10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OFFSCOURINGS»
Discover the use of
offscourings in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
offscourings and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The World of Prometheus: The Politics of Punishing in ...
Some rites of purification produced offscourings or leftover remains from
purificatory sacrifices. These leftover sacrificial remnants were still polluted and
could not be purified. They had to be expelled from the community, and the
expulsion of ...
2
Flesh Becomes Word: A Lexicography of the Scapegoat or, the ...
“Offscourings” [katharma] is abomination. It follows from such a reference, that in
Athens there was such a custom, that if it happened that the city committed some
offence [hamarte'sai] against the gods, to atone [eis exileosin] for such an ...
3
The Evangelical repository. Vol. 1- new
It is Jesus who is emphatically gracious ; and his grace is sufficient for thee. If we
were speaking to the veriest offscourings of our streets, we would say to them :
Aye, there is hope even for you — the grace of Jesus is sufficient for you ; though
...
'refuse, offscourings', nom.-acc. sg. ku-up-ta-ar (KBo VI 2 II 34 [= Code 1:44, OHitt.
]), ku-up-tar (e.g. dupl. VI 3 II 55-56 takku antuhsan kuiski parkunuzzi kuptarr-a
ukturias [pedai] takku-at ASA-ni nasma parni kuelga pedai alwanzatar 'if ...
5
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning
"'What rites obscene — their idol-god, an Ass!' "So went the word forth, so
acceptance found, 505 "So century re-echoed century, "Cursed the accursed, —
and so, from sire to son, "You Romans cried 'The offscourings of our race " '
Corrupt ...
Robert Browning, Ian Jack, Margaret Smith, 2004
Offscourings come here, I don't dispute ; but they're took to, and taught, and led
away from the drink ; and bless you, then, they ain't no more offscourings than
you are. Tis the drink which I wishes was a guinea a drop; and they that makes it
to ...
Clara Lucas Balfour, 1868
7
Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical
Another report73 speaks ofa young man being plunged into the sea for Poseidon
, in order to be rid of all evil with him: 'become our offscourings' (peripsema). In
Chaironeia, Hunger, Boulimos, is whipped out of the door in the form of a slave.
8
Magic in the Ancient Greek World
Moreover, the author derides the fact that epileptic victims are not taken to the
temples of the gods thought responsible for the attack, nor are the offscourings
from purification dedicated to those gods. Instead, the offscourings from
purification ...
9
Haunted Palace: Danvers Asylum as Art and History
Danvers was populated with those whom the largely Protestant mill owners
referred to as “offscourings,” although the annual reports related that the Board of
Immigration had been involved in removing more patients from the hospital
wards.
10
Dirty Words in Deadwood: Literature and the Postwestern
Burke said of the cathartic process that “if there is a cleansing, there must be
persons or things that do the cleansing, and there must be offscourings that result
from the cleansing. Implicit here, in turn, is the idea of the need to dispose of the ...
Melody Graulich, Nicolas S. Witschi, 2013
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OFFSCOURINGS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
offscourings is used in the context of the following news items.
A timeline of Barnardo's and other child emigration programs
... of London, whose great aim seems to be to gather up the waifs and offscourings of the slums of that great city and to dump as many of them ... «Toronto Star, Jun 15»
Joseph Perkins: Is there a right to attack someone anonymously?
No, the biggest beneficiaries of Internet anonymity are the offscourings of society – the hateful, the depraved, the lawless, the defamatory. «OCRegister, Dec 14»
Robert Moses and the World's Fair
Moses himself wrote, in the Architectural Forum, that “the accumulated clinkers, dust, offscourings, waste, and junk of hundreds of thousands of Brooklyn families ... «Yale Alumni Magazine, Mar 14»
Locked-in workers die in fire in the Philippines
Like all provincial Philippine cities, Butuan City is a dumping ground for the offscourings of global commerce. Flatware coated with lead paint, ... «World Socialist Web Site, May 12»
100 Years After Lawrence Strike, the Cry for 'Bread & Roses' Still …
Their “1%” sense of entitlement led them to spurn negotiations with “the offscourings of Southern Europe,” as New England Magazine ... «In These Times, Jan 12»
How not to create an idyllic town
The dominant culture seems to be the offscourings of affluent consumerism: pornography, drugs, rock music and videos. Governments ought to ... «MercatorNet, Mar 09»
