Half and quarter slaves can, by reason of their being partially free, compel their lord to give them their freedom at a previously determined and unfluctuating price: but full slaves do not possess this right.
"The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes"
Tomás de Comyn Fedor Jagor Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow Charles Wilkes
So they turned their gold, whose value was so precarious, into that unfluctuating material, paper.
"Love Me Little, Love Me Long"
Charles Reade Edition: 10 Language: English