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ruling passion
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See: obsession


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The DVD includes the episodes Ruling Passions, A Killing Kindness, Deadheads and Exit Lines, in which Dalziel is implicated in the murder of an old man by a drunk driver.
Revenge and honour were the ruling passions,but there are also the virtues of bravery,honour and love,all wrought from the lives of ordinary,humble village folk.
While the speaker of the poem argues that women are subject to one of two ruling passions, either the "Love of Pleasure" or the "Love of Sway," he holds the addressee of the poem to be somewhat immune from these passions (1.
 
 
 
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