| 单词 | unoffending |
| 例句 | These children—unoffending, innocent, and beautiful—were the victims of one of the most vicious and tragic crimes ever perpetrated against humanity. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z On Feb. 5, 1885, the newspaper, which called the Chinese neighborhood a violent, drug-addled “leper’s colony,” wrote that it would probably be “goodbye to Chinatown” if an “unoffending white man” were killed there. This California town ran its Chinese residents out. Now the story is finally being told 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Phooey to dust on a random sea breeze or strewn on a field of unoffending vegetation. The Art of Dying 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z The last step came after House members had gone home for the holidays—but left themselves a parliamentary loophole through which to pass unoffending legislation. Update: Surprise! Innovation bill clears House, heads to President 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z “After despoiling it of Furniture, Bedding, Clothing, &c. &c. — they deliberately sat fire to it, in different parts — simply because it was the home of unoffending colored Orphan Children.” Remembering a Vile Civil War Act, on Fifth Avenue 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Now he fancied his son made acquainted with his guilt; now feared that the very means he had taken to conceal it might have made the gipsy to wreak his vengeance on his unoffending child. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z As it is, however, with occasional letters of regret for such untimely procedure, he still elects to bombard an inoffensive and unoffending township. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Fines were even imposed upon neutral and unoffending persons for not preventing their families from entering the British service. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z The Imperialists now, according to their usual habits, commenced to vent their cowardly rage upon the unoffending inhabitants by burning several thousand houses, and plundering indiscriminately. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z He stamped up and down and shook his fists at the unoffending shelves. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z The repentant murderer will be an angel of light, while his honest and unoffending victim will be a fiend in hell. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z Rather it is life, which with the same perversity baffles the single-hearted, bewilders the seeker, and juggles with and decapitates the ideas even as Harlequin dismembers the well-meaning and unoffending baker. Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress 2012-01-12T03:00:14.550Z Another class sold their clothing, provisions, and arms to obtain means of indulgence in revelry and drunkenness; while some prowled about the country to rob and kill the unoffending and defenceless. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z He screeches at the unoffending stick, claws it, battles with it, and literally chokes himself in his rage. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z This was the signal and the excuse for a wholesale slaughter of innocent unoffending people, who, whatever their feelings, had taken no active part in the uprising. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z A form of “Moloch horridus,” bristling all over with polygamous excrescences, and cruel sharp-pointed spines, ever ready to thrust their awful venom into the unoffending human species. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z Aussi, why do the medical brethren force an unoffending citizen like me into such a position? The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z The female is a timid, unoffending bird, as peaceful in her demeanour as quiet in her garb. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z He gave the unoffending roses an impatient twirl. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z To tear thee hence! and to the winds, unseen, Commit thy perishing fragments, e'en as now This unoffending page I rend, far scattering Its frail memorial to the air.— The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z Or that the divine vindictive justice should extend to their unoffending offspring then unborn? Reason, The Only Oracle of Man Or a Compendius System of Natural Religion 2011-10-12T02:00:53.110Z Podbury's mirth immediately subsides into gravity, and he kicks several unoffending chairs with quite uncalled-for brutality. The Travelling Companions a Story in Scenes 2011-10-12T02:00:49.553Z Bishops Hughes, Fenwick, and myself, have agreed upon as a fair sample from about three hundred Popes, who preceded and succeeded him—that waged a war of extermination against the unoffending and blameless Waldenses? Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z At the age of twenty years his restless fanaticism led him to undertake an expedition against the unoffending infidels of Tangiers; and suddenly falling on the astonished inhabitants, gained an easy victory over them. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z I beat with my fist upon the unoffending hammock, and asked, "Has your friend...?" Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z Wade sat down, drawing a squeaky protest from an unoffending chair. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z Villages and towns were devastated, rural homes were sacked and burned, and everywhere quiet, unoffending, but starving Britons were being put to the sword. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z However, if people will use profane language, and heave bricks at the heads of unoffending cats, they mustn’t be astonished if they do smash the cucumber frame. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z Why had she snubbed him so—him, 118 who was surely unoffending? Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z No young vagabond could be brought to bear its contemplation for a moment without throwing himself upon the unoffending wearer and doing him a mischief. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z Clearly it was her duty to warn Agnes of the terrible fate which hung over her—to warn her from accepting a hand stained with the blood of an innocent, unoffending man. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Everywhere there were reports of horrible atrocities, of heartless murders, and wholesale slaughter of the helpless and unoffending. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z Players started for Sam and the unoffending lad whom he had struck. Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars or The Rivals of Riverside 2011-08-14T02:00:21.583Z "To the Prussian commander at Vend�me: "I am informed that unjustifiable acts of violence have been committed by troops under your orders upon the unoffending inhabitants of St. Calais. The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War 2011-07-27T02:00:38.240Z Unaware that she had become the victim of a 198 needful strategy, Rowena was serenely deriving huge enjoyment from the brutally frank criticisms she was lavishing right and left among the unoffending choirsters. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z This hand once aided in severing the links between father and son,—a man as innocent and unoffending as his offspring was helpless. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z Hundreds of unoffending persons had been killed by the merciless fire from the enemy's battleships, and hundreds more were being shot down in the streets for attempting a feeble resistance. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z Alas! poor unoffending fellow I that am!" he moaned, "when I carry my head highest I even get run through the body. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z Three-fourths of the dwellings were destroyed and a thousand unoffending people were made homeless. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z "Let the butcher die," she cried, "rather than his innocent unoffending victims." The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z “Now, Uncle Edward, it is you who will have to go over that khud instead of my poor, unoffending, candid looking-glass, if you persist in talking such a prodigious quantity of nonsense.” The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z The town of Lymm had been sacked, and was now burning, while hundreds of unoffending men, women, and children living in the quiet Cheshire villages had been wantonly massacred by the Muscovites. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z Mother," he answered placidly, "I have brought you my child—the innocent and unoffending. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Crime stalked abroad in the new republic; unoffending citizens were cast into prison or beheaded on the trumped-up charge of treason. The Friars in the Philippines 2011-06-17T02:00:20.100Z In wanton sport your cruel-minded sons have killed this poor, unoffending bird. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Behind them lay the mangled remains of their unoffending and defenceless victims, slaughtered in cold blood; but then these were heathens and infidels, and to slay such was a meritorious act. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z She even goes so far as to give "Duff," the unoffending kitten, an angry poke with her toe. Zoe; Or, Some Day A Novel 2011-06-11T02:00:13.290Z Chester Kent immediately seized that unoffending member and clung to it with much the lost and anguished expression of the pale martyr in the once popular Rock of Ages chromo. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z She was longing for them to go and could scarcely forbear slamming the unoffending portal in their faces. