It was certainly pleasant, though he had not consciously adopted the pose, to figure in the eyes of such a girl as one who had known most of the hardships that man can bear and played his part in the great epic struggle for the subjugation of the wilderness.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
It would seem that a good many purely human impulses usually survive the partial subjugation of the flesh, which is, after all, no doubt fortunate.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss
There was no thought of a lasting conquest and the subjugation of Syria; the object was merely to weaken, plunder, and reduce Judah.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker