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pillory a wooden framework into which offenders were formerly locked by the neck and wrists and exposed to public abuse and ridicule How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For a body that regularly pillories law enforcement and winked at the Lakers riots, the proposed plan is a convenient way to look tough on crime without actually doing anything about it. Juan Luis Vives's Somnium Vivis, a brief preface to his commentary on Macrobius's Somnium Scipionis, is an early example of this satirical dream narrative, and in the later part of the century the most influential proponent of the form would be Justus Lipsius, whose Somnium pillories academic pedantry in the editing (or mangling) of classical texts. Probably true, but not because of the way it pillories the industry. |
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