tormenting

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How well might his shop—as a type representing   The creed of himself and his sanctified clan— On its counter exhibit "the Art of Tormenting,"   Bound neatly, and lettered "Whole Duty of Man!"

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael

He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, Tormenting himself with his prickles.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

What power or spell of herb or magic art Can tear thee from the centre of my heart, Since he, who with an ever-growing zest, Tormenting most, yet most does make me blest?

From The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First An Ethical Poem by Williams, L.

As from himself he fled, Possessed, insane, Tormenting demons drove him from the gate: Away he sped, Casting his woes behind, His joys to find, His better mind.

From Tablets by Alcott, Amos Bronson

—And stirs there not, already Beneath thy heart a life Tormenting itself and thee With bodings of its coming hour?

From Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe by Brooks, Charles Timothy