All 4 Uses of
demise
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- —A sudden—at—the—moment—though—from—lingering—illness—often— previously—expectorated—demise, Lenehan added.†
Chpt 7 *
- Or she knew him, that second I say, and was but creature of her creature, vergine madre, figlia di tuo figlio, or she knew him not and then stands she in the one denial or ignorancy with Peter Piscator who lives in the house that Jack built and with Joseph the joiner patron of the happy demise of all unhappy marriages, parceque M. Léo Taxil nous a dit que qui l'avait mise dans cette fichue position c'était le sacre pigeon, ventre de Dieu!†
Chpt 14
- attributes some of these demises to abdominal trauma in the case of women workers subjected to heavy labours in the workshop and to marital discipline in the home but by far the vast majority to neglect, private or official, culminating in the exposure of newborn infants, the practice of criminal abortion or in the atrocious crime of infanticide.†
Chpt 14
- The deceased gentleman was a most popular and genial personality in city life and his demise after a brief illness came as a great shock to citizens of all classes by whom he is deeply regretted.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
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(demise) death or the end of something -- especially a slow ending