| 单词 | poetic justice |
| 例句 | While he was outside, however, in a development that can be regarded either as divine intervention or poetic justice, the roof over the banqueting hall collapsed, crushing Scopas and all his guests to death. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z He explained how the HeLa contamination problem happened, then said, “Her cells caused millions of dollars in damage. Seems like a bit of poetic justice, doesn’t it?” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Galgut’s formidable talent as a novelist transforms the facts of Forster’s life into art, which is poetic justice given Forster’s efforts to make stories and novels more meaningful and satisfactory than life itself. Review: ‘Arctic Summer’ by Damon Galgut, a fictional biography of E.M. Forster Although Johnson regarded Shakespeare as the greatest modern writer to depict our “general nature,” he preferred Tate’s “King Lear” for the poetic justice of its ending. Why We (Mostly) Stopped Messing With Shakespeare’s Language 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z It has the ring of poetic justice, given Fox News’s record of homophobia and fear-mongering on transgender issues. 'It's easy to make someone a monster' - behind a Roger Ailes documentary 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Maybe Shaw’s horrific demise was pure poetic justice. I missed a crucial moment in Jurassic World. Have I misjudged every movie? | Joe Queenan 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Perhaps — as the cost of a typical grocery visit has shot up by 10% over the last year — the idea of these mega-corporations feeling the squeeze feels like poetic justice. If Kroger and Albertsons merge, communities will lose their grocery stores. Could Amazon save them? 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z “There was this wonderful poetic justice in being able to promote her,” he said. The Poetic Justice of Stella Abrera’s Juliet 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Tonight's set is one of poetic justice, played out in front of an emotional crowd – a set only partially flawed by bad sound and worse jokes. Rodriguez – review 2012-11-18T00:06:15Z Whether this represents summary or merely poetic justice is left to the audience to decide. The Matchbox – review 2012-06-24T17:15:01Z She wouldn’t be my top choice, but there would be some poetic justice to it nonetheless. The “man crisis,” continued 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z As “T2 Trainspotting” opens, Mark has just experienced the poetic justice of a heart attack on a treadmill in Amsterdam, where he has been hiding out. The ‘Trainspotting’ junkies are back, but it’s more than drugs that are eating at them. 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z The story is a bracingly vicious tale of betrayal and poetic justice in what at first seemed an atmosphere of placid kitsch. Best European Fiction 2013, edited by Aleksandar Hemon – review 2013-02-01T09:01:01Z “The final scene, I wanted some kind of poetic justice for him,” Asbaek said. Ranking the Deaths in the Final ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z This would seem to be poetic justice, given what we know about Johnny, and that’s very little. The Way of Fatherhood, as seen in "Cobra Kai" 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z In what might look a little like poetic justice, Thompson has recently been the subject of some of the songs of his musician children, Teddy and Kamila. Keeping the faith 2010-04-10T23:05:00Z Mr. Perry always manages to mete out poetic justice in his books’ final moments. Books of The Times: In Thomas Perry?s ?Strip,? Affable Thugs, Rough Justice 2010-05-26T22:24:00Z There’s a certain poetic justice when Ms. Kirby’s favorite hat is caught by a gust of wind and sails away. Review: ‘My Teacher Is a Monster,’ by Peter Brown To bring back the passenger pigeon – that would be an act of poetic justice. De-extinction won’t make us better conservationists! 2013-09-06T12:40:00Z It's a play in which light and dark fight to the death without the insurance of poetic justice. With age, the wisdom of staging 'Lear' becomes less clear 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z That he stormed the discothèque on the strength of a decadently elongated bootleg is a bit of poetic justice. Waking the Spirit of a Disco Innovator 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z For the senator, who died in 2003, there was poetic justice to the idea. How to Transform Penn Station: Move the Garden 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Call it poetic justice or merely good sense, but Lionsgate would be wise to snap up Jenkins and give her the keys to an even bigger franchise. The “man crisis,” continued 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z There is a poetic justice about Buergenthal's journey from Holocaust victim to arbiter of man's inhumanity to man. Holocaust survivor Thomas Buergenthal silences the Hay crowds 2010-05-31T15:47:00Z There's a wonderful poetic justice in this all happening for a production of the ultimate operatic statement of the high-maintenance drama-queen diva soprano. Behind the Scenes of ‘Tosca,’ the Messiest Production in Met History 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z It’s perfect, poetic justice served, a brilliant finale to a brilliant show. The best TV episodes of 2017, from The Deuce to Line of Duty 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z And there is undeniable poetry — or perhaps poetic justice — in what is happening to Ms. Kusama’s career, given that she recently turned 90. Everything’s Coming Up Kusama, Including a Macy’s Balloon 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z “After being censored, it is poetic justice that my work is now on top of a State Supreme Court building,” she said. Move Over Moses and Zoroaster: Manhattan Has a New Female Lawgiver 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Her idea of poetic justice is to frame Nick for her murder: “He killed my soul, which should be a crime. Actually, it is a crime. According to me, at least.” An Overlooked Novel from 1935 by the Godmother of Feminist Detective Fiction 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z What’s clear here is a particularly sordid kind of poetic justice. Perspective | Trump once wanted the National Enquirer to win a Pulitzer. Now it may prove his downfall. 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Baryshnikov said that renaming his Studio 6A for Cage and Cunningham was an act of poetic justice, as if their spirits will retain a view over the river. Baryshnikov Plans Fund-Raising to Give Artists Space 2014-01-15T23:30:41Z So when Littlefinger told Lysa he never loved her and pushed her out of the Moon Door, it seemed like a bit of poetic justice. ‘Game of Thrones’ Deaths: Every Major One So Far 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z While this reaction is an understandable one, why settle for poetic justice in lieu of the real thing, especially when most of those inhabitants remember the bad old days of disinvestment and urban decay? Enough with the hipster-bashing 2013-05-12T14:00:00Z And really, who could be immune to the poetic justice of Ginsburg’s replacement being named by the first female president? Perspective | RBG and the empty triumph of liberal pop culture 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Only a kind of ambiguous poetic justice appears to be visited on those responsible. Biutiful ? review 2011-01-27T15:00:01Z Reel history: Judgment at Nuremberg – poetic justice for Holocaust perpetrators Does the demise of HMV mean disaster for British indie cinema? Close up: Save the last Sundance 2013-01-31T17:16:59Z After all that has happened, it feels like poetic justice. The Lies That Bind, and Break, a Friendship 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z “The fact that she’s Ukrainian is an extra element of poetic justice that certainly didn’t go unnoticed.” Dropping Anna Netrebko, the Met Turns to a Ukrainian Diva 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z There’s no real suspense in the inevitable poetic justice as Brock gets his comeuppance, with lectures and deflating punchlines on democracy and a free press included. Review | The moralizing 1946 comedy ‘Born Yesterday’ is not dead yet 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z It would be poetic justice if Twin Peaks peaked again, but it returns to a television landscape radically transformed, and a major factor in that transformation was Twin Peaks itself. Damn fine telly: why everything is now ‘a bit Twin Peaks’ 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z From there, the circles of hell serve as ready-made divertissements, characterful episodes that conjure, however obliquely, the poetic justice delivered to Dante’s sinners. Review: Thomas Adès Charts a Journey Through Hell and Heaven 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z A revenge fantasy recalling "I Spit on Your Grave," "Avenged" unabashedly revels in vigilantism and poetic justice. 'Avenged' cheers on vigilante's graphic violence 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z I must admit, I’m amused by the poetic justice of it all. Column: Black people presiding over the downfall of Donald Trump is poetic justice 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z So, in some ways, giving Black people the land where the prison once operated as reparations could be seen as poetic justice. Column: The craziest reparations idea you won't find in the California task force's report 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z There’s a poetic justice to Trump’s own vile words coming back to haunt him. Column: Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll. There's no denying it now 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z It was poetic justice after what happened with the Dodgers two seasons ago. Q&A: 'It was far more sticky than anything that we felt': Umpires discuss Max Scherzer's ejection 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z It's poetic justice that they get to be first in line to start holding him accountable. Of course it's women who are finally holding Trump accountable 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z “The fact that I’m the first from Virginia, the birthplace of American democracy and the birthplace of American slavery, is kind of poetic justice,” McClellan said in an interview Monday. McClellan to become 1st Black woman for Virginia in Congress 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z “It’s poetic justice, thinking about what not only my family has been through, but what our country has been through,” McClellan said. McClellan projected to become first Black woman to represent Va. in Congress 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z WINNIPEG, Manitoba — In a game with odd bounces and poetic justice, the Kraken couldn’t solve Jets goaltender David Rittich in the shootout and fell 3-2 on Tuesday night at Canada Life Centre. Strange goal doesn’t stand up as Kraken fall to Jets in shootout 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z While these two pariah-states deserve each other, there’s poetic justice in turning their malign activities back on them. Opinion | The West has captured thousands of Iranian weapons. Send them to Ukraine. 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z There’s poetic justice in the fact that she sampled Big Mama Thornton’s “Hound Dog” rather than Presley’s 1956 cover. The 100 best songs of 2022 (complete with playlist!) 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z That they did so on the 27th anniversary of Edgar Martinez’s epic double in 1995 that has shouldered far too much of the franchise’s historical burden is poetic justice at its most profound. 2022 Mariners make their own postseason history 27 years after Edgar’s double 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Samuel Garrett-Pate, the managing director of external affairs at Equality California, an L.G.B.T.Q. civil rights organization, said it would be “poetic justice” if Mr. Calvert were unseated by an openly gay candidate. In the California Desert, L.G.B.T.Q. Voters Could Sway a Key House Race 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z He added that it would be “poetic justice” for a player denied the chance to play in the major leagues to replace a commissioner who had been an obstacle. It’s been 50 years since Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard made Hall of Fame history 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z “It’s — what do you call it — poetic justice,” said William E. Dickerson II, senior pastor of Greater Love Tabernacle, who served on the search committee that recommended candidates for the job. He Fought Boston’s Blue Wall of Silence. Now He’s the Commissioner. 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z “It would be poetic justice to have someone storm your offices and shoot up the place, leaving none of you commies alive,” Hanson’s message stated. O.C. man accused of anti-LGBTQ threats to bomb Merriam-Webster over definition of 'girl' 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z It will be poetic justice under law for us to do so by turning his own treasure against him. Opinion | $100 Billion. Russia’s Treasure in the U.S. Should Be Turned Against Putin. 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z The only slice of poetic justice here is that these unhappy, infantile losers will be saddled with massive student loan debt and yet entirely unemployable for 10 years after graduation until they actually grow up. Mike Pence at Jefferson’s university: Triggering privileged brats 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z No matter what caused the damage to the Moskva, Black said, “it will likely be seen as poetic justice by Ukrainians and their supporters.” Russia says flagship missile cruiser has sunk after explosion off coast of Ukraine 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z "Not one person followed me as I run down 53rd st with a bloody face from where the security hit me with a piece of lucite … #poetic justice," Cabana claimed on his Instagram Sunday. New York Museum of Modern Art suspected stabber rants on social media while on the run from police 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z Some also thought it was poetic justice for all the guests who never got to speak on these programmes. 'I am Mr McAdams': TV anchor Rahul Shivshankar yells at wrong man on Ukraine live 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Competition isn’t the place to seek poetic justice. Nadal, Djokovic and how character shaped the plot of the Australian Open 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z “I think it’s kind of poetic justice that after losing to them in the opener we get to run it back against those dudes to close out the year.” Maret wins DCSAA Class A in thrilling fashion; Brentsville District heads to state semifinals 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z It’s poetic justice, I guess, that I was once a destroyer myself. Opinion | Stephanie Grisham: I told the Trumps my relationship with a White House staffer had turned abusive. They didn’t seem to care. 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Finishing her second Olympics — and perhaps her career — on balance beam is poetic justice of sorts for Biles. Simone Biles to return for balance beam finals at Tokyo Olympics 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z The result led the researchers to use another term that I have seldom read in an academic study: "poetic justice". Why is this the 'most instagrammable' bird? 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z To do so would be poetic justice for the thousands of Negro League ballplayers who played in obscurity due to Jim Crow. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: This photo was fitting for this moment in baseball 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z As Ali became increasingly ill and incapacitated with Parkinson’s disease, Frazier was asked about it and, instead of expressing sympathy, said the Parkinson’s was “poetic justice.” Looking back at Ali vs. Frazier: 50 years since 'The Fight of the Century' 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z While many Indians saw their team’s victory as the simple result of a stunning display of character and skill, others called it poetic justice for Australian complacency. 'Plunder down under': India revels in cricket team's shock victory at Gabba 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z It was perhaps poetic justice that Scarborough was live on air to deliver the breaking news of Trump’s election defeat. 'He understands Washington': Joe Scarborough finds echoes of Truman in Biden 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z “The poetic justice is that coming to New York would put them in a kind of prison already.” Will Manhattan’s Elite Really Spurn Ivanka and Jared (and Their Money)? 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z He sees Stitely's apparent death from a disease that deprives victims of their breath as "poetic justice." COVID cuts a lethal path through San Quentin’s death row 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z There would be a certain poetic justice if it were Prince Andrew who is now being used for something or other. Perhaps Ghislaine Maxwell can fill in some blanks for Epstein's ‘bewildered’ friends | Marina Hyde 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Ms. Jones’s victory represented “poetic justice,” said LaTosha Brown, the co-founder of Black Voters Matter, a nonprofit group that works to increase voter engagement. Historic Wins for Women of Color as Nation Protests Systemic Racism 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z At that notorious intersection, the potential for poetic justice is most resonant. Commentary: U.S. should build a memorial 'plague column' for COVID-19, but where? Here's an idea 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z “There is a lot of poetic justice here,” the judge added. ‘Scared to Death’ by Arbitration: Companies Drowning in Their Own System 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z “That they also voted to allow rehabilitation services is poetic justice and reveals just how broken and beyond repair the death penalty is,” he said. California to move some condemned inmates off death row 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z And delivering a devastating, heart-breaking performance as a woman who made a career out of comebacks is the best kind of poetic justice.” Playing Hollywood icon Judy Garland in 'Judy' earns Renée Zellweger her second Oscar 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z “And it is only poetic justice that now we stand on the right side of history and finally give women their full constitutional equality.” Lawmakers pledge ERA will pass in Virginia. Then what? 