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But also for transcendence, a zap to the synaptic cleft; for a slice of the strange, the shock of an Other, a witness not yet heard from, archaeologies forgotten, ignored or despised; that radioactive glow of genius in the dark: grace notes, ghosts and gods".
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A Dublin clergyman, Rev. Delaney, was so overcome by Susanna Cibber's rendering of "He was despised" that reportedly he leapt to his feet and cried: "Woman, for this be all thy sins forgiven thee!" The takings amounted to around £400, providing about £127 to each of the three nominated charities and securing the release of 142 indebted prisoners.
The labour movement rightly despised that.
These were people who were so despised that they were never allowed to be in American literature before".
The days when Republican candidates were so despised that they found rattlesnakes nailed to the doors of their campaign offices are long gone.
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"Knowing that I'll never be able to sit in that arena again and look down on the people I despise — that hurts the most," he said.
I grew up with the idea that this suffering made our family even more noble – though I was also taught to despise that nobility.
And they wrote off other musicians who'd inspired punks: "David Bowie – I despise that son of a bitch," Griffin said in 1983.
The bit I really hate – the paparazzi attention – is the only bit where I am out of control, and maybe I despise that bit because I'm such a control freak".
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet "Knowing that I'll never be able to sit in that arena again and look down on the people I despise — that hurts the most," he said.
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