frightfulness

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"Clemency versus Frightfulness", by William T. Harrington, is a thoughtful and lucid exposition of the British governmental ideal of lenient justice; an ideal whose practical success has vividly demonstrated its thorough soundness.

From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)

As I write I can look from my desk in the Alexandra Hotel, Bridlington, on to the North Sea where it washes the "Frightfulness Coast," for Bridlington lies between Hull and Scarborough.

From The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War by Curtin, D. Thomas

Truly the exponents of Frightfulness have felt the recoil of their own vile methods.

From Great Britain at War by Farnol, Jeffery

And like unto them are the pictures of Frightfulness which I have set down in the next chapter.

From Flash-lights from the Seven Seas by McConnell, Francis John

For if the men on the humbler craft could be intimidated, the doctrine of Frightfulness would be justified by victory.

From The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War by Curtin, D. Thomas