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z Here there was a complete annihilation of the unoffending chickweed. The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields 2011-06-01T02:00:27.327Z So it was that the unoffending Harker encountered the full tide of her angry alarm and maternal despair. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z Some had several heads; some had only one eye or one arm; some had wings, while others appeared like giants, and hurled thunderbolts at the heads of unoffending people. Nature and the Gods From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures 2011-05-31T02:00:33.907Z Kent’s fingers went to his ear, pulling at the lobe until that unoffending pendant stretched like rubber. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z Is it consistent that the eternal omnipotent and merciful Creator of all things should order harmless and unoffending animals to be cruelly and inhumanly maltreated? The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z I was really remorseful to have teased this unoffending creature. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z However, this unprovoked assault upon an unoffending officer, powerless to repel it, although it did not result in his ejection from the Court, effectually disposed of General Johnson as a witness. The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt 2011-05-24T02:00:12.183Z Why, when my darling sighed, "The weekly books are ready, Ted," And I rejoined that we were thin while they were fat,— Why, their increasing superfluities were credited All to a manifestly unoffending cat. Punch,or The London Charivari, Volume 105, July 22nd, 1893 2011-04-02T02:00:12.230Z Her screams had ceased, and her unoffending body lay still and motionless long before the punishment had ended. The Nation's Peril Twelve Years' Experience in the South 2011-03-17T02:00:12.580Z He jumped out of bed and pushed aside the fly of his tent to see half a dozen naked women dragged through the streets—the result of a raid upon the unoffending Bokari. Sanders of the River 2011-03-12T03:00:26.427Z Dear me," she says, throwing up her dainty head, and flinging, with a petulant gesture, the unoffending grass far from her, "what an escape I have had! Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z The Being, that is in the clouds and air, That is in the green leaves among the groves, Maintains a deep and reverential care For the unoffending creatures whom he loves. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z The unoffending sufferers submitted meekly to the tyranny. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z Ku Klux Klans, disguised by night, have burned the dwellings and shed the blood of unoffending freemen.” The Nation's Peril Twelve Years' Experience in the South 2011-03-17T02:00:12.580Z All the sophistry in the world could not veil the sin he had committed against the helpless, unoffending infant, the melancholy legacy of his ill-starred Mary. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z Though the Germans had worked such havoc on the unoffending town, they could not forbear to assault it a fourth time. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z Here she picks up the unoffending hat, and almost unconsciously straightens a damaged bow while her thought still runs on passionately. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z It was ridiculous to think that her father would even hint at the murder of an unoffending man whom he had never seen, and to hesitating, timid Silas, of all people. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z "It's outrageous to put an unoffending fellow like Henderson through this sort of trial and then let a slip occur." Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z For Lord Tony had rushed down the stairs again and was across the hall, gripping the unoffending woman by the wrist and glaring into her expressionless face until she screamed with fright. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z "Go to the devil with your salutary influences!" cried the old man, hurling the unoffending sofa-cushion into the middle of the room. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z The chronicle of these years is melancholy reading for lovers of animals, for never before in the history of the continent was there such a wholesale, organized slaughter of the unoffending creatures of the forest. Dutch and English on the Hudson A Chronicle of Colonial New York 2011-01-17T03:00:47.770Z In a number of cases the property of innocent and unoffending people was taken. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z Leo was obliged to talk to the girl, for, although she bored him greatly, she was too unoffending a creature to hurt. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z To me, it seems a pity that through these Huns of history many charming and instructive tales of adventure should be lost to literature and to the unoffending part of the public. Fish Stories 2010-12-20T17:12:23.577Z His own fierce nature furnishes him with sufficient stimulus, and his fury is habitually directed against creatures the most innocent and unoffending. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z Last Friday I heard my own lips condemn a poor unoffending fly to everlasting punishment. Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile Pursued and fired at, he nevertheless effected his escape; but the first shot passed within an inch of my head, and the second lodged in the left shoulder of an unoffending bystander. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas Elsie regarded the unoffending Haskell in a dazed manner for a moment, turned white and then red, and finally looked Pip squarely in the face without speaking. "Pip" A Romance of Youth Thou shouldst not kiss my hand, if I did; for no impatience or grief could excuse wrath to one so gentle and unoffending. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico Shortly before Christmas he all of a sudden made a fierce attack upon the unoffending “Kobben,” against whom he bore a grudge. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 They sank unoffending vessels; they reddened the sea with blood; they enslaved thousands; they martyred Geronimo. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise Ye who slay me unoffending, when I am no more your time of trembling shall come! Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) I allude to the act of communicating a disease so distressing to an innocent and unoffending female. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician Already there was an uproar in the outer kitchen, where two tired and hungry little boys were assaulting the unoffending Pasqual, diligently scrubbing away at his pots and pans. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch Accursed may you ever be for your double wickedness towards your unoffending child! The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 He fancies he has but taken from us our worldly goods, while he has plunged a dagger in the hearts of two innocent, unoffending victims, condemned by his villainy to die by inches. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 “How dare you threaten unoffending people in this way?” she almost screamed. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 Victoria glared at her unoffending companion, her lips tightening and her jaw growing ominously squarer. A Bed of Roses If you do, sir, let me tell you, you have disgraced it by outrage and violence exercised towards unoffending men, and shall answer for it when the occasion serves. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Another murdered an unoffending old man, Mr. Rogers, in open day, before his own door, and near the main thoroughfare of the city. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them Taking up a teaspoon, she makes a sharp "assault and battery" upon an unoffending teacup, thereby creating a din compared to which the noise of tomtoms would be sweetest music. Faith and Unfaith I turned sharply upon Sacchi, and complained bitterly of the liberty he had taken with my unoffending comedy. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Those who are too circumspect incur the greatest danger, and those who trust to their own unoffending reckon on a doubtful factor. American World Policies At the sight of him the point of her little scissors slipped into the unoffending cuticle of the hand she was grooming. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole The murder of an unoffending old man, like Mr. Rogers, is nothing to them. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them Clasping the unoffending bit of kid closely in her hand, she enters the house, by a wide French window, and goes straight into Dorian's room. Faith and Unfaith The captive was apparently a Spaniard, as he protested volubly in that language—of which Kenyon had a smattering—against the gratuitous outrage committed upon his unoffending person. Zero the Slaver A Romance of Equatorial Africa The establishment of her transatlantic colonies was accomplished by the indiscriminate slaughter and plunder of the unoffending natives. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 Its immediate cause was the unoffending but offensive gold fish. Little Aliens Even the heart of Cortez was touched with the almost unearthly misery he was inflicting upon an unoffending people. Hernando Cortez Makers of History Separately they are unoffending, together they can annoy. Faith and Unfaith Here is it;—but how? when? must she, 40 The unoffending Emily, Again this piteous object see? The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) Like a trained chorus they still repeat that England made the war, that Louvain was not destroyed, that Rheims was not bombarded, that their Fatherland is the unoffending victim of world-jealousy. The Pentecost of Calamity Drawing his kreese, he fell upon the unoffending man, and laid him dead upon the ground. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Great storms, too, had arisen, and scattered the unoffending leaves far and wide, until all the paths are strewn with rustling types of death. Portia or By Passions Rocked Silence, of the most eloquent, that lasts for a full minute, even until the unoffending grass is utterly consumed. Faith and Unfaith When I see my fellow-men here wearing much jewelry, I think of the unoffending negro, and say to myself, "from the same shop, by all that's bogus!" The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 Warned by this loss, cut down the rest in time, and spare, O spare the unoffending woodpecker.” Wanderings in South America Unarmed, unoffending citizens, utterly ignorant of what was going on, and taking no part in it, were shot down by hundreds in the streets, and then transfixed with bayonets. A Discourse for the Time, delivered January 4, 1852 in the First Congregational Unitarian Church By-the-by, were you really thinking of me just now when you plucked that unoffending flower to pieces? Portia or By Passions Rocked This last is a very unpleasant idea, and helps to decapitate three unoffending primroses. Faith and Unfaith How many New Years have arrived only to find the unoffending American, of African descent, a hopeless bondman, toiling in hopeless servitude, and wearing coarse underclothing! The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 The harmless, unoffending goatsucker, from the time of Aristotle down to the present day, has been in disgrace with man. Wanderings in South America Remember it is not me whom you are dashing into ruin and misery, but my unoffending angel child--my Angela! The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II I was a happy, trusting, unoffending woman, when God smote me fiercely; and, because I was so innocent, I could not kiss my stinging rod, I grappled desperately with it. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part The boys had no idea of mingling in street brawls; but if unoffending citizens were attacked by the soldiers, it was their intention to aid the former to the best of their abilities. Under the Liberty Tree A Story of The 'Boston Massacre' How Monica makes a most important discovery and, changing suddenly from "lively to severe," is reprehensibly cruel to a most unoffending young man. Rossmoyne Reader, throw a veil over thy recollection for a little while, and forget the cruel, unjust, and unmerited censures thou hast heard against an unoffending order. Wanderings in South America Better had it been for the cause of freedom, if, when the Marshal called out to shoot the prisoner, some armed minister of the law had shot dead the unarmed, unoffending man! Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave Held in Boston, in February, 1851. From these gutters the jumbling coaches of those days liberally scattered the mud on the unoffending pedestrians who happened to be crossing at the time. Old and New London Volume I Hart had thrown the call-boy almost bodily through the door that led to the stage, thus venting his anger upon the unoffending lad, who had been unfortunate enough to happen in his way ill betimes. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time Even the unoffending Lamb did not escape their brutality, perhaps because he was guilty of admitting Hazlitt to his house. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature So the strangers saw that the principle which leads parents to bore their unoffending visitors with copybooks and the 'Battle of Prague,' is applicable to backwood accomplishments also. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement Only a few hundred Federal troops are in the two counties; but these, under the despotic orders of Butler, levy heavy “war contributions” from the unoffending farmers. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Lips, made but for smiling, fling weighty arguments on the unoffending atmosphere. Seven Keys to Baldpate Blown up the house of an unoffending old lady, and the whole earthly property of the only person who is fool enough to befriend you!” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) The warmest friends of France became its open enemies, loudly reproaching the broken faith of the king, and pouring curses upon the people that had exercised such indignities upon unoffending citizens. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 With all this, he was a perfect, unoffending gentleman in word and act. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) I confess I have always found it hard to understand just why this peculiar aversion should always be held against the unoffending ape tribe. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science He was one of those who hate before they see, feel nausea before they taste, condemn the unknown, the unheard, the unoffending. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards At that juncture we felt called upon to remonstrate against such injustice toward an unoffending country. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 She dug the heel of one small boot into the unoffending soil––his soil––and thrust her clenched hands down at her side. The Heart of Thunder Mountain In this savage conflict, so unjust in its inception, so frightful in its effects on an unoffending people, the Samoans showed an extraordinary spirit in defending what all men hold most dear. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas He had murdered character, and would have murdered the happiness of a poor, weak, unoffending woman, who had the double claim of youth and of kindred blood, demanding consideration at his hands. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 She turned away and gazed out over the sea to the yacht still thundering its cannon and ploughing with its wasted shot the unoffending sea. The House Under the Sea A Romance Valentine, who had been an unoffending spectator of the affair, was fairly staggered at suddenly hearing himself commissioned to write five hundred lines. Soldiers of the Queen He came home from hunting in a horrid temper, and kicked his unoffending little dog, that was trying to be friendly, until it howled with pain. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Take with thee in each hand An unoffending child of him thou weep'st. André The May laws required that these unoffending individuals should be expelled without any form of trial, and deprived of their rights of citizens. Pius IX. And His Time Maggie glared at the unoffending piece of confectionery, but did not deign to touch it. Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro Valentine groaned, and Jack administered a kick to an unoffending camp-stool. Soldiers of the Queen He had been ordered to take two troops and arrest the unoffending visitors on their way. Red Men and White Yet, it was a great company of industrious, honest, unoffending United States citizens who were foully and brutally murdered in cold blood. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III It was not a government by any other law than that of the sword—that of a war not only undertaken against the unoffending, but also in violation of a solemn treaty. Pius IX. And His Time It does not look so grand on paper, we admit, but it is a nobler thing to educate the young barbarian at home than to make war upon the unoffending barbarian abroad. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement Mr. Maclin went out and gave the unoffending new doormat a savage kick. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 To hear a discussion on our poor unoffending and former comrades is to have a sad exhibition of envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition If this act of Charles raised an "universal horror," what should be the excitement produced by the cold blooded massacre of a number of unarmed and unoffending prisoners of war in confinement? A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. We, most innocent and unoffending—we, who abhor interference in all matrimonial affairs—we, without design or intent, made a match. Through Finland in Carts The means are simple, and are slightly different from those already described for the correct training of unoffending children. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes For, if ye slew him for supposed misrule, Injustice to his kin and Dorian friends, Why with the offending father did ye slay Two unoffending babes, his innocent sons? Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold Fayette gave her one more angry glance, leaped from his saddle with a jerk, and bestowed upon the unoffending burro a vicious kick. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life In the paroxysm of their indignation the witan punished the unoffending wives of their future monarchs by abolishing, with the title of queen, all the appendages of female royalty. Coronation Anecdotes The sins of the Butlers and their bloodthirsty followers were visited in robbery and insult upon unoffending men, who were like them in nothing but in being labelled with the epithet "Tory." The Critical Period of American History He was about to spit his disgust on an unoffending fly, but quickly changed his mind. The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia On one occasion when the interpreter was not present, some unoffending person asked the Hun a question in English. 