Is "cast" referring to one's life? Are these crimes capital offenses? And what about the gross indecency brought up against Oscar Wild and ultimately convicted and sentenced to two years of hard labor

Trova Inglese Insegnanti

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Is "cast" referring to one's life? Are these crimes capital offenses? And what about the gross indecency brought up against Oscar Wild and ultimately convicted and sentenced to two years of hard labor? Nor did my emotions proceed either from the suggestions of too much natural fear, or a conscience over-burthened with crimes of an uncommon cast. From Alexander Hamilton to The Royal Danish American Gazette, 6 September 1772

13 mar 2025 12:08

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"Of an uncommon cast" acts as an adjective phrase to describe the noun "crimes". "Cast" here is a noun. Molten metal is poured into a mold to form an object, a cast, with a fixed shape. For example, metal statues can be formed that way. Saying that the crimes are of an "uncommon cast" simply means that the crimes were conceived in an uncommon way. The crimes are strange or unusual.

13 mar 2025 21:35