2 edition of Pilloried! found in the catalog.
Pilloried!
Sewell Stokes
Published
1928
by The Richards Press, ltd. in London
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Written in
Edition Notes
| Statement | By Sewell Stokes; with illustrations by Gabriel Atkin. |
| Genre | Biography. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | CT120 .S75 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 248 p., incl. plates. |
| Number of Pages | 248 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL6720963M |
| LC Control Number | 28025940 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 5329696 |
Resort to military force is Bolton’s hobbyhorse, and here, his bureaucratic opponent - regularly pilloried in the book as a ditherer - is former defence secretary James Mattis. pillory: 1 n a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn Type of: instrument of punishment an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person v expose to ridicule or public scorn Synonyms: gibbet Type of: display, exhibit, expose to show.
The pillory (plural form pillories) was a device of punishment, ingenious in its simplistic cruelty: “a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked.”The punishment of getting stuck in a pillory appears to have been rather common long ago, and meted out for offenses that we would today consider minor. He is pilloried on Twitter. His boyfriend is a whiny millennial socialist. And a series of expensive dinners were ruined by his companions' insistence on complaining about Donald Trump.
Being pilloried on market days was a more severe punishment. Large numbers of people would have travelled to these (otherwise quiet) towns and villages to buy and sell livestock and other goods. The prospect of seeing a real life witch (safely locked up in a pillory) would . (25) The pillory was always participatory, with the crowd throwing projectiles at the pinioned, passive offender; however, by transforming the spectacle of punishment into the spectacle of carnival, the mob is now invited up on stage, welcome to join the colorful parade of pilloried offenders.
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Pilloried. [Stokes, Sewell] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Pilloried. 1 drawing. | Cartoon shows a man with a globe head (labeled "The World") pilloried in stocks made up of two cannon (labeled "Competitive Armament") and a Pilloried!
book sign (labeled "Tariffs" and "War Debts"). Reflects the view that the Pilloried! book forces working to enforce payments of war debts, erect restrictive trade barriers, and continue arming Pilloried! book working at cross purposes. The cartoon was. Genre/Form: Biographies Biography: Additional Physical Format: Online version: Stokes, Sewell, Pilloried.
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