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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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Does "offered themselves fiercely" mean "offered themselves the savage pride fiercely"?
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“We had learned that there were pangs too sharp, grief’s too deep, ecstasies too high for our finite selves to register. When emotion reached this pitch the mind choked; and memory went white till the circumstances were humdrum once more... Several, thirsting to punish appetites they could not wholly prevent, took a savage pride in degrading the body, and offered themselves fiercely in any habit which promised physical pain or filth...” (T.E. Lawrence – Seven Pillars Of Wisdom – 1935,p.29-30)
“We had learned that there were pangs too sharp, grief’s too deep, ecstasies too high for our finite selves to register. When emotion reached this pitch the mind choked; and memory went white till the circumstances were humdrum once more... Several, thirsting to punish appetites they could not wholly prevent, took a savage pride in degrading the body, and offered themselves fiercely in any habit which promised physical pain or filth...” (T.E. Lawrence – Seven Pillars Of Wisdom – 1935,p.29-30)
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NL888 Does "offered themselves fiercely" mean "offered themselves the savage pride fiercely"? (Original post) No. 'Participated fiercely (= aggressively, strongly) in (painful,degrading habits)'.
- NL888 Does "offered themselves fiercely" mean "offered themselves the savage pride fiercely"?
- (Original post) No.
- 'Participated fiercely (= aggressively, strongly) in (painful,degrading habits)'.
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NL888 Does "offered themselves fiercely" mean "offered themselves the savage pride fiercely"? (Original post)No. 'Participated fiercely (= aggressively, strongly) in (painful,degrading habits)'.
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