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany "It will always be my business," said Harry, boldly, "when I see a large bully abusing two unoffending children." The Tin Box and What it Contained An infamous outrage on the unoffending and oppressed race of the Jews closed the coronation day in London, and was followed by equally cruel treatment of them in several large towns. Coronation Anecdotes Other men will prey on unoffending Africa, and bear human sinews across the ocean to be sold. Select Temperance Tracts Those unoffending and unfortunate people were waylaid by three monsters in human shape, ruffians belonging to the neighborhood. Narrative of Richard Lee Mason in the Pioneer West, 1819 His plea was that poor little unoffending Germany was only standing up for herself against a set of blood-thirsty enemies who wished to crush her. 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany “This’ll have to be explained to mother,” he remarked discontentedly as he shoved the unoffending trunk into the back of the wagon. The Wind Before the Dawn Gentlemen—One hour is allowed you from the receipt of this communication, for the removal of the unoffending inhabitants. The Defence of Stonington (Connecticut) Against a British Squadron, August 9th to 12th, 1814 But the mischief is that the blindness of bigotry, the madness of ambition, and the miscalculations of diplomacy seek their victims principally amongst the innocent and the unoffending. Pearls of Thought Not merely were they inefficient from a military point of view, but their practice, confirmed by long immunity, had been to prey on the unoffending population. The Life of Gordon, Volume II Murder and assault, frequently perpetrated upon unoffending and defenceless persons, became so common, that the ordinary course of the law was suspended, and its execution devolved upon the military. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Another authority informed the President that an overwhelming force was crossing the border for the avowed purpose of invading Kansas and butchering the unoffending Free-State citizens. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage It was not very dignified, but Smith began to stamp in his vexation, and lash with his whip an unoffending chair in which Rufus ought to have been seated. Rufus and Rose Or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready I have torn all my hair off, and constantly beat my unoffending family. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 And grudgingly the Duke of Alva followed her, with a vicious swish of his cane at the unoffending trunk. The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play There was something in his attitude of unoffending confidence, however, which made her hesitate to attack, although he was plainly a trespasser. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life She could scarcely be at once an unoffending victim and one of the ablest women of her time. Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets A few imitators were very successful; for their spirit and genius were kindred; but the tendency of most of them was to make the world despise themselves, and weary of their unoffending idol. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Since that unhappy fray in which peradventure an innocent and unoffending victim was the result of Harry's intemperance, the bloody offence hath been upon my soul—heavier, I do fear, than upon his own. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 In the Middle Ages the matter was of national concern, for the disgrace said to have befallen the inhabitants of one or other of the small towns mentioned became “a scandal to their unoffending country.” Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See Moreover, to barter away an unoffending little State was to repeat the international crimes of the partitions of Poland and Venetia. William Pitt and the Great War Mr. Shelmardine frowned and switched the unoffending daisies viciously with his cane. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 I don’t believe the Black Mountaineers would hurt a hair of our heads, or of any unoffending traveller who threw himself on their honour. The Grateful Indian And other Stories To the peaceable, unoffending inhabitants it brings neither danger nor difficulty. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 I desire, by the most moderate terms, by the most unoffending language, to reach some mode of adjustment that can give satisfaction to the whole country and reunite us all. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 Bonaparte and the Emperor, however, agreed to partition the unoffending Venetian State, the western half of which went to the Cisalpines, the eastern half, along with Venice, Istria, and Dalmatia, to the Hapsburgs. William Pitt and the Great War The object of attack was an unoffending hamlet, that from its position could never be a menace to the French, and the destruction of which could profit them nothing. A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America A more powerful class might have shown that the proper office of mercy is to shorten the duration of a sentence, and not to inflict punishment on unoffending families of freemen. The History of Tasmania, Volume I But I, their soothsayer alone, must fall, Though unoffending; such is the return 370 By mortals made for benefits received! The Odyssey of Homer His political partiality was too plainly shown: he forgot the prudence with which he passed, in his earlier years, uninjured and unoffending, through much more violent conflicts of faction. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II I saw at once that the fault was entirely mine, and that these unoffending volumes had absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. Mushrooms on the Moor They can behold their unoffending victim, as unmoved as one who views a philosophical experiment;—not expiring, it is true, but despoiled of what is vastly dearer to her than life—her reputation. The Young Man's Guide “Do not press on us so, if you please, sir!” said Death, turning and staring angrily at the unoffending little Grand Turk, and Fenella the dumb girl, who happened to be immediately in the rear. Cruel As The Grave Much might have been saved to him, and more to a number of unoffending gentlemen from church, as the sequel of my 'o'er true tale' will prove. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive Ill as were the accommodations of prisoners of war, the treatment of their own unoffending citizens by the Rebel government was ten times more infamous. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War In other words, we must educate her into a reserve, into the gentle, unoffending dignity which holds all but the nearest and dearest at a little distance from herself. The Education of American Girls They seized and carried away into slavery some of the unoffending natives, the Eskimos, who were freemen and whose only crime was their helplessness. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 Wilson’s hand is now stained with the blood of a worthy and unoffending man. Diary in America, Series Two The first part of their programme was successfully carried out; but the second was frustrated by the Doctor promptly firing his revolver into the dark, and hitting an unoffending boy in the hip. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands The irritated savage confounded the armed, though unoffending stock-keeper, with his marauding countrymen, and missing the object of his premeditated vengeance, speared the first substitute he encountered. The History of Tasmania , Volume II He had even resorted to threats, and declared "that it appeared to him wicked and villanous, if, as was reported, the count had invaded these valleys and plundered a peaceful and unoffending race of men." History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 Her conduct, too, became eccentric and capricious; sometimes she appeared sullen and reserved—sometimes, at moments, as if animated with a positive hatred of her unoffending companion. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 Unhappy books, which we know by heart before we read them, and which a mysterious superstition yet compels many unoffending persons to read! The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays But whence this hatred to an unoffending youth?—one, whose form delights all eyes, and whose virtues are the theme of every tongue? The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 He struck a poor man for a trifling word, with a flail, which proved fatal to the unoffending object. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs It was time that these aspersions should be cleared away, and an attempt be made to touch the heart of the persecuting monarch with compassion for the unoffending objects of his blind fury. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 But the two warring nations had learned neither wisdom nor justice, and began again their depredations upon the unoffending Americans. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Slavery commenced its dreadful work in kidnapping unoffending men in a foreign and distant land, and in piracy on the seas. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Mr. Luttrell, with his cane, takes the heads off two unoffending crocuses that, most unwisely, have started up within his reach. Molly Bawn Among the numberless enormities committed by the merciless and unfeeling Bonner, the murder of this innocent and unoffending child may be ranked as the most horrid. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs The door closed, I turned upon my unoffending associate rather angrily, I 'm ashamed to say; but Stodger's good-nature was imperturbable. The Paternoster Ruby In the lower part of the city the assaults of the rioters were mainly upon unoffending colored men. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 I take this opportunity to make public confession of various acts of cruelty which I have from time to time perpetrated on unoffending plants, in order to compel them to give me answers. Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches Again the sun is smiting with hot wrath the unoffending earth; the flowers nod drowsily or lie half dead of languor, their gay leaves touching the ground. Molly Bawn The result was the murder of four unoffending colored men and the wounding of many others. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. Many times we know that we are to blame for the poor work of the student and, knowing it, will not visit the penalty upon the unoffending head. On the Firing Line in Education “That’s it! there’s the whole cause of it at last!” cried Mr Kennedy, in a perfect paroxysm of excitement, flinging his pipe violently at the unoffending victim as he rushed towards it. The Young Fur Traders Still, those in charge of the districts around Hudson’s Bay and Labrador continued to use every argument to prevail on the Indians to cease their murderous assaults on their unoffending neighbours, but without much effect. Ungava He is still puffing away in a somewhat indignant fashion at the unoffending cigar, looking taller, more unbending in his evening clothes, helped by the dignity of his wrongs. Molly Bawn The goblin-like advertisements that spit soap and other things at unoffending eyes at night in Trafalgar Square are bad enough, but the advertisements in New York are worse still. Impressions of a War Correspondent He would degrade the father of his wife; he would humiliate his own children, the unoffending, the unborn; he would poison his own nascent love—at the suggestion of Ambition. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection “Rather, so much for your cruelty and injustice towards an unoffending man,” replied Francisco, laying his book on the table. The Pirate The master, Mr Smith, was a very quiet man, plain and unoffending, but perfectly master of, and always attentive to, his duty. Percival Keene "Marcia, Marcia!" it calls, with trembling impatience; and, with a last flick at the unoffending peacock, she turns to go, yet lingers, as though loath to leave her companion. Molly Bawn Your conduct towards me was an act of cruelty, which would have called forth some compunction in the breast of my bitterest enemy; and yet, unoffending, I was heartlessly sacrificed to your vanity.” The King's Own He is no better fed during the period of fine or imprisonment, and the wrath of the parent is often visited upon his unoffending head. The Children: Some Educational Problems Adaly," said he, "Christ befriended the Magdalen,—how much more you, then, if so be you are the unoffending child of——" "I knew it! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 “Didn’t he and his people force me, a harmless, unoffending young fellow—” “As ever contrived to board a prahu,” said the lieutenant. Middy and Ensign The unoffending gentleman eventually, after hustling Mrs. Gamp into the cabriolet, drives off "overwhelmed with popular execration." Charles Dickens as a Reader "War is barbarous if one attacks an unoffending neighbor—it is a sacred duty if one defends one's country," remarked Cornudet in a declamatory tone. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories Colonel Harley has tried to use me, an unoffending third party, as the instrument of his private revenge, and that is a deadly offense. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond She herself had appeared the unoffending heroine, unjustly humiliated in her own eyes and in the eyes of others; he had stood out, in unpardonable guise, the cause—the instrument—of that humiliation. The Mystics A Novel Darsie drew a quick breath of impatience and, seizing upon the poker, beat at the unoffending coal as the best method of letting off steam. A College Girl Peggy marched to the other end of the room, aimed a deliberate blow at an unoffending wicker work-table and hurled it to the ground. More About Peggy "It's just as evident a fact as that stool," kicking the unoffending bit of furniture half-way across the room as he spoke. Skylark Three And then the talk took a departure over a range of topics to which I need not drag my unoffending reader. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch The wit which had been sharpened by laying "plots" and "inductions dangerous" against unoffending hens and chickens, was turned to the invention of a gun-lock better adapted to their purposes. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 The brutal assaults lately made by mobs on unoffending blacks in some of the free States is truly disgraceful. The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The fisticuffs and elbow-thrusts that followed must have all spent themselves on poor Aaron's unoffending person. Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania Worlds would we have given could we be permitted to exchange one word with our unoffending friend—to receive his last, dying request—yet even this poor privilege was denied us. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 And so saying he seized Mr Downie, who happened to be standing near him, and nearly shook the bones out of that unoffending hero’s body. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch It is he who is in the best position to prevent the father from unconsciously attaching blame to the unoffending child and harboring an undefined resentment which may adversely affect both lives. The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book The Japanese Imperial establishment might even be persuaded peaceably to let its unoffending neighbours live their own life according to their own light. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation Do you think it possible, Gabriella, that I could be so unjust and unkind, as to visit the sins of a father on the head of an innocent and unoffending child? Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author With this succinct advice Jean made a fresh onslaught on the unoffending wardrobe. Grace Harlowe's Problem The present rulers have not yet had sufficient time to digest, and perfect a financial system, by which the establishments of the country may be supported by indirect, and unoffending taxation. The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. If that student's unoffending mother had been present and watching the officer through her tears as he raised his pistol, he—why, he would have fired in the air. Chapters from My Autobiography She came slowly back, now with stiff, indignant strides—strides which dug deeply into the unoffending turf. Dixie Hart To the unoffending multitude their property was restored, and the town was left with a garrison. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Grace sat poking holes in an unoffending sheet of paper with her lead pencil. Grace Harlowe's Problem His delight is to fall upon some unoffending and helpless person, and beat him to a jelly. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City Divorce is far preferable to mere separation, since the unoffending party should not be denied the privilege of remarriage, as the race in most cases needs his or her contribution to the next generation. Applied Eugenics If with premeditated crime—the unoffending blood thou'dst spilt, The Thunderer on his throne sublime—had shaken at such tremendous guilt. Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems In the same time how many hundreds of unoffending Chinese have been murdered in civilised foreign countries? An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma The terrors of starvation with its consequences of disease and violence menace the unoffending civilian population--the aged, the infirm, the women and the children. A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium They fall upon the unoffending pleasure-seekers, beat the men unmercifully, maltreat, insult, and sometimes outrage the women, rob all parties who have valuables to be taken, and then make their escape. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City The Turkish governor of the prison, moved by pity, immediately released the unoffending old man. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. Determined to do all the mischief in their power, they set fire to the house and barns, and then pushed off into the woods, to seek new victims in the unoffending Moravian settlement of Guadenhutten. Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside She gave her small, pert hat an exasperated tweak which brought the unoffending bowl-shaped bit of white felt into its proper position over her right eyebrow. Ralestone Luck "When the punishment of the offender would involve that of so many unoffending, who, in this case, would feel it with peculiar severity." Queechy, Volume II But that once placid-eyed old cement seller struck to the unoffending man he had so promptly and so gratuitously attacked, stuck to him as though he had been glued there with his own cement. Never-Fail Blake And unoffending Harpies would ye chase Forth from their old, hereditary reign? The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor It is quite right that there should be eating and drinking, and a certain amount of jollification afterwards amongst the unoffending guests who have been dragged in as spectators on the occasion. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance "Papa, what is to become of me—and of my unoffending child?" The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891 They talked well into the night, and Walter heard many tales of the savage butchery of unoffending peasants, by the men who professed to be fighting for religious liberty, which shocked and sickened him. Orange and Green A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick And yet, you say, these innocent, unoffending—and, I say, martyred—animals are to have no future, no compensation. