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  • In the conclusion of the Hymn to the Pillory, which is written with great strength of expression, he assigns the reasons for his being doomed to that ignominy.

    The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758 1753

  • Ah, the ever reliable "Pillory" supporter, gqmartinez.

    Election Central Morning Roundup 2009

  • Pavement, "-- this being that part of the City of York where punishment was inflicted and where the Pillory was a permanent erection.

    Spadacrene Anglica The English Spa Fountain Edmund Deane

  • Then I couln't recollect him saying much of anything about the NBC/Russert/Williams lynching (s) of poor old Senator Pillory.

    Post Debate Roundup, Philly Edition 2009

  • Take that, Bawl and Pillory, for letting some ... (well, you get the picture) ... cost you your co-presidency.

    Dick Morris Butchers Facts To Slime Hillary 2009

  • Pillory her inexperience and the Republicans will point out that unlike Obama, Palin has at least run a state for two years; scoff at the small town she was mayor of, and the Democrats risk alienating voters in the thousands of comparable towns across America, and amplifying her accessibility to rural voters.

    Simon Woods: Why Palin Spells Danger for Democrats 2008

  • Under the code, if a man forged legal documents, so as to “pervert equities and justice,” he was to “stand in the Pillory three several lecture days and render double damages to the party wronged.”

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • Under the code, if a man forged legal documents, so as to “pervert equities and justice,” he was to “stand in the Pillory three several lecture days and render double damages to the party wronged.”

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • Under the code, if a man forged legal documents, so as to “pervert equities and justice,” he was to “stand in the Pillory three several lecture days and render double damages to the party wronged.”

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • Pillory story, and occasionally passionate rants of creationalists against “consensus science”.

    Unthreaded #19 « Climate Audit 2007

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