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According to Goethe, Byron’s poetical power eclipsed all other mortals, and he was not held back by petty morality, being possessed of a virtue of which the bourgeoisie had no conception.
Alan Cardew • Lord Byron: The Perils and Glories of a Classical Education
That year, Malaysia’s king clubbed a caddie to death for laughing at a bad putt and suffered no consequences.
Stephanie Foo • What My Bones Know
Andrea Toma-celli, who had used Boldrino to help him restore order in the Papal States, decided that he would anticipate Boldrino’s next desertion and win popularity with the local inhabitants by having him murdered at a dinner party in Macerata. Bold-rino’s company is said to have carried the body of their murdered leader with them for two years a
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Valerio Borghese
Alessandro Massignani • The Black Prince and the Sea Devils
house, he beat his native butler to death and narrowly escaped a capital sentence.