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I am called Parricide, Blood-thirsty Usurper, already, for shedding the blood of one man, that the plague might be stayed — or as Achan was slain that Israel might thereafter stand against the face of their enemies.
Woodstock 1855
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The power of speech, which he had almost entirely lost, seemed to have returned to him in a miraculous manner; at length, however, he became delirious, and Norbert dismissed the servants who had been watching by his father's bed, lest in the incoherent ravings of the invalid, the words "Parricide" or "Poison" should break forth.
Secret des Champdoce. English ��mile Gaboriau 1852
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Disc three kicks off with Episode Eight Parricide with commentary by Ryan, and actors Cathy Cahlin Ryan and David Rees Snell, and has no deleted scenes.
THE SHIELD: Season Seven – The Final Act DVD Review – Collider.com 2009
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But even though the Czech heavy-metal bands Hellfish and Parricide failed to entice rock fans to make the 40-mile journey from Prague, Herold owner Charles Corry was undaunted.
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Demens was quaestor of the Parricide; because I am going to be a doctor, apparently it does not follow that it is absolutely necessary that I should be an imbecile.
Les Miserables 2008
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Tell, who spilt the blood of a tyrant to save a nation, fraternizes in some sort with John the Parricide.
A Woman of Thirty 2007
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Parricide, a most horrible crime, is in some departments treated with leniency, while in others a common murder, so to speak, is punished with death.
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BETHANY MARSHALL, PSYCHOANALYST: Parricide, in fact, it only accounts for less than 2 percent of all homicides.
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‘Parricide!’ and the old man falling with a broken head.
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[The Parricide departs, and the dithyrambic poet Cinesias arrives.]
The Birds 2000
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