All 8 Uses of
persecution
in
Middlemarch
- There was a strong assumption of superiority in this Puritanic toleration, hardly less trying to the blond flesh of an unenthusiastic sister than a Puritanic persecution.†
Chpt 1
- I was prepared to be persecuted for not persecuting—not persecuting, you know.†
Chpt 1
- I was prepared to be persecuted for not persecuting—not persecuting, you know.†
Chpt 1 *
- I was prepared to be persecuted for not persecuting—not persecuting, you know.†
Chpt 1
- I have another ground of action, and in the face of persecution I will not conceal it.†
Chpt 2
- You should read history—look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing.†
Chpt 4
- "That is all the stronger reason for despising such an opposition," said Dorothea, looking at the affairs of Middlemarch by the light of the great persecutions.†
Chpt 5
- When immortal Bunyan makes his picture of the persecuting passions bringing in their verdict of guilty, who pities Faithful?†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(persecution) very bad and unfair treatment of others -- often because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or political beliefs