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter "She was a dreadful creature, and I can't make out yet why she should take all that pains to come here and persecute two unoffending women like Mrs. Hardyng and her young friend." Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland An unoffending people was ground into extinction beneath an iron heel. Writing the Photoplay I shall not undertake to describe in detail, the murderous outrage intended to be inflicted on a quiet and unoffending man—that is not of much consequence now. The American Prejudice Against Color An Authentic Narrative, Showing How Easily The Nation Got Into An Uproar. One of the policemen, who had been long in the vicinity and knew Allbright, as from the heights of the law one might know an unimportant and unoffending citizen, responded. The Debtor A Novel Oppression's sword is buried to the hilt In unoffending blood—what want'st thou more, Thou sanguinary pest of an unhappy shore? Gustavus Vasa and other poems “The doctors have neither of them had any breakfast, and they can't leave her,” he said, with a jerk of his elbow, and speaking still with that angry tone towards the unoffending child. By the Light of the Soul A Novel Is it in your case merely a room devoted to the penning of senseless and impertinent letters to unoffending neighbours, who have something better to do than waste their time reading and answering them? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 14, 1917 I neither can nor will attend to your request;' you forgot your dignity when you gave an unoffending man and a great artist a blow. Great Italian and French Composers McKay would have passed by without remark, but his first look at the stranger, who wore no uniform and seemed a harmless, unoffending Tartar peasant, was followed by a second and keener gaze. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood The third cherry-stone was still in his possession, and the aggressor had not forgotten that it had struck the unoffending gentleman upon the left breast. Successful Recitations Her own inordinate happiness and fortune had robbed this unoffending young couple. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" Not a great way behind his Saxon neighbors, he was watching No. I; just keeping an unoffending eye on Queen Tamerhamer's little place. The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth The old-time miner was rather in the habit of smashing the unoffending lamp-post that barred his straight progress to the "pub." where his favorite brand of fire-water was on tap. "Over There" with the Australians The evil genius who specially presides over the destinies of unoffending college boys put it into the heads of five of us to celebrate the day by an excursion by water to Nahant Beach. Autumn Leaves Original Pieces in Prose and Verse Feeling that you must vent your spite on someone, you pick on this unoffending lad. The Iron Furrow The gate-keeper reached out his hand as if to examine the unoffending man, and he grew very angry. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business And he never rode past Kirkdale Church without sinning again as he plunged the rowels into his mare’s unoffending sides. Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents You must rejoice within yourselves on this occasion, that they were not Englishmen who practised these acts of cruelty and treachery towards the unoffending Mexicans and Peruvians. Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia The teacher who heartlessly expelled from the temple of learning the unoffending and guileless companion of the innocent maiden who is the heroine of the above-mentioned ditty, was, in spite of his cruelty, a philosopher. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) As much contempt as could be expressed in her face was there, as she turned her snub nose and small round eyes defiantly upon that unoffending younger brother. Elster's Folly Do not, I implore you, chieftains,—do not, I implore, you, renew the foul barbarities your insatiate avarice has inflicted on this wretched, unoffending race. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader While Odell-Carney was studiously adjusting his eyeglass for a final glare at an unoffending 'bus boy who almost dropped his tray of plates in consequence, Mr. Rodney fussily intervened and introduced the Medcrofts. The Husbands of Edith A rude iron cross, still standing by the road at Gudesburg, is said to mark the place where the ill-starred and unoffending young man met his doom. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Dreadful were the devastations committed by these infatuated people, and shocking the barbarities exercised on the unoffending inhabitants. Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. They both knew that without the addition of an unoffending third the subject would be harped on all the evening. Bluebell A Novel As they proceeded, the infuriated soldiers committed other acts of atrocity, particularly in West Cambridge, where houses were plundered and several unoffending persons murdered. Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality "Mr. Rockharrt, I must beg that you will not visit my disappointment on the head of your unoffending granddaughter." For Woman's Love Tucking her baby well under her fin, she made an hysterical rush at the unoffending stranger. Children of the Wild "Why suld I get excited o'er it, indeed?" exclaimed Rose, stopping suddenly in her furious stride, and confronting her unoffending visitor with a scowl of rage. The Lost Lady of Lone "Here is the case of some of your wreckers, M'Clutchy, charged here with illegally, maliciously, and violently pulling down several houses in the village of Crockaniska—assaulting and maltreating the unoffending inhabitants." Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two I'm a poor woman, trying to turn an honest penny—" "By helping the greatest scoundrel that ever escaped the gallows to keep prisoner an unoffending girl! The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week But they passed between the Arrow and the Omnibus, and only cut the unoffending air. The Forest of Swords A Story of Paris and the Marne The men who were engaged in tearing unoffending Africans from their native home were some time learning that this colony was at this time a ready market for their helpless victims. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens But there was many a one that the world would bow down to as a model, whose intrinsic worth was poor compared to unoffending Jan's. Verner's Pride For he is one of those worthy, unoffending persons, whom an ungrateful world jostles and tramples upon,—whom unmerciful disaster follows fast and follows faster. Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature "Gracious Heaven! what wickedness there must be in the world when such a charge can be brought against one so good and so unoffending," cried Nicholas. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest The hunts of the 'innocent and unoffending people' were organized rather to gain the benefit of 'sending infidels to hell' than for 'mere amusement'. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official If they are to be used for the redress of those wrongs and the restoration of Belgium to her deeply wronged and unoffending people, then it is eminently moral to send them. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 No, Doctor, I have no fears; I was never a coward you know; and besides, who would harm me, an unoffending woman? Inez A Tale of the Alamo The next was, that no country had a right to force its crime upon a distant and unoffending one; it was a moral wrong. A Source Book of Australian History It does not appear strictly just to capture the bodies or goods of unoffending persons, especially before war has been declared between the two countries. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. The guilty and the wicked commonly escaped, while numbers of the weak, the innocent and the unoffending were slaughtered. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official Mutual convivialities and flowing courtesies were at an end; these were one thing and reparation for the incarceration and burning of unoffending British sailors as heretics was another. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon In short, other revolutions may have originated in caprice, or generated in ambition, but here, the most unoffending humility was tortured into rage, and the infancy of existence made to weep. A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North America, in Which the Mistakes in the Abbe's Account of the Revolution of America Are Corrected and Cleared Up Goaded by his insatiate tormentor, he drew a poniard from his vest, and rushed on the unoffending objects of his hate. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 But as the loss in this case would fall upon unoffending citizens, it is the duty of their government to grant them indemnity. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. A good Christian may not be able exactly to understand the nature of the merit which Tamerlane expected to acquire from sending so many unoffending Chinese to the abyss of hell. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official Philosophic observation may show that it is a disease, the result of uncleanliness, but, like other diseases, often transmitted from the guilty parent to the unoffending child. The Empire of Russia I have but freed an unoffending people from a base and cowardly tyrant. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Slowly, perhaps somewhat too slowly, it is revealed that the hero has been knocked silly by a large stone dropped upon his unoffending head by the small boy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 25, 1917 The first excuse given to the civilized world for the murder of unoffending Negroes was the necessity of the white man to repress and stamp out alleged "race riots." The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States An instance is mentioned in the Times-Democrat of the twenty-fifth and shows the treatment which unoffending colored men received at the hands of some of the officers. Mob Rule in New Orleans Robert Charles and His Fight to Death, the Story of His Life, Burning Human Beings Alive, Other Lynching Statistics He stamped about the room and kicked unoffending chairs out of the way. The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate Lidgerwood's eyes were bloodshot when he rose and said: "I'd like to ask you two men, as men, what devil out of hell would set a trap like this for a train-load of unoffending passengers?" The Taming of Red Butte Western A prognostication not at all in accordance with my mode of carrying on warfare, which, as Portuguese families afterwards found, both at Bahia and elsewhere, was to protect the defenceless and unoffending. Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 2 To the peaceable, unoffending inhabitant, it brings neither danger nor difficulty. The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock His life had been spent in hard work about the French market, and he was well known as an unoffending, peaceable and industrious old man. Mob Rule in New Orleans Robert Charles and His Fight to Death, the Story of His Life, Burning Human Beings Alive, Other Lynching Statistics And later a poacher herself, and still later stealing men, a black-birder, seizing the unoffending natives of these South Seas and selling them into slavery of mine or plantation, of guano-heap and sickening alien clime. White Shadows in the South Seas Whereupon he proceeded to kick the unoffending breakfast, cigarettes and all, out of the car door. Truxton King A Story of Graustark Which has been active, aggressive, unscrupulous? which has been silent, quiet, unoffending? Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time He took an angry pull at his cigarette, glaring at the unoffending Barty. Mount Music How much must we sorrow that it has so often proved only the easiest mode of bringing the miseries of war to the doors of the unoffending! After London Or, Wild England The unoffending head of the establishment goes immediately to the other door and indulges in an angry and reproachful attack upon the shouters and stone-throwers outside. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama PODBURY's mirth immediately subsides into gravity, and he kicks several unoffending chairs with quite uncalled-for brutality. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 12, 1891 "The trouble about it is that I am about to have my light put out," David was complaining as he sat on the piano-stool, glaring at a vase of unoffending roses on a table. Andrew the Glad We can not consent that these incidents and these perversions of the truth shall be used to excite a murderous attack upon our unoffending sailors and the Government of Chile go aquit of responsibility. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison The only mechanical device used by the President is a simple, unoffending golf-club. Keeping Fit All the Way The poor yameni-runners shout deprecatingly at the mob; in return the mob loudly announce their intention of working destruction upon my unoffending head. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama There was truth in this, and I knew it; and yet I could hardly believe such a tale of treachery to an unoffending stranger as this would tell. A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford My lord of Normandy," he said, "by birth I owe thee no allegiance, and I cannot acknowledge that thy masterful and bloody conquest of an unoffending people has given thee any right to demand it. The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune Was the world, with all its climates, made in vain for thy helpless, unoffending victim? Fifteen Years in Hell Then I stood in the shelter of the wall, so that I could not be hit by the three, and levelled the rifle, not at any human enemies, but at the unoffending cows. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 Ching-We goes to the partition door and indulges in an angry and reproachful attack upon the unoffending head of the establishment. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama This woman in her rage against the unoffending girl, struck her several times with violence. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society By the time I got back to the office the old gentleman was as vaporish as a hysterical old woman and he vented his spleen on my unoffending head. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 This unoffending Princess—this girl, hardly more than seventeen—was holding a conversation in French with her brother Alexis, a little lad of fourteen, in the courtyard. Rescuing the Czar Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated I felt no hesitation in venturing amongst them for, to me, they appeared a harmless unoffending race.* Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 The Being that is in the clouds and air, That is in the green leaves among the groves, Maintains a deep and reverential care For the unoffending creatures whom he loves. Voices for the Speechless The common conscience of mankind condemns him as a perjured usurper, and the murderer of many of his unoffending fellow-citizens. Famous Americans of Recent Times These unoffending lads they selected as the objects of their revenge. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 But he was astonished to see Heney turn upon an unoffending juryman in sudden fury. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts And Zara sat still by the table and unconsciously pulled the petals off an unoffending rose; and when she realized what she had done she was aghast! The Reason Why Mr. Whitbread highly approved of the object of the worthy Baronet, which was to diminish the sufferings of an unoffending people. The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808), Volume I That no innocent unoffending person can be so deprived of his property without the greatest violation of common justice. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 He knew that the execution of the excise laws involved an intrusion into the privacies of domestic life, and often violated the fireside of the unoffending and quiet tradesman. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler We do not know who was responsible for inflicting these names on a new and unoffending country. The United Empire Loyalists : A Chronicle of the Great Migration "Many examples might be given of most dastardly cruelty, where women and even unoffending children were abominably slain." Primitive Love and Love-Stories The unfortunate man put the palms of his hands together, and beseeched the commander of the vessel, that he would not violate the rights of hospitality by giving up an unoffending stranger to his enemies. The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808), Volume I The guilty had escaped, but the Emperor Hienfung's officials wreaked their rage on the helpless and unoffending townspeople. Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. He was unoffending and amiable in his manners, to his friends and acquaintance, of whom he had latterly a large circle; and he was neither averse to a cheerful glass nor pleasant company. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 567, September 22, 1832 Turning in a temper to the ant-heap he stamped upon it and crushed hundreds of unoffending ants. Aesop's Fables; a new translation The moment he saw any of these poor blacks approaching, he used to run into the house for his rifle, and on several occasions fired at and wounded the unoffending wretches. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII Was the world, with all its climates, made in vain for thy helpless unoffending victim? Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are Must not this unoffending citizen be immediately released? A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 2: Martin Van Buren Innocent and unoffending childhood was robbed of a father's care, and a once happy wife, and joyful mother sat down in her widow's weeds with the mantle of a gloomier sorrow around her heart. Sowing and Reaping So when Mrs Gamp appeared, the unoffending gentleman was glad to hustle her with very little ceremony into the cabriolet, and drive off, overwhelmed with popular execration. Martin Chuzzlewit But, justice must take its course against the parties implicated in the plot against this poor, unoffending, injured lad. Nicholas Nickleby What is to be done with those unoffending persons? The Uncommercial Traveller The unoffending strength with which Nature has endowed the greater quadrupeds was admired in the rhinoceros, the hippopotamus of the Nile, and a majestic troop of thirty-two elephants. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 They looked forward to their own dear children, and yearn over the unoffending millions, now, in tearful eyes, looking up to them for protection. The Life of General Francis Marion Their military weapons attained colossal proportions, and their projectiles, exceeding the prescribed limits, unfortunately occasionally cut in two some unoffending pedestrians. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon No young vagabond could be brought to bear its contemplation for a moment, without throwing himself upon the unoffending wearer, and doing him a mischief. Dombey and Son That he had terminated his brief career in the place of his birth, by making a sanguinary and cowardly attack on an unoffending lad, and running away in the night-time from his master's house. Oliver Twist That good and unoffending lady, the Empress, is killed by a madman, and I am living in the midst of world-history again. What Is Man? and Other Essays He went downstairs, where, by the way, he vented the most horrid curses upon the unoffending footman, his subordinate. Vanity Fair Mr. Tupman had saved the lives of innumerable unoffending birds by receiving a portion of the charge in his left arm. The Pickwick Papers He was a poor Irish Earl, very simple and unoffending, but he brought war into that town, heart-burnings, envy, and backbiting. Worldly Ways and Byways The young man followed her slowly, his fists deep in the pockets of the great-coat, and kicking at the unoffending leaves. The Scarlet Car It is said that an inquest has been held lately upon an unoffending stranger who chanced to remark that in so large a place it would be advisable to have some form of Sunday service. The Captain of the Polestar The speaker in this monologue is a Spanish monk, whose jealousy toward a simple and unoffending brother has, in the seclusion of the cloister, developed into a festering malignity. An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry Except in special cases, when the little sultana amused herself by inflicting suffering upon some unoffending citizen, no one was let into it but wretches condemned to death. The Phantom of the Opera You detest the unoffending stranger on the spot and would like to kill the bore. Worldly Ways and Byways Father of mercy," continued she, raising her eyes, "of thy infinite goodness, grant that the sins of the parent be not visited on the unoffending child. Charlotte Temple Upon this haft stands the assassin's natal autograph, written in the blood of that helpless and unoffending old man who loved you and whom you all loved. The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson Is it possible that in a well-ordered community incessant public insult offered to unoffending people like myself and my family should pass unpunished? The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I He dared not let himself think of the unoffending settlers trustfully sleeping in their homes. The Raid from Beausejour; and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage She had suffered so much, it seemed good to oppose him a little, when it could not entail a duel with some unoffending man! His Hour If you ask me which I like best I must make the children's traditionary unoffending reply to all curious enquirers—'Both.' The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 The friends were friends once more, and on the altar of friendship the unoffending whip was doubtless offered as a burning sacrifice. In the Midst of Alarms Though unoffending innocence may plead, Though frantic ewes may mourn the savage deed, Their shepherd comes, a messenger of blood, And drives them bleating from their sports and food. The Farmer's Boy A Rural Poem "Grief hath struck its blow heavily on this unoffending victim," uttered Meek, with great and subdued softness in his manner. The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish "When the punishment of the offender would involve that of so many unoffending, who in this case would feel it with peculiar severity." Queechy Upon it depended his only hope of tracing the murder from the dead porter to the burglars who had killed the unoffending warden. The Secrets of the Great City It was a sore trial to me to witness the oppression of one so unoffending and so helpless. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok Some two or three hundred of these unoffending tars were caught, captured, cribbed, and confined. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale Failing of success upon the field, we find the Davis Government countenancing guerrilla warfare, burning bridges, murdering unarmed citizens, and desolating the homes of unoffending people, and committing piracy upon the high seas. The Great North-Western Conspiracy in All Its Startling Details Suffice it to say that, so intolerable were the toils and sufferings inflicted upon this weak and unoffending race, that they sank under them, dissolving, as it were, from the face of the earth. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) Oh, poor unoffending, helpless ones, there they lay, their troubles ended, mine begun! Life on the Mississippi, Part 7. On pikes to be driven into the breasts of unoffending men and women! The Man in Gray The harmless, unoffending goat-sucker, from the time of Aristotle down to the present day, has been in disgrace with man. Wanderings in South America The huge wing was precisely in line to deal my unoffending cranium a terrific whack, which would probably stun me, and certainly brush me from my perch. Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures Like his opulent fellow-traveler, he too had his canine follower and retainer—and one suited to his different fortunes—one of the civilest, most unoffending little dogs in the world. The Crayon Papers Where, oh where, Blesus, hast thou thrown his unoffending and mangled corpse? The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola He had stained the soil of Virginia with the blood of innocent and unoffending citizens. The Man in Gray Reader, throw a veil over thy recollection for a little while, and forget the cruel, unjust and unmerited censures thou hast heard against an unoffending order. Wanderings in South America The lamentations of these hundreds of thousands of unoffending creatures do not seem to get anywhere. Glimpses of Bengal Selected from the Letters of Sir Rabindranath Tagore The next minute he dodged a clump of moist earth thrown his way by the good-natured Bob, the result being that the missile landed square upon Jimmy's unoffending head. The Radio Boys' First Wireless Or Winning the Ferberton Prize "That's not so," said Pickering savagely, and bestowing a thump on his unoffending opera hat, already reduced to the smallest possible bulk. Five Little Peppers Grown Up Cecilia whispered, apparently addressing the unoffending cloth—which, having begun life as a dingy green and black, did not seem greatly the worse for its new decoration. Back to Billabong Often, when roving in the wilds, I would fall in with the land-tortoise; he too adds another to the list of unoffending animals. Wanderings in South America Louis XIV," says Parkman, "commanded that eighteen thousand unoffending persons should be stripped of all they possessed, and cast out to the mercy of the wilderness. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present In one instance, an unoffending invalid was wantonly slain in his own house. Life of George Washington — Volume 01 Ross bit fiercely upon an unoffending batter-cake, and resolved to make a call single-handed before he left the house. The Best American Humorous Short Stories "Sorrow for my unoffending child; sorrow for him who had forgotten his faith; and sorrow for them who have been at the root of this bitter wrong," was the answer. The Headsman The Abbaye des Vignerons Punishment was inflicted upon the most guilty with rigour and despatch, the populace dispersed beyond all hope of return, no rage vented in fire and ruins upon the unoffending houses and walls. The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 Van Gilder swore on the witness stand that Grimm and himself were standing at the head of the columns of "unoffending paraders" when his friend was shot. The Centralia Conspiracy These anti-revolutionary States combining to revolutionise a rebellious province of an unoffending ally! A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II The unfortunate man put the palms of his hands together, and beseeched the commander of the vessel that he would not violate the rights of hospitality, by giving up an unoffending stranger to his enemies. The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839) The poor, unoffending Protestants filled the prisons, and dyed the scaffolds with their blood. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers I hope those mothers who are willing to destroy themselves by covering up their heads while they sleep, will at least have mercy on their unoffending infants. The Young Mother Management of Children in Regard to Health The general public, denied the true version of the affair, was shuddering over its morning coffee at the thought of I.W.W. desperadoes shooting down unoffending paraders from ambush. The Centralia Conspiracy They destroy the fleet of an unoffending Power in a time of profound peace in his own port. A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II Mr. Whitbread highly approved of the object of the worthy baronet, which was to diminish the sufferings of an unoffending people. The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839) It may follow down the family line, and fasten itself upon the unoffending children. A Practical Physiology The fair Argemone has just been treating me to her three hundred and sixty-fifth philippic against my unoffending beard.’ Yeast: a Problem The capitalist newspapers announced to the world that these unoffending paraders were killed in cold blood--that they were murdered from ambush without provocation of any kind. The Centralia Conspiracy Gersíwaz was appointed the leader of that army, which was put in motion without delay against the unoffending youth. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1 Inwardly he vowed vengeance against those who had dealt so cruelly with the unoffending boy; though, under similar circumstances, he would probably have acted with the same spirit. The Pilgrims of New England A Tale of the Early American Settlers "And he as much as told you, did he?" she whispered, turning around to glare in stormy wrath at the unoffending telephone—"he as much as told you there was nothing in it?" Purple Springs And such a Man—so meek and unoffending— Helpless and harmless as a