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Those remarks sparked sharp criticism by opposition politicians, while some found poetic justice in the world’s most prestigious literary award going to Tokarczuk. Nobel literature pick heartens liberal Poles in populist era 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z And delivering a devastating, heart-breaking performance as a woman who made a career out of comebacks is the best kind of poetic justice. Review: Don't call 'Judy' Renee Zellweger's 'comeback.' It's just one of her best performances ever 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z She went on to sustain a living supplying a local infirmary with — poetic justice — leeches. The Distinctly American Ethos of the Grifter 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z It sound like poetic justice: making a drug dealer pay for a wall to stop drug dealers from pushing their products in the U.S. Florida editorial roundup 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Former players say it would be poetic justice for Martin to cap his career with an unexpected championship after enduring so much postseason heartbreak. Florida State’s Mike Martin gets last shot at CWS title 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Telling moveon.org to move on will have a certain poetic justice that not even the hardest heart would be able to resist. A Burr in their britches 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Pinson, signed by Brooklyn to a two-way contract, often leads the cheers from the bench and Atkinson said it was “poetic justice” that he was the one to hit the winner. Siakam, Leonard lead Raptors past Nets 115-105 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z In a lovely turn of fate, or poetic justice, the long-awaited biopic “Tolkien” premieres less than a month after “Game of Thrones” ends. ‘Game of Thrones’ will end, but respect for fantasy should not 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Tinder If you’ve ever met someone from Tinder and were shocked at their actual height, this prank might bring some poetic justice. April Fools’ Day 2019: the best and cringiest pranks 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z But Jones struck out, delaying poetic justice only momentarily. Hello, Title (and Goodbye, Leo) 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z “In so many ways, those handcuffs represented poetic justice not only for the victim, but for her children, her brothers and sisters in blue, and her community,” said Kuhlman. Wanted Oklahoma fugitive, accused of brutally killing ex-wife in front of kids, arrested in Mexico 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z So there is more than a little poetic justice -- or is it irony? -- in General Abizaid’s proposed posting to Riyadh. General John Abizaid may be Trump’s new man in Riyadh 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z It is tempting to see a certain poetic justice in the Houthis’ vengeful rage against Saudi Arabia. How the War in Yemen Became a Bloody Stalemate — and the Worst Humanitarian Crisis in the World 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Life, however, lacks the moral efficiency of art: it remains to be seen whether poetic justice is confined to the theatre. Shakespeare in the age of Brexit and Trump: the play’s still the thing 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z But his Metropolitan Festival Hall ended up being built on the same site — poetic justice, if not a form of revenge. How Le Corbusier Became Big in Japan 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z He has been a beacon for this team in troubled times, and it would be poetic justice for him to finally reap the rewards. Mariners didn’t trade for a starting pitcher, putting Felix Hernandez’s next start under microscope 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z The 70th-ranked Russian side getting to the quarterfinals by beating Spain on penalty kicks, only, in a bit of poetic justice, to lose on penalty kicks to tiny Croatia. Opinion | I hardly questioned American exceptionalism. Soccer changed that. 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z “I thought that was sort of a little bit of poetic justice, if you will, for all the tough times,” Trotz said. The Capitals Purge Their Past, One Win at a Time 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z “I thought that was a little bit of poetic justice, if you will,” Coach Barry Trotz said, “for all the tough times.” Perspective | Alex Ovechkin is playing the most complete hockey of his career 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z There is a certain poetic justice in the reversal. Conversion Therapy Isn’t the Cure for ‘Toxic Masculinity’ 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z It was perhaps poetic justice that it was Emile's infidelity that unravelled the case. Sex, lies and payday loans: The parachute murder plot 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z For the Germans, however, it was perhaps poetic justice. WORLD CUP: Frank Lampard ‘goal’ leads to new technology 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z Old sins and poetic justice will be given an airing. Review | ‘1945’ is a dark and uneasy Holocaust drama 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z There would be a kind of poetic justice for the Wu-Tang album to be set free and made freely available to the American public at large. The feds have Martin Shkreli’s Wu-Tang album 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z And I love the poetic justice that Nassar not only must listen to his victims' statements, but that a strong and no nonsense female judge is the one turning up the volume. Victims in Larry Nassar Abuse Case Find a Fierce Advocate: The Judge 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z “The fact that the women led the investigation, the prosecution team and that three female judges now sentence defendant Nassar is poetic justice.” What prosecutor, judge said before Nassar’s sentencing 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z He also said there was “poetic justice” that it would define the Trump presidency. 'It's all explosive': Michael Wolff on Donald Trump 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z It will also be poetic justice if the Republicans eventually rue the day they passed this bill. Last-Minute Rush to Prepay Taxes Gives Way to Confusion and Anger 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z It's poetic justice that the pig Franken's job be filled with a successful and smart woman. Al Franken’s Minnesota Seat to Be Filled by Tina Smith, a Democrat 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z That, hopefully will bring some justice against the "president" and his family, albeit poetic justice for the disloyal and immoral. Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to the F.B.I. and Will Cooperate With Russia Inquiry 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z A former newspaper reporter in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC, Ms Roem’s win may qualify as poetic justice. Voters in Virginia repudiate Donald Trump and his policies 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Is there poetic justice in the fact that it was Allen’s estranged son, journalist Ronan Farrow, who reported and wrote the New Yorker article revealing the most explosive allegations against Weinstein? Opinion | An abusive creep’s defense 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Still, perhaps there would be a Sartrean sort of poetic justice to that. Putting the nuke into nuclear family: it’s Trump and Kim Jong-un | Marina Hyde 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z There is a certain poetic justice in the alt-right, largely an internet-based political movement, turning against the companies that enabled it in the first place. The Alt-Right Finds a New Enemy in Silicon Valley 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z And there is perhaps an element of poetic justice in seeing a man who insulted his way to the presidency paid back in kind. Opinion | On foreign policy, Trump isn’t a complete disaster 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z I said, ‘It’s poetic justice, that Steve’s son is an electronic musician’.” Making sounds with Suzanne Ciani, America's first female synth hero 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z “It was poetic justice because I was able to testify and look at them in the face and in their eyes, just to let them know that we didn’t back down.” ‘Living nightmare:’ Hunted by alleged gang killers 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z Call it poetic justice or political karma - the master Mitch McConnell may soon destroy one of his favorite weapons of mass obstruction. Kentucky editorial roundup 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z However, that slump may fall more into the category of poetic justice than cruel curse, given the racial caricatures on their caps. The Curse Needs a New Home. Snow or Surf? 