cruels
Britishnoun
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Today, though, her powerful fiction is too little read, apart from a handful of eerie tales and contes cruels.
From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2019
Since Jackson died of heart failure at 48 in 1965, her work has never lacked for admirers, especially among aficionados of contes cruels and tales of existential disorientation.
From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2015
Ou de la possession des Religieuses Ursulines et de la condamnation et du supplice d'Urbain Grandier, curé de la même ville, cruels effets de la vengeance du Cardinal de Richelieu.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra
Jetons dans l'oubli, s'il est possible, des jours et surtout des nuits si cruels, et bornons-nous à demander à Dieu de n'envoyer rien de semblable désormais, soit à moi, soit à mes amis.
From Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by Laughton, John Knox
Entre les loups cruels j'erre parmy la plaine Je sens venir l'hyver, de qui la froide haleine D'une tremblante horreur fait h�risser ma peau.
From Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance by Belloc, Hilaire
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