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Bentiolio as good, meant perhaps to shew, how the best minds, in a state of faction and discord, are detorted to criminal partiality.

Preface to Shakespeare 2004

There is scarce any thing in the world so entirely bad, but may be much qualified by a fair acceptance; and nothing so absolutely good, but may be detorted and soiled at least by a malign interpreter.

Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VI. 1634-1716 1823

But withal he cannot be called an honest man, unless in that sort of liberal signification by which, in these days, good words are so detorted from their original and genuine meaning as to express precisely the reverse of what was formerly intended by them.

Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society Robert Southey 1808

The author, who seems to intend the character of Bonvolio as good, meant perhaps to shew, how the best minds, in a state of faction and discord, are detorted to criminal partiality.

Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746

And like a community organizer to save Help, serve, educated, reteaching them the laws and Commandments of God to lift them from the bondage that had power and control over them forcing them THE ROMAN GOVERNMENT -- WHO told them lies and detorted the word of God! Jesus called the Roman Empire Government HYPOCRITES HYPOCRITES -- knew they were LIARs -- deceivers -- they lust for power control greed etc.

ModerateVoters.org 2008

And like a community organizer to save Help, serve, educated, reteaching them the laws and Commandments of God to lift them from the bondage that had power and control over them forcing them THE ROMAN GOVERNMENT -- WHO told them lies and detorted the word of God! Jesus called the Roman Empire Government HYPOCRITES HYPOCRITES -- knew they were LIARs -- deceivers -- they lust for power control greed etc.

ModerateVoters.org 2008

And like a community organizer to save Help, serve, educated, reteaching them the laws and Commandments of God to lift them from the bondage that had power and control over them forcing them THE ROMAN GOVERNMENT -- WHO told them lies and detorted the word of God! Jesus called the Roman Empire Government HYPOCRITES HYPOCRITES -- knew they were LIARs -- deceivers -- they lust for power control greed etc.

ModerateVoters.org 2008

But, by asserting the Scripture to be the canon of oar faith, I have unavoidably created to myself two sorts of enemies: the Papists indeed, more directly, because they have kept the Scriptures from us what they could; and have reserved to themselves a right of interpreting what they have delivered under the pretence of infallibility: and the Fanatics more collaterally, because they have assumed what amounts to an infallibility, in the private spirit; and have detorted those texts of

The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes John Dryden 1665

a state of faction and discord, are detorted to criminal partiality.

Preface to Shakespeare Samuel Johnson 1746