Cruelties

Examples

• It is a dark and intricate story of treacheries, cruelties, and hate, in which the death of the wily Histi?us shines almost cheerfully. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But his indulgence in these and his personal tyrannies and cruelties did not interfere with the general prosperity of the empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He held a command in Spain, and distinguished himself by his cruelties. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He might suffer horrible cruelties, for there was little law to protect such as he. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Every one of them is capable of cruelties and fine emotions, of despairs and devotions and self-forgetful effort. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Roman writers accuse her of great cruelties. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The expedition was successful, but he was disgusted by what he saw of the cruelties and horrors of war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The clergy were to be freed from lay jurisdiction and from taxation, and exemplary cruelties were to be practised upon the heretics. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We read of horrible cruelties in the suppression of these troubles by Hamilcar, the Carthaginian general; of men being crucified by the thousand. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This step was taken by his grandson, Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible, because of his insane cruelties; 1533-1584). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The horrid cruelties and outrages that once and a while find their way into the papers,--such cases as Prue's, for example,--what do they come from? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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