the senators lining up to oppose Ashcroft, they of course protested they would never stoop to such bigotry.
He endorsed unionisation and protested several cases of police brutality in Miami.
Now one couple, who moved to the area a few years ago and protested against the lorries, have been sent hate mail telling them to get out.
Early in September, some 5,000 people from various areas in Sampang, protested the delay by occupying the regency office.
We ate quietly and quickly, Stella spoon-feeding Jay who only protested lightly, causing me to roll my eyes at him.
On Monday more than 100 labourers protested outside the Department of Justice calling for the jailing of non-compliant bosses.
Earlier this year, residents in Kearsley protested over off-road bikers using towpaths as a speedway.
He had been forced out of the club in perhaps the most noisily protested trade ever conducted.
Needless to say, the two slighted women had been less than thrilled concerning their banishment and protested their exclusion on a daily basis.
Edward was a quiet, honest, simple American who had always protested his innocence.
But the charge wouldn't stick, and when I protested, they did me, absurdly, for drunk driving.
The next notable uprising in a mandate began in July 1925, when the Druse tribes in Syria protested French mandatory rule.
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Castor shook them both vigorously and they protested with petulant whines and complaining moans.
Like a mass feedback system, activists continually have to reappraise the situation to engage with whatever is being protested.
Stubbornly she thrust herself upwards into a standing position and wobbled there uncertainly as her body protested.
Chris Wood protested too loudly at a possible off-side and was promptly red-carded by the referee.
However, having protested defeat by the venison, Vix worked her usual miracle and found room for a pudding.
In Quebec, unlike other provinces, common-law exes aren't eligible for alimony and the women's movement has never protested this.
When a member of the Central Elections Committee protested publicly against this fraud, the President relieved him from his duties.
The societies brought prosecutions against vice and protested against lewd plays and lascivious entertainments, such as masquerades.
Afterward, he protested his own blamelessness to a reporter from the local newspaper.
About 150 demonstrators protested in the city's downtown waterfront district.
Mapuches have strongly protested against discrimination and demanded the return of their ancestral land.
When I protested that I was really short of money, he told me not to worry.
She protested her innocence, passed a lie-detector test and went to Athens with her head held high.
He protested vehemently that he could keep fighting, and many ringsiders thought he would have beaten Lewis if the fight continued.
When millions of people all over the world protested this invasion and occupation we were called dupes, appeasers, or traitors.
There was a distinct groan as the hinges protested and a loud bang as the doors swung fully open.
At first we protested vigorously, but when we had grown accustomed to the astringent flavour of the fruit, we were glad to take our share.
One Dutch team and all four Spanish teams withdrew from a race that was reduced to a farce as the riders protested with go-slows.
I protested that the light was very poor for the titchy little camera but it made no difference.
Even before this, Manipuri women had protested against forced labour and the increase in the water tax.
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But he protested his innocence, and as he rambled on, Hera all the while smiled her terrible smile and stroked my flanks.
I protested at first, kicking my legs and waving my arms madly.
I loved what I managed to see of New York, but my skin protested by sprouting ugly things, and it took several shampoos to wash New York dirt out of my hair.
No wonder so many Yalies protested Mr. Bush's presence on campus, with more than 200 faculty members signing a petition in protest to Bush's receipt of an honorary degree.
The British player failed a drugs test for the anabolic steroid last summer, but protested his innocence to the Association of Tennis Professionals.
Appointed to a living at Kilwinning in Ayrshire, he took part in the Glasgow Assembly, protested against Arminian innovations, and served with the army of the covenant.
After all, he explained when I'd protested, it takes two to tango.
When he protested his innocence, his schoolmates sided with the master.
Official sesquicentennial celebrations marked 26 January 1938, but Aboriginal people protested with a Day of Mourning to mark the beginning of the invasion of their people.
Kerala railway workers went on strike and protested outside Kozhikode railway station to demand improved safety and the provision of basic amenities for night-duty trackmen.
The provisional government boisterously protested the students' actions and fought fiercely for the unconditional and immediate release of the hostages.
They protested against the factories by breaking the machines.
I protested, but she ran me over with the efficiency of a steamroller.
We have been locked in seclusion, placed in restraints, chemically and physically straitjacketed, lobotomized, shocked and beaten because we protested too much.
One million French workers struck and protested on Tuesday of last week.
When these women protested their sterilization abuse, however, it was not the first time Chicanas had argued for their right to survive and thrive.
The families also protested against expected rates of redundancy pay.
The other leaders of the democracy movement protested at the severity of the sentence and the perfunctoriness of the trial, but few openly supported his political demands.
About 500 demonstrators, carrying placards and banners, protested the execution, while a half-dozen or so death penalty supporters were on hand, some waving confederate flags.
