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Ribaldry aside, Yglesias 'point is dead on the money.
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Pop-up large image dark Ribaldry which had thrown such a Glare of Mistery, Sanctity,
John Adams diary 10, includes legal notes, 24 January - 21 February 1765, August 1765 1961
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Ribaldry and gibes of this sort in the face of open and avowed treason was but a poor substitute for that firm statesmanship which should have grappled with the Ulster difficulty in either of two ways -- to come to terms with it or, in the alternative, beat all unruly opposition to the ground.
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Ribaldry, heterodox, worse than orthodox fanaticism.
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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Ribaldry, heterodox, worse than orthodox fanaticism.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Leonard Huxley 1896
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Ribaldry in woman seems more gross than in man, and this is woman's ribaldry.
Woman and the Republic — a Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement in the United States and a Discussion of the Claims and Arguments of Its Foremost Advocates Helen Kendrick Johnson 1880
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Brutality has retired discomfited from before the peaceful confidence and calm resolution of Lucretia Mott, finding in her august presence his shield of Ribaldry an incumbrance rather than a defence.
THE WOMAN'S ADVOCATE 1869
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Brutality has retired discomfited from before the peaceful confidence and calm resolution of Lucretia Mott, finding in her august presence his shield of Ribaldry an incumbrance rather than a defence.
VOL. II 1869
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Brutality has retired discomfited from before the peaceful confidence and calm resolution of Lucretia Mott, finding in her august presence his shield of Ribaldry an incumbrance rather than a defence.
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Sate grinning Ribaldry, and sneering Scorn. [dw] _I.
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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