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If it is recognizably part of the world of dangerous affairs, it doesn't have the sulphurousness that made Baudelaire say that Laclos's novel burned like ice.
Napoleon's Eye Brooks, Peter 2009
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Some day I shall look over old stories of demons that have appeared sulphurously upon this earth, with the idea of expressing that we have often had undesirable visitors from other worlds; or that an indication of external derivation is sulphurousness.
The Book of the Damned Charles Fort
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I have been impressed with the frequent occurrence of sulphurousness with things that come from the sky.
The Book of the Damned Charles Fort
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If it is recognizably part of the world of dangerous affairs, it doesn't have the sulphurousness that made Baudelaire say that Laclos's novel burned like ice.
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Yes, and by other fools -- and worse, "I added with feigned sulphurousness, indicated Van Blarcom.
The Firefly of France Marion Polk Angellotti 1936
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