His lawyers protested, claiming that this would hamper their ability to ask follow up questions or to clarify points that might be garbled through translators.
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He also claims to have been punched, kicked and strangled by guards ten days later when he protested about being given less than an hour's exercise.
And, there were, of course, a few who protested against the revelry.
The workers also protested against poor working conditions and job losses.
During last week's committee session, several opposition lawmakers strongly protested against the military's failure to send service leaders to the committee.
The pair, who have always protested their innocence, were jailed for life and told they would have to serve a minimum of 15 years before becoming eligible for parole.
They had consistently protested their innocence, claimed they were tortured in detention, and were eventually exonerated and released after sixteen years in prison.
Under international convention, diplomatic bags are supposed to go through customs unimpeded, and the European Union has also protested against Zimbabwe's action.
The pharmaceutical dispensers attached to government hospitals in Sri Lanka reported in sick on March 22 and protested in front of the Health Ministry in Colombo.
I protested that I had to enter the bus lane to execute a left turn.
Dissatisfied with the economic conditions, as well as the amounts of crime and corruption in Ukraine, Ukrainians protested and organized strikes.
They also protested against the readmission of South Africa to FIFA in 1963, despite its expulsion from CAF due to the apartheid regime.
In 2013, he protested against what he perceived were civil liberties violations by the UK Government.
Time stood still in Swansea as the official clock-watcher protested at his job being axed after 30 years.
The householders protested, and Lord Mayor Sir Thomas Bloodworth was summoned, who alone had the authority to override their wishes.
Thousands of activists have protested Singh's lengthy detention by mailing teddy bears to Canadian officials.
The following month, he protested to Alexei Kosygin over the expulsion of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn from the Soviet Union of Writers.
The Metropolitan Railway protested about the change of plan, but after arbitration by the Board of Trade, the DC system was adopted.
McDonald and a host of other Gills' players unsportingly protested to Darren Sheldrake who appeared to be content to take no further action.
The Americans protested that Britain's failure to return all slaves violated the Treaty of Ghent.
The claim was initially protested by the United Kingdom, on the basis of Norris's landing and annexation.
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Thousands of Afghans have protested against the United States after an air raid in the country's east a day earlier left at least 15 people dead.
He protested his innocence to the end, claiming he had been falsely charged and convicted.
In Colombia, various indigenous groups have protested the denial of their rights.
Larma protested the lack of recognition for indigenous Chittagong Hill Tracts minorities in the new constitution.
Certain Arab nations, such as Syria, also protested against the entry of MDA into the Red Cross movement, making consensus impossible for a time.
His widow, Rani Lakshmi Bai, the Rani of Jhansi protested against the denial of rights of their adopted son.
In 1972, the winning writer John Berger, known for his Marxist worldview, protested during his acceptance speech against Booker McConnell.
He protested the martyrdom of Pakistani citizens in Zhob and demanded the government take up the issue with Afghan high-ups.
When chemical weapons were used in this war for the first time in history, the ICRC vigorously protested against this new type of warfare.
The Americans protested that Britain's failure to return the slaves violated the Treaty of Ghent.
Carlia placed her foot on the pole as if testing it. The other girls protested. She would fall in and drown.
It is a misconception that the Luddites protested against the machinery itself in an attempt to halt progress of technology.
The Japanese government protested antijapanese laws, statements, and conduct.
Marie Curie protested against this sort of treatment, warning that the effects of radiation on the human body were not well understood.
These actions were protested by Sylvia Pankhurst in her book Eritrea on the Eve.
The furnace protested long and hackingly like the lungs of an old smoker at an early morning cigarette.
The English nobles protested the marriage of the King's sister to a foreigner of modest rank.
The Earl of Euston, the Earl of Rosse and John Betjeman all protested against the redevelopment.
Upton Park protested that Preston had broken FA rules by paying their players.
However, a minority in the Free Church Assembly protested, and threatened to test its legality in the courts.
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Some of the hymns protested against the exploitation of child labour and slavery.
In December 2012, Sunni Arabs protested against the government, whom they claimed marginalised them.
Calvin protested that the council did not have the legal authority to overturn Berthelier's excommunication.
Hundreds of thousands protested in France against President Sarkozy's economic policies.
On 19 September 1991, the JNA moved extra troops to the area around the city of Mostar, which was publicly protested by the local government.
Peter began requiring the nobility to wear Western clothing and shave off their beards, an action that the boyars protested bitterly.
Shortly after the attacks, Stalin protested to US officials when Truman offered the Soviets little real influence in occupied Japan.
When the three feminist activists were arrested, many bloggers reported the arrest and protested.
According to Nicolaus of Damascus, Octavius wished to join Caesar's staff for his campaign in Africa, but gave way when his mother protested.