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z But this is really poetic justice at work. Why C.E.O.s Are Getting Fired More 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z There is a good deal of poetic justice in this turn of events. The Meaning of Bob Dylan’s Silence 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z If there’s a silver lining to Seattle leaving playoff qualification uncertain until the bitter end, it’s the poetic justice in the previous sentence. Sounders prepare to say goodbye to Zach Scott -- and for a consequential finale 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z Right now I am reveling in poetic justice since her speech from last Thursday in New Hampshire. To the First Lady, With Love 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Given that Trump has dubbed so many women dogs, there’s poetic justice in comparing him to one. Donald Trump goes to the dogs 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z Judge Briccetti called the fine “poetic justice” in light of the amount. Obscure Legal Doctrine May Erase Guilty Verdict for Ex-Legislator Who Died 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z “So for a woman to be actual manager, CEO, is poetic justice.” Carla Hayden: new librarian of Congress makes history, with an eye on the future 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z It is a poetic justice that the Russians’ use of Trump as a dupe for their diplomatic ends should be balanced by the Mexicans’ use of him for theirs. Editorials from around New England 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z Considering the Dodgers and Giants’ long history, it is poetic justice that Vin Scully gets one last pennant race to call. Letters: Hearing from all sides on the Dodgers' A.J. Ellis trade 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z That might be an unpalatable result in terms of life on Planet Earth, but it would possess a certain poetic justice. Lessons of Britquake 2016: A history-shaping crisis, and a moment of danger and opportunity 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Cleveland fans might see poetic justice in how the Warriors were denied it: a 3-pointer, this one heaved by Kyrie Irving with 53 seconds remaining. Golden State Warriors Slipped, Then Fell, Despite a Record Season 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z In a slice of nasty poetic justice, Urias’ next start is in Arizona next Monday against possibly, yeah, you guessed it, Zack Greinke. Julio Urias shows grit but Dodgers are asking too much 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Which, in its own twisted way, is a feat of poetic justice. Megyn Kelly goes too easy on Donald Trump in her Fox infomercial, er, special 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z He has said he felt Cleveland was watching and that his death would have been “poetic justice”. A war photographer's image of hell – recreated in a play he can't bear to see 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z It’s an illustrative story of her persistence and her willingness to place others’ needs above her own, and of course there’s a poetic justice to it in light of new developments. The Reason Harriet Tubman Is Perfect for the $20 Bill 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z So it was perhaps poetic justice to fans that the person causing so much pain to so many is feeling some himself. Column: Hard to feel sorry for Spanos and the Chargers 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z But there was a kind of poetic justice to the setting, she decided: “It takes the confines off of learning.” Old Cell Block at Baruch College Is No Barrier to Learning 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Henry Blodget selling a startup at a huge valuation has a certain...poetic justice, perhaps? Henry Blodget's comeback complete after $442m sale of Business Insider 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z But there’s something beautiful and there’s some poetic justice in the fact that a character who doesn’t own a cellphone is now streaming on Netflix. 'Longmire' EPs on the 'poetic justice' of the drama moving to Netflix 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z “I see beauty, I see poetic justice, I see Dr. King’s dream being realized.” Straddling Old and New, a South Where ‘a Flag Is Not Worth a Job’ 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z There is considerable drama — some might even say poetic justice — in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ run to the N.B.A. finals. A Team With More Twists, and Grit, Than the Cuyahoga 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z “We release the list on or about his birthday… as poetic justice for the scientist who began the ambitious work to complete an inventory of life on our planet that continues today,” Wheeler says. Top 10 Most Fascinating New Species Unveiled 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Appel concludes that fiction, by constantly exposing us to the theme of poetic justice, may be partly responsible for the sense that the world is, on the whole, a just place. Psychotherapists Say This Is the Key to Happiness 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z And my attitude when I hear they’ve been snuffed out is, so sad, too bad,” Schlussel wrote, calling it “poetic justice” that Mueller was held captive by the Islamic State and “died in their hands.” “Poetic justice”: Conservatives smear slain ISIS hostage for work with Palestinians 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z He's there, too — and for poetic justice, we get his "hangover pose" in the last frame of the short: Netflix's Madagascar video reveals the grim truth of New Year's to children 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z So there is a kind of poetic justice afoot since the agency that bears his name in London, adam&eveDDB, honored his legacy with their “I Spent It on Myself” campaign for retailer Harvey Nichols. Summing Up The Cannes Lions Festival In Three Words: Bravery, Techonology, Humanity. 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Money can buy poetic justice, but a trail of half-truths and innuendo doesn’t disappear on its own—not from conspiratorial minds, and certainly not from the Internet. From Accused Terrorist to Medical Adventurer The Kings saw this victory as poetic justice, hockey style. The Kings' calm amid the playoff storm carried them to Stanley Cup 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z That would be both economic justice and poetic justice. Stopping companies from fleeing the U.S. tax code In a change rife with poetic justice, he already was a free man when the job was completed in December 1863. Slave who helped build Capitol’s Statue of Freedom honored with historical marker 2014-04-17T00:00:00Z Rogers has since sold the ’79 Heisman after a failed attempt to return it to White, one part poetic justice and another part stunt. How Heisman Trophy winners have stored their hardware 2013-12-09T16:30:06Z "The bees that were taken were a fairly angry lot - they even managed to put me in accident and emergency last year through stinging me, so maybe there might be some poetic justice." Bee rustling is 'growing problem' 2013-05-25T11:39:00Z It is therefore poetic justice that the latest attempt to sweep away Einstein’s version of the world in its turn also relies on an interferometer. Atomic interferometry: The function of waves 2013-05-09T15:00:31Z In hockey, poetic justice has nothing to do with the playoffs. 2013 N.H.L. Playoff Preview: N.H.L. Playoffs Reshuffle the Deck 2013-04-29T19:46:15Z By awful chance, he had found a great subject, and he raised his game to give it both personal and poetic justice. Roger Ebert: Farewell to a Film Legend and Friend 2013-04-05T05:05:21Z Simpson, in a bit of poetic justice, is now serving time for the kidnapping and robbery of two sports-memorabilia dealers. Pistorius: The Next O.J. Trial? 