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Definition of Madmen
1. madman [n] - See also: madman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Madmen
Literary usage of Madmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Eccentrics and Eccentricities by John Timbs (1875)
"Not seen by day, nor used by night, Men love, and for their phantom list, When 'tis
unseen, but hate its sight." Literary madmen ..."
2. Institutes of Natural Law: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures on by Thomas Rutherforth (1832)
"And since the case of madmen and of ... who never will arrive at it, and that
madmen, who have lost it, are naturally incapable of acquiring property. ..."
3. The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1901)
"... in a feeble voice, which they could not hear : madmen, who continually cry
out against nature ! know that all your evils proceed from yourselves ! ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... came and severed them, all parties being tired with the duty of the day.
dorado*, See how the madmen bleed! Behold ths gain* With which their master, ..."
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