In 1936, a Confessing Church envoy protested to Hitler against the religious persecutions and human rights abuses.
When the Puritan leaders protested against this brutality, Carter sent four of them home in chains.
In the autumn of 1925 Hobhouse, Runciman and the industrialist Sir Alfred Mond protested to Asquith at Lloyd George organising his own campaign for reform of land ownership.
The plan was not popular with local people, who protested at a meeting held in the town hall before Lewis Silkin, minister in the Labour Government of Clement Attlee.
Although Lerner protested the action, no violence occurred and the matter was settled diplomatically with no definitive claims of sovereignty over Bear Island by any nation.
In response to this contamination, activists protested in various ways.
Abolitionists in Europe and America protested the inhumane treatment of African slaves, which led to the elimination of the slave trade by the late 18th century.
Britain did not evacuate Malta as promised and protested against Bonaparte's annexation of Piedmont and his Act of Mediation, which established a new Swiss Confederation.
Sulpicius Severus notes that Martin of Tours protested to the Emperor against the ruling, which said that the accused who went to Treves should be imprisoned.
Edward protested by attending the ceremony wearing his crown and sword.
In September 1932 thousands of unemployed people protested in a series of demonstrations organised by the local branch of the National Unemployed Workers Movement.
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In vain he protested and claimed the protection of Louis XIV. The King at Versailles was busied with the saving of his soul and with the doctoring of his gangrened knee.
Influential members of the order protested, such as the minister general Michael of Cesena, the English provincial William of Ockham, and Bonagratia of Bergamo.
Taylor attempted to take sole credit for the screenplay, but Coppel protested to the Screen Writers Guild, which determined that both writers were entitled to a credit.
De Gaulle protested at the United States' strong role in the organization and what he perceived as a special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom.
Germany vehemently protested the British antineutral practices during the Boer War but engaged in aggressive antineutral acts little more than ten years later.
De Gaulle protested against the USA's strong role in the organization and what he perceived as a special relationship between it and the United Kingdom.
Avtomaidan has organised several motorcades of over a thousand cars that protested near Yanukovych's sprawling country estate in Mezhygirya outside Kiev.
Influential members of the order protested, such as the minister general Michael of Cesena, the English provincial William of Ockham and Bonagratia of Bergamo.
Recently, a tense situation had erupted at the matriculation prize distribution ceremony, where students, parents and journalists protested against the BISE mismanagement.
The Lipan Apache are opposed to this project and have protested to the federal government as the seizure of the land was without the free, prior and informed consent.
The four young pigs who had protested when Napoleon abolished the Meetings raised their voices timidly, but they were promptly silenced by a tremendous growling from the dogs.
Although the people of Okehampton appreciated the additional business brought by the troops, the graziers protested as the lifestock was driven off.
Miners protested about poor wages in 1757 when bread prices rose and some marched from Kersall towards Manchester in protest but were turned back.
In response to the contamination, activists protested in various ways.
Bramsdon, who claimed that he had been elected at Portsmouth only by promising not to support Asquith, protested openly at his remaining leader from outside the Commons.

He had no objection to honey, he said, but he protested against the overweening assumptions of bees.
My notes have been this day protested for ninety-five thousand dollars, and I have not ninety-five dollars in bank.
A group of villagers had blocked the Army Parade Ground Road intersection as they protested against the alleged murder of a man.
But when Martin began to discuss eliminating the whole upper story of the house, Rose protested.
Watson protested against this, but was silenced when the Prosecuting Attorney told him that Public Prosecutor and knew his business.
In the following weeks, secular activists protested their mayor's pusillanimity.
That had not gone down well in Boston, ground zero of abolitionism, and large crowds protested.
A boy clad in a blue shirt leaped from the wagon and attempted to drag after him one of the maidens, who screamed and protested shrilly.
A FAMILY who protested about their elderly mum's bungled hospital care are to get an apology.
When the passengers protested, crew members started misbehaving with the female passengers.
They protested that they did not wish to be there when it happened, and some one suggested going to a big Italian rancho four miles away, where they could get up a dance.
Bulgarian environment protection activists protested on Wednesday against prospecting for shale and coal gas and their extraction in Bulgariaas northeastern Dobrudzha region.
The baby was the soul of honour, and protested with all its might.
He led the retreat, holding Saxon's arm, and Bert, giggling and jubilant, brought up the rear with an indignant Mary who protested vainly in his unheeding ears.
He has protested to Mr Cameron over the lack of help aorded the Murrains and urged him to ensure the family are kept informed of the investigation.
Start number three and stoppage number three, as Frank hailed them with the luncheon basket, which had been forgotten, after everyone had protested that it was safely in.

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