2013-02-23T09:45:00Z Not sure it’s poetic justice, but it sure is poetic, in both its simplicity and its timing. Will Romney Get His 47 on Thanksgiving Day? (As The Final Votes Come In) 2012-11-22T17:13:03Z So for him it’s a kind of a poetic justice in his last stage of life to be the leader of the consensus and elder of the tribe. Will Peres Challenge Bibi? 2012-11-09T16:22:00Z It’s actually something of a fitting punishment – Apple thrives on total control of its own image, and forcing it to publicly eat crow is a kind of poetic justice. In Britain, Apple Forced to Publicly Apologize to Samsung 2012-10-18T18:36:17Z It’s poetic justice, perhaps, that it’s precisely those barriers that are standing in the way of Latin America’s best chance in years to try a new approach to development. The Next Singapore? 2012-10-01T05:00:00Z Mitt’s rambles to the donors, released by Mother Jones magazine and, in a bit of poetic justice, unearthed by Jimmy Carter’s grandson, were a stunning combination of wrong facts, callous sentiments and dumb politics. Op-Ed Columnist: Let Them Eat Crab Cake 2012-09-19T02:12:59Z London 2012 organising committee chairman Lord Coe said this morning that there was "poetic justice" in the fact that Bosch happened to be sitting near the man who threw the bottle. London 2012: Dutch judoka said bottle-thrower 'dishonoured' Olympics 2012-08-06T15:13:09Z He said: "I'm not suggesting vigilantism but it was actually poetic justice that they happened to be sitting next to a judo player." Man charged after bottle thrown at start of men's Olympic 100m final 2012-08-06T13:54:34Z I'm not suggesting vigilantism but it was actually poetic justice that they happened to be sitting next to a judo player. Judo star tackles bottle-thrower 2012-08-06T12:06:05Z I'm not suggesting vigilantism but it was actually poetic justice but they happened to be sitting next to a judo player. Coe: 'Poetic justice' for bottle thrower 2012-08-06T11:23:06Z There’s a kind of poetic justice in that. NCAA’s Penn State sanctions show surprising muscle 2012-07-23T16:37:00Z "I'm not suggesting vigilantism but it is poetic justice they happened to be sitting next to a judo player." London 2012: Dutch judoka said bottle-thrower 'dishonoured' Olympics 2012-08-06T15:13:09Z Earlier the London 2012 chairman, Lord Coe, said it was "poetic justice" that the man happened to be sitting next to the Dutch judo star. Man charged after bottle thrown at start of men's Olympic 100m final 2012-08-06T13:54:34Z Perhaps if England had been less public in identifying Sweden's failings they would have been less exposed to such poetic justice. Euro 2012: Five lessons we learned about England 2012-06-15T21:50:26Z There was poetic justice in this opportunity of reparation now accorded to her. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z And, as if in poetic justice, that bulldog bit them! The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z I had young Maillard hooked and landed—it would have been poetic justice to make him hand over a small fortune to Lucie! The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z So absolute is his faith in the soul that he renders poetic justice to its manifestations, seeing indications of its presence where others see none, and glorifying where others are inclined to pity. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z There is a poetic justice in the coincidence of some events. Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art 2012-02-14T03:00:24.393Z But these occasions were not as rich in incident and emotion as poetic justice demanded—and your veal-fed table d'h�te will have nourished your intelligence quite as much. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z In the latter case, poetic justice is usually regarded and the good are saved. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z It also provided some poetic justice as the foul was awarded for a dreadful tackle by Mehdi Benatia who escaped with a yellow card when he should have been sent off. Gabon, Tunisia Advance With Last-Gasp Goals 2012-01-28T00:45:31Z My heart had been set on obtaining poetic justice for Maida; but I knew she wouldn't wish me to plead. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z She had to be done something with, and after all she had suffered, it was not in the heart of poetic justice to deny her a little moriturary triumph. English Society 2011-11-25T03:00:15.587Z Wouldn’t it be poetic justice if she were to turn the half of her class who were for her last year against her by her own unworthiness? Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z Bad and good are clearly differentiated, despite the improbabilities of the romantic vicissitudes; and poetic justice is administered with decision. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z "If he were innocent and drink had got him into this scrape, there would be a poetic justice in drink's getting him out!" The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z And the exciting conclusion of this entrancing spectacle displays a most moral application of the principle of poetic justice. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z There isn't any of this poetic justice except by accident. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z And yet there are people who say there is no such thing as poetic justice.” Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z Such a conception of tragedy involves a recognition of the blindness of chance that cannot be squared with any theory of poetic justice or theological view of the rewards due to virtue. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Which—if not exactly satisfying to our reader’s sense of poetic justice—is Life. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z It is poetic justice that in time I should stoop to so much greater dishonesty than that which I was intolerant of in him. The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z Looking for justice—poetic justice, isn't it, they call it?—in the working out of things. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z “There was some poetic justice about taking money from the federal government because of the actions of the F.B.I.” Settlements End Suits Over Raids by Officials 2011-06-04T02:10:27Z Such application of poetic justice had been earlier expounded by Ben Jonson in defense of the punishments inflicted in his comedy, "Volpone." Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Scaliger is here following the extreme view of poetic justice which we have found expressed in so many of the Renaissance writers. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z The finale of this enterprise was, it seems to me, in keeping with its remarkable character, and anything less picturesque than that which actually transpired in this connection would have fallen short of poetic justice. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z Just one of those strokes of poetic justice which happen so rarely in war. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z I could bear his suffering with great equanimity, for there was a poetic justice in it, though he himself was not a sinner above others, nor yet so much as many. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z I find in the biographies which the Infinite One writes more poetry, more poetic justice and justification by motives, than in those which the heroes of the former, like poor fools, send to the press. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z This is the expression of the extreme view of poetic justice; and while it is in keeping with the common sentiment-52- of the Renaissance, it is of course entirely un-Aristotelian. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z And now the time has come when the original poetic justice due to the miss by the kitchen stove has quite worn off. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z By a kind of poetic justice the utter failure of art to satisfy the demand for reform, for purity, for religion, was proved during the pontificates of the two Medici, Leo X and Clement VII. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z In short, your elementary class demands poetic justice—demands it strong and desires it quick. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z It has none of the poetic justice that refuses to have the wolf eat up Little Red Riding Hood. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z Somehow, poetic justice demanded that she, and not her sister, should meet him thus unconsciously. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z There seems a sort of poetic justice in the later experiences of the principal men in the affair. Indian Stories Retold From St. Nicholas 2011-01-22T03:00:17.853Z He said he saw that as a bit of poetic justice. A Nazi Is Exposed, but Did He Have Anything to Hide? 2010-12-07T17:59:00Z As a matter of fact, in practically every short and completed story of the kind we choose for children the end is precipitated and adjusted by the operation of poetic justice. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z Ms. Walsh-Smith, whose ex-husband was represented by the firm, called the situation “poetic justice,” adding, “I wish them a horrible divorce, and I hope they shed as many tears as I have.” For the Lords of Divorce, a Breakup 2010-08-28T22:31:00Z It almost seems like poetic justice that in cheating the system, these opportunists are themselves being cheated. Most Ironbound Day Laborers Report Being Cheated 2010-07-27T20:40:00Z "Yesterday I wasn't happy, clearly," said Webber with considerable understatement as he faced questions about revenge, 'poetic justice' and being a 'number two'. Webber Wins British Grand Prix 2010-07-12T05:48:00Z There was a measure of poetic justice for Ghana and Africa in the scoreline - Netherlands 3, Uruguay 2. Same old, same old: Europe wins World Cup 2010-07-07T00:14:00Z It is not difficult to avoid those stories in which poetic justice is perverted justice. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z Argentina, 1990 For many it was poetic justice after a painfully negative Argentina side had somehow scraped through all the way to the final, winning two penalty shootouts along the way. Goal.com: 10 worst calls in World Cup history 2010-05-24T17:33:00Z It was destroyed by the British fleet under Nelson in that memorable action, and forms an example of poetic justice with which one cannot but heartily sympathize. The Story of Malta The poetic justice of it is that I 'read' with him, so to speak, with a view to these very bush bullies and up-country larrikins. The Shadow of a Man Perhaps, after all, there was poetic justice in Flannagan's cursing of the circus, for it was the circus that supplied that one thing needed. The Night Operator As to the way in which the conclusion is brought to pass, there is to the child and to the childlike mind, in literature as in life, something eminently satisfying in poetic justice. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z I have paid to Morality, in the final scene, the tribute of poetic justice. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded So that you may see there was a kind of poetic justice in the manner of his capture, for after all it was only trick for trick.' Jack Hinton The Guardsman It was so absolutely a case of poetic justice. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising The term ‘poetic justice’ is, I firmly believe, more than a mere idiom. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Now, poetic justice is, on the whole, the way of art, until we come practically to the realistic art of our own generation. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z So you see it was a kind of poetic justice to turn the tables on the wild ones.” The Triumph of Hilary Blachland A mangled mass of metal, it buried itself in the ground, with poetic justice, in the middle of the smoking, semi-molten field of destruction it had been so deliberately ploughing. Armageddon—2419 A.D. It was a treacherous trick, and by poetic justice it was his last. The Buttoned Sky Verily there was an appropriateness, a real poetic justice in the fate which had overwhelmed this female fiend. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War And it made them worse, too—which is what the book calls poetic justice. The Wouldbegoods To my thinking, it is a vast pity poetic justice so frequently fails. Seeds of Pine If life seem a succession of dreams, yet poetic justice is done in dreams also. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse At such an hour, poetic justice demanded that there should have been, scattered over the ways, groups of peasants returning from their toil, and citizens refreshing themselves with an evening walk. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 "I suppose you could call this poetic justice." Collector's Item I murmured, "poetic justice with a vengeance; I myself could not have devised a happier dénouement." Eyes Like the Sea And “poetic justice,” which metes out to those who do the things that they have done, is relentless and eternal, in art, as well as in life. Threads of Grey and Gold It suits one's sense of poetic justice; it confirms one's faith in human nature and the Heavenly Power not ourselves "that makes for righteousness." The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Shakespeare's dramatic instinct made him alter Hermione's death in the earlier story to life in secret, with poetic justice in store. An Introduction to Shakespeare Other literary authorities coincided with this view, it seeming a sort of poetic justice that a woman poet should be Laureate to a Queen. The Brownings Their Life and Art Leslie herself, though, found in it the flavor of old-fashioned romance, just faintly platitudinous, in which poetic justice is done. Aurora the Magnificent It was the chicanery of Blount which had ruined his father and driven Colonel Huff to his death, and what could be better, as poetic justice, than to see him hoist on his own petard. Shadow Mountain In short, Lincoln had a profound sense of the fitness of things, that which Aristotle, the scientific analyst of human thought and the philosopher of its proper expression, called "poetic justice." The Poets' Lincoln Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President Massinger, however, shows more moral feeling than is expended in providing sentiments to be tacked on as an external appendage, or satisfied by an obedience to the demands of poetic justice. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Clarissa is stated to be superior to pagan tragedies because it dispenses with the old ideas of poetic justice and takes into account the continuance of life after death. Clarissa: Preface, Hints of Prefaces, and Postscript Only poor Mrs Smith standing helpless in successions of fright and exasperation, sometimes alarmed for life and limb, sometimes ready to give the little wretches over to all the penalties of poetic justice. The Doctor's Family It was actually settled—if the case be worth our analysis—by the happy consummation, the poetic justice, the generous revenge, of her having at last something to show. The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 Certainly something attractive about it in way of poetic justice. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 2, 1914 The friends of coffee, and the lovers of poetic justice, found satisfaction in the governor's subsequent fate. All About Coffee The whole scheme of Northern mythology was therefore a drama, every step leading gradually to the climax or tragic end, when, with true poetic justice, punishment and reward were impartially meted out. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas There was propriety in the marshal’s reference to poetic justice. Heart of the Blue Ridge "Well," he said aloud, "this is surely poetic justice." The End of the Rainbow In spite of herself, Mrs Morgan's countenance fell; her pretty scheme of poetic justice, her vision of tasteful and appropriate furniture, became obscured by a momentary mist. The Perpetual Curate This poetic justice, however, is by no means the point of the book, which, indeed, has no particular point. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century Dennis says Shakspere paid no heed to poetic justice ... "the good and bad perishing promiscuously in the best of his tragedies, so that there can be either none or very weak instruction in them." The Critics Versus Shakspere A Brief for the Defendant In her opinion nothing else would meet the requirement of poetic justice; but she despaired of persuading Masters to a measure so extreme. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York "The most poetic justice!" murmured Stingaree, and resumed in an instant his apathetic pose. Stingaree There’ll be poetic justice in setting up my establishment in a fallen slaveholder’s mansion.” The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan Yet if Lady Allie had taken my husband away from me, I didn’t see why, in the name of poetic justice, I shouldn’t appropriate her hand-maid. The Prairie Mother This seems to be a striking illustration of "poetic justice." A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture The successful outcome for these distressed and deserving poor adventurers appeals as a fine stroke of poetic justice. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes The principal was acquitted, but his three accomplices or tools, who had actually committed the murder, were executed, according to the poetic justice of the time, at the scene of their offence, in 1682. The Strand District The Fascination of London Romantic as his exploit was, it lacked the fulness of poetic justice, since the chief offender escaped him. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 But Congress in this District has the power to punish by ballot, and there will be a beautiful, poetic justice in the exercise of this power. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States However hard and disgusting it may seem, there was something like poetic justice in his coming to her upon her sick bed, perhaps her dying bed, to demand the means of repairing his frauds. Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk We smiled at his irrepressible grief; it was poetic justice. Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons A Personal Experience, 1864-5 Appalled by this poetic justice, the cruel prelate fled, and, taking to the river, reached this insulated tower. Down the Rhine Young America in Germany The one consolation rendered imperative under such circumstances by poetic justice is a continual carolling from the suddenly agitated winch. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler It is an instance of poetic justice and of apt retribution that God has caused the wrath of man to praise Him. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States So far as Mr. Goulburn was concerned, the above was poetic justice. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I I rather enjoyed his misery; poetic justice seemed to me to need some satisfaction. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Alas, poetic justice is the exception in history, and only once in many generations does the drama of the state criminal rise to an artistic fifth act. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot No one, however, will deny that he was made of the heroic mould from which come founders of states, and the Jesuit historian Charlevoix has, with poetic justice, called him the "Father of New France." Canada The fair mourner looked at him doubtfully, and then she looked at his namesake, and apparently the poetic justice of the thing appealed to her. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book And that is but another bit of the poetic justice which you stumble upon everywhere in the big woods. Wood Folk at School A poetic justice visits him with misery, for he still cares for Alice. The Love Affairs of an Old Maid “It would be a strange piece of poetic justice,” she said, “if all the men who have sinned beyond forgiveness in this incarnation, should be doomed to appear in the next, as well-brought-up women.” The Daughters of Danaus A disinterested philosopher might have said that it was poetic justice for the persecuted Adams of 1828 to appear in the rôle of persecutor in 1840. Expansion and Conflict That suspicion should attach to him was, he told himself, poetic justice, for in his day he himself had suspected many men, innocent or partly innocent. The Daffodil Mystery I congratulate you, Eleanor, on the beautiful poetic justice of your having been the one to catch her.” Betty Wales Senior "It would be the most wonderful sort of poetic justice," she reflected, sitting at Max's bedside one day while he slept, "if the old place of his ancestors should come back to him at last." A Soldier of the Legion The same principle applies to the poetic justice distributed by most novelists. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Neither do I," said Smith, promptly; "but this is more than an act of poetic justice. White Ashes The method proposed ignores the human source: by a kind of poetic justice the great crowd of men will ignore the method. A Preface to Politics It is rather a protest against that optimism which in fiction we call poetic justice. Essays on Scandinavian Literature The poetic justice of the situation, however, was so complete, that no word of complaint was ever uttered. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective That would be the way poetic justice ought to work, for him—and the law that our prejudices, when they act themselves out, punish us in doing so. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) The public of Priorton did not know whether most to admire Mrs. Spottiswoode's diplomacy, or this rare instance of poetic justice. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes The distribution of poetic justice in Hades at last became, in many authors, so melodramatic as to furnish a fair subject for burlesque. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Do you know with what poetic justice Providence treats that very town where he lay in jail when I spoke to you before? The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy It was bare poetic justice, therefore, that the Ville de Paris, the great prize of the day, though surrounded by numerous foes, struck formally to him. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy Next to this in poetic justice would have been to summon those plenipotentiaries before him at Senlis where their troops had committed such insensate horrors in September, 1914. Foch the Man A Life of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies Then he professes himself quite ready for the consequences, and poetic justice is satisfied.” Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses The circumstances under which they are reborn, the happiness or misery of their renewed existence, depend on their character and conduct in their previous career; and thus a poetic justice is secured. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life With poetic justice, suicides are represented as stunted trees lacerated by the beaks of foul harpies. Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 Now, if this view is to hold good, the 'justice' of which it speaks must be at once distinguished from what is called 'poetic justice.' Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth It would not be strange, for he has many bitter enemies, and there would be poetic justice in such a fate, to say the least. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business Once we wounded a wild goose, but it got away; which offended our sense of poetic justice. The River and I Each man is to enjoy about four hundred births on earth, poetic justice leading him successively through all the grades and phases of fortune, from cripplehood and beggary to paragonship and the throne. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life The Passing Bells There is a legend connected with the town of Speyer in which poetic justice is meted out to the principal characters, although not until after they have died. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Previsioning this masterly apologium upon the first page of the morrow's "Clarion,"—or perhaps at the top of the editorial columns,—its artificer thrilled with the combined pride of authorship and poetic justice. The Clarion Mazzini enters Rome at any rate, for the first time in his life, as deputy to the Constitutional Assembly; it would be a noble poetic justice, if he could enter also as a Roman citizen. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe It is no more than poetic justice that from "Peculiar" the book should take its name. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 The discovery which triumphantly crowned my life's work by what some may deem poetic justice was destined also to destroy it. The Green Eyes of Bâst Finally, poetic justice is also achieved, for the very men who had made fun of Hott and thrown bones at him are now compelled to recognize that he is the master of them all. The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf A Contribution To The History Of Saga Development In England And The Scandinavian Countries "Please don't lick the editor," said the interrupter of poetic justice good-humoredly. The Clarion Both Napoleon and Josephine were represented; and the lovers of poetic justice will be glad to know that the latter name brought double that of the great emperor. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 It would be only justice—poetic justice—to say no. A Daughter of To-Day It would be a peculiar poetic justice that will make that development into the basis of revolution. The Nervous Housewife Or who poetic justice dares dispute, When, mildly melting at a lover's suit, The wife's a Liquid, her good man a Mute? The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 The great stories all show a rise of interest culminating in one central climax; and after that, sometimes following on its very heels, the conclusion where poetic justice is meted out. A Study of Fairy Tales He prefers the more cheerful aspects of life, and resents the least failure of poetic justice. Some Private Views It is the practice of Providence often to ignore the claims of poetic justice. The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight One is startled by such a pathetic whim of poetic justice in a government. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 Justice, for example, deals in prose fashion with a crime and awards the punishment which the law allows; poetic justice suggests such recompense as would come of itself in a community perfectly organized. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 8 National Spirit He is in sympathy with that poetic justice which desires immediate punishment of wrong, unfairness, injustice, cruelty, or deceit. A Study of Fairy Tales This was indeed the violent and sudden death of the strong, licentious man; poetic justice could have devised no more fitting end to such a life. The Later Works of Titian In this story at least, the claims of poetic justice shall be strictly attended to; and Annalise had sniffed outrageously at Emma. The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight Moreover, his open abuse of Washington led an old-time friend of the latter to challenge him, and to lodge a ball, with almost poetic justice, in Conway's mouth. The True George Washington [10th Ed.] Isn't it a sort of poetic justice to think that it is even possible that had Germany fought an honorable war she might have got to Paris? On the Edge of the War Zone From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes As a rule it carries out its ends, which, in keeping with true poetic justice, satisfies the spectator, because the latter feels that the purposes of the species widely surpass those of the individual. Essays of Schopenhauer There was a certain poetic justice in the decision that the responsibility for making first occupation of the city should be entrusted to the coloured troops. Abraham Lincoln In the last fact is to be seen a poetic justice. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 I see my way now to get there and keep there; and there's a kinder poetic justice in your being the man to help me up. The Custom of the Country And it made them worse too—which is what the book calls poetic justice. The Wouldbegoods That reminds me that I never paid for them; but, by Jove, I will to-morrow, and if that isn't poetic justice, what is? The Amateur Cracksman Later the blind man smashes his own head against a stone post as poetic justice is meted out. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself There was much of poetic justice in his end; for the Thames had claimed him, who so long had used the stream as a highway for the passage to and fro for his secret forces. The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu You deny the validity of poetic justice, of guilt and its necessary expiation. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II With a grim, poetic justice they cast the bodies of their slain foes into the fires which had already consumed the victims of their ferocity. The Raid from Beausejour; and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage I have been behind the butt before now, and it is only poetic justice that I should see the matter from the other point of view. A Visit to Three Fronts June 1916 A sort of poetic justice is meted out. The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story After the death of Carlos the queen is poisoned and then, one after the other, all the conspirators meet with poetic justice. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller It really appeared as though destiny had gone in for an act of poetic justice; had deliberately planned a restitution; had determined to befriend the new man as it had afflicted the old. The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day This is his great doctrine of "poetic justice." Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife It is, rather, a protest against that optimism which in fiction we call poetic justice. Tales of Two Countries If this were the case, there was something of poetic justice in it; for only a few years earlier Edwards had used his influence against the settlement of Breck because the latter was an Arminian. Unitarianism in America If life seems a succession of dreams, yet poetic justice is done in dreams also. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics Does his allotment of poetic justice show a sympathy with the moral order of the world? A Study of Poetry There came to me with her words a sickening shock, the sense of poetic justice somehow cheated, defeated. A Passionate Pilgrim As for Stukeley, the acquisitiveness which had made a Judas of him was destined, by a poetic justice, ever desired but rarely forthcoming for knaves, soon to be his ruin. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series "It rather serves her right, doesn't it?" commented Ann, with a feeling that for once poetic justice had been meted out. The Vision of Desire Destiny, however, took no account of this humble plea for poetic justice; it was appointed him to meet her seated by the great walk under a tree and alone. Madame De Mauves It will be a sort of 'poetic justice.' The Awkward Age There is in their arrangement no attempt at symmetry, nor poetic justice. Confessions and Criticisms "I fell into the claws of poetic justice," I answered, "and, having failed as a real highwayman, nearly hanged as an imaginary one." The Yeoman Adventurer I remember Mr Graham telling me once, before I had read the play, that the critics condemn Measure for Measure as failing in poetic justice. The Marquis of Lossie But, as we have already said, the real vindication of Job is the efficacy of his prayer, and the material reward is, in any case, not much more than a sort of poetic justice. Introduction to the Old Testament And by the same token such a piece of poetic justice! The Awkward Age In the poetic justice that punishes the queen and rewards the heroine we take a childish delight. Malayan Literature After all, there is a deal of poetic justice in the world. Dawn The man who asks whether this be poetic justice or no, is unworthy of an answer. The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark A Study with the Text of the Folio of 1623 Nor can I ever forget the stroke of poetic justice with which the anecdote concluded. The Boss of Little Arcady "Virtues and vices I will frame, and the rewards of them shall suite to both"; for it is on the moral example of poetic justice that Barclay depends. Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism It was a rare case of poetic justice. The Life of Abraham Lincoln It is a poetic justice rarely found in history that the man who so ruthlessly destroyed the Annals of Tiglath Pileser IV is today known to us by still smaller fragments of his own. Assyrian Historiography "There's poetic justice in the idea—that is, if Narcone was really connected with the disappearance of the child." The Net Nothing can resist states; everything gravitates; like will to like; what we call poetic justice takes effect on the spot. Representative Men We dote upon vinegarish old maids, self- righteous men, and canting women when they are exposed by narrative art, and especially when poetic justice wrecks them. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism That would be poetic justice, and justice is so rare in the world. Jess And poetic justice it is that I should have the chance to avenge in you the insult of your daughter.” Janice Meredith When his father died— by a curious stroke of poetic justice he died of scarlet fever, and was found to have had a perfectly sound heart—I ordained Soames and made him my chaplain. Getting Married Bonaparte may be said to represent the whole history of this party, its youth and its age; yes, and with poetic justice, its fate, in his own. Representative Men "Have you ever heard of poetic justice, Spike?" he asked. The Intrusion of Jimmy And that is the triumphant justification of Barbara's Christianity as against our system of judicial punishment and the vindictive villain-thrashings and "poetic justice" of the romantic stage. Bernard Shaw's Preface to Major Barbara Romantic as was his exploit, it lacked the fullness of poetic justice, since the chief offender escaped him. Pioneers of France in the New World Besides, the husband is not necessarily the stronger man: an appeal to force has resulted in the ignominious defeat of the husband quite as often as in poetic justice as conceived in the conventional novelet. Getting Married The first was of imagination all compact, living in an atmosphere of charms, fairies, poetic justice, and angelic guidance: the second was primed with homely maxims respecting the neglected value of copper currency. Such Is Life No dramatist dare invent a 'poetic justice' more perfect than fell upon the traitor. Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time "There was a certain poetic justice finally in that case," he added. The Sleuth of St. James's Square Did you ever hear o' sic a thing as poetic justice, Sergeant? Greyfriars Bobby "A more poetic justice never overtook a blackguard." The Snare There was poetic justice in the situation, after all. Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan It's the fashion to laugh at poetic justice, but I do believe in half of it. The Longest Journey Here occurred what might be called an illustration of "poetic justice." The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 He chose it also because thither had the Pride of Devon been tracked by his scouts, and he desired a measure of poetic justice to invest his vengeance. Captain Blood There is in this a measure of poetic justice. Mistress Wilding The first was a statue,—the only statue in all those vast halls,—and there seemed a wondrous poetic justice in the fact that it represented the first Napoleon. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 It was only poetic justice that the chief mate who had made a mistake—perhaps a half-excusable one—about the distribution of his ship’s cargo should pay the penalty. The Mirror of the Sea |
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