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  2. The Spider and the Fly (poem) - Wikipedia

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    The Spider and the Fly (poem)

  3. Sonnet 138 - Wikipedia

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    Sonnet 138 is a part of a series of poems written about Shakespeare's dark lady. They describe a woman who has dark hair and dark eyes. She diverges from the Petrarchan norm. "Golden locks" and "florid cheeks" were fashionable in that day, but Shakespeare's lady does not bear those traits. [8]

  4. Flattery - Wikipedia

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    Flattery, also called adulation or blandishment, is the act of giving excessive compliments, generally for the purpose of ingratiating oneself with the subject. It is also used in pick-up lines when attempting to initiate sexual or romantic courtship. Historically, flattery has been used as a standard form of discourse when addressing a king or ...

  5. Lie - Wikipedia

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  6. Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs - Wikipedia

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    The narrative contains a large expansion on the attempts of Potiphar's wife to seduce Joseph, portraying her as first threatening Joseph, then employing torture, then flattering Joseph, then plotting to kill her husband so that Joseph would be able to marry her without bigamy, then using love potions, and finally threatening suicide.

  7. Deception - Wikipedia

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  8. Tort of deceit - Wikipedia

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    Tort law. The tort of deceit is a type of legal injury that occurs when a person intentionally and knowingly deceives another person into an action that damages them. Specifically, deceit requires that the tortfeasor. who then acts in reliance on it, to that person's own detriment. Deceit dates in its modern development from Pasley v.

  9. La Princesse de Clèves - Wikipedia

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    An Image of La Princesse de Clèves. La Princesse de Clèves ([la pʁɛ̃.sɛs də klɛv], "The Princess of Cleves ") is a French novel which was published anonymously in March 1678. It was regarded by many as the beginning of the modern tradition of the psychological novel and a classic work. Its author is generally held to be Madame de La ...