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Violence - Early works to 1800

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    An address to the inhabitants of Yarmouth , on the violent outrage lately committed in their town, by a selected band of desperate ruffians. By John Thelwall.

    | Thelwall, John 1764-1834. | Date: 1796
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    The ten thousand torments of a termagant display'd in a speech made by a gentleman to the Senate of Athens. Praying That their Lordships would permit Him to Hang Himself, in order to get rid of a Scolding Wife; And that his Relations might be exempted from the Penalty of a Confiscation of his Goods, usually exacted in Cases of Self-Murder.

    | Libanius | Date: 1740

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