The reading "The Sentence against Damiens (1757)" describes the brutal punishment inflicted on the would-be assassin of Louis XV. What was the purpose behind such treatment?

Read the excerpt from act i of the importance of being earnest. lady bracknell. well, i must say, algernon, that i think it is high time that mr. bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. this shilly-shallying with the question is absurd. . i should be much obliged if you would ask mr. bunbury, from me, to be kind enough not to have a relapse on saturday, for i rely on you to arrange my music for me. it is my last reception, and one wants something that will encourage conversation, particularly at the end of the season when every one has practically said whatever they had to say, which, in most cases, was probably not much. what aspect of lady bracknell’s behavior does wilde use to poke fun at the importance placed on frivolous events in formal society? her concern with a party instead of mr. bunbury’s health her interest in playing classical music at her reception her jealousy over algernon’s friendship with the sickly mr. bunbury her concern about the health of algernon’s friend

This awakened in the washington a distrustful scrutiny into what

Which quote from act one scene three in the tragedy of julius caesar is the best example of foreshadowing a. why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, why birds and bees from quality and kind why old man, fools, and children calculate b. that heaven hath infused them with these spirits to make them instruments of fear and warning unti some monstrous state c. it is the part of men to fear and tremble, when the most mighty gods buy tokens send such dreadful heralds to astonish us d. oh he sits high in all the peoples hearts, and that which would appear offense in us his countenance, like richest alchemy, will change to virtue and worthiness