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Sultan Murad IV has the arms and legs of two men cut off because they had smoked, ca. 1630 Pieter van der Aa I

Child is thrown out the window because it refuses to serve Mass Jan Luyken

Soldier towed to hell by a devil because he refused to confess Frantz Martin Hertzen

Because the Spanish thirst for gold, the Indians pour liquid gold into them. Theodor de Bry

The repeal or the funeral of Miss Ame=Stamp Anonymous

Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Scenes. The dam Lewis Hine

Ye Seek Me not because Ye Saw the Miracles but because Ye Did Eat of the Loaves James Jacques Joseph Tissot

Child is thrown out of the window because it refuses to serve Mass Jan Luyken

Diana and Actaeon Anonymous

Because she was susceptible Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes

Whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, I tell... Matthias Gerung or Gerou

Because I Am Ten Years Old Illustration Anonymous

Sink a Sub from Your Farm - Bring in Your Scrap Poster Anonymous

Plate 32 from 'Los Caprichos':Because she was susceptible, 1799 Francisco Goya

Je ne loue pas aux gens qui ont des enfants!, 1847 Honoré Daumier

Flaming June has only won one race, and that was because the other pigeon developed a nasty cough in mid... Tony Todd

In Jonkoping, Sweden, Baron Gustav Skyte is shot with a musket because of piracy, his companions are decapitated, 1663 Anonymous

Equestrian Portrait of the Emperor Maximilian, 1508 Hans Burgkmair

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