10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFFRONTIVE»
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affrontive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
affrontive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cicero's Epistles to Atticus: With Notes Historical, ...
As to our Friends at Autium; I suppose you are convinced from what I already
wrote to you, that they are determined to lie bye, and to accept of Antouffls
affrontive Kindness. Cuffius spurned at the Corn Commission, and Scar-viliu told
him, that ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero, 1752
2
Theatre in Prison: Theory and Practice
Despite the fact that guards and prisoners were essentially free to engage in any
form of interaction (positive or negative, supportive or affrontive, etc.), the
characteristic nature of their encounters tended to be negative, hostile, affrontive
and ...
3
Minutes of the Provincial council of Pennsylvania: from the ...
... That the Speakers behaviour at the Conference, however it might at first be
intended, was at length affrontive to that authority, and accordingly the Govr.
expects he shall acknowledge it by order of the House, And that they will take
especial ...
Pennsylvania. Provincial Council, 1838
4
Interesting political discussion. The diplomatick policy of ...
Is it affrontive to us ? Is It injurious-' that Great-Britain should insist upon liaving
our acceptance of 'the Satisfaction simultaneous, cotemporaneous with the offer
? Is iumrca- . sonable that she should insist on seeing the letttjr agreeifig to r6J ...
John Lowell, Robert Smith, 1809
5
Organizational Studies: Evil empires?
Despite the fact that guards and prisoners were essentially free to engage in any
form of interaction (positive or negative, supportive or affrontive, etc.), the
characteristic nature of their encounters tended to be negative, hostile, affrontive
and ...
6
Reflections Upon Ridicule; Or, What it is that Makes a Man ...
... himself of his own Sentiments to put on borrowed Notions, when they are
unreasonable. He should not be obstinately Stiff and Affrontive Affrontive in
indifferent Things, where a little more Complaisance would 13' Reflections upon
Politeness.
Bellegarde (M. l'abbé de, Jean Baptiste Morvan), 1764
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The Constitution: With Some Account of a Bill Lately ...
With Some Account of a Bill Lately Rejected by the H---- of L----. Number III. To be
Continued Occasionally.. the Gentlemen of the Court Martial, and affrontive to the
Legiflature of England, whofe Lenity, the genuine Offlpring of Liberty, is an ...
8
Quintilian's institutes of eloquence ...
To do justice, however, to Marsus, who was a man of the first rank in learning, I
must not conceal that he divides the serious manner into three kinds; the
honourable, the affrontive, and the middling. An example of the first we have in
Cicero's ...
9
The Life of Timothy Pickering
... they were guilty of a disobedience to the authority of Congress : That their
offering reasons to prove the innocence of Colonel Flower was insolent and
affrontive : That, by expressing their extreme pain and reluctance to carry [into
execution] ...
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Secret journals of the acts and proceedings of Congress, ...
their offering reasons to prove the innocence of co- " lonel Flower, was insolent
and affrontive. That by " expressing their extreme pain and reluctance to carry "
the reslove of Congress to arrest and safely keep " colonel Flower into execution,
...
United States. Continental Congress, 1821
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AFFRONTIVE»
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affrontive is used in the context of the following news items.
5 Things Wrong With the Stanford Prison Experiment
According to the text of the study, the guards behaved towards the prisoners in “negative, hostile, affrontive and dehumanizing” manors. «Care2.com, Jun 15»
Does the Democratic Party Have a Future?
It is due even more to an abandonment of policies that empower instead of weaken and an allegiance to a social agenda affrontive to the bulk ... «American Spectator, Dec 14»
The Surprisingly Erotic Poetry of Bertolt Brecht
... do Brecht no favors: “And climbing trembling to bed they were/ With a smile by the wind they loved dismissed” (the affrontive syntax means to ... «The New Republic, Nov 14»
Man Utd's biggest mistake? Why 'reject' Paul Pogba is Europe's …
His affrontive attitude upset his first club, Le Harve, and then saw him fall out of favour with Sir Alex Ferguson, despite his clear natural talent. «Yahoo Singapore News, Jul 14»
Ticking all the boxes
I can't see how this particular type of affrontive course can help. I'm totally against racism, sexism and ageism, but leave this to the Americans. «BBC News, Dec 05»
