de Sade

The arched ceilinged, pillow-laden Med joint's backing up their date-friendly menu of shared plates with V-Day specials like snapper ceviche w/ orange salad, and the rum ice cream-abetted Chocolate and Coconut Marquise, which is best enjoyed backed by the decadent arrangements of de Sade.

Thrillist: V-Day a la Carte: Avoid The Prix Fixe Thrillist 2011

Ms. MacCarthy paints a lively portrait of Burne-Jones's circle, including the dark sides: John Ruskin with his preference for prepubescent girls, the poet Algernon Swinburne's enthusiasm for self-flagellation and de Sade.

A Penchant for Dreaming Henrik Bering 2012

On the other hand, time stops and sluggish seconds plod forward in agonizingly slow motion when you're bent over, back aching, unsuccessfully trying to strap your squirming, screaming youngster into a car seat designed by de Sade.

Len Filppu: The 7 Wonders of Parenthood Len Filppu 2011

It's an impressively polished performance for a first hour-long show – featuring Freud, de Sade, atheism and a bit of ukulele – and marks out Pascoe as a significant new voice.

Sara Pascoe vs Her Ego; Mark Watson: Do I Know You?; Gary Delaney: Purist; Laura Solon: The Owl of Steven 2010

In the first known use of the phrase, de Sade wrote that the murder of the King must be followed by the "murder of God."

Pornography and Deicide elena maria vidal 2009

The mutilation of the mother by the daughter near the end is sick beyond words, but de Sade is a beautiful writer.

Celebrities Who Are Actually Somewhat Smart 2009

As for de Sade, I found Philosophy in the Bedroom to be more disturbing than 120 Days, although both could easily top this list.

Celebrities Who Are Actually Somewhat Smart 2009

In The Philosophy of the Boudoir, de Sade wrote that the murder of King Louis XVI was insufficient to bring about the desired revolutionary freedom.

Pornography and Deicide elena maria vidal 2009

Then we come to de Sade, who gave the world "Bumcleaver."

Not much fun Tripp 2008

For my money, the most underrated slice of fantastique of the year, melding Poe, de Sade and the whole of surrealist cinema; this resonated in my dreams for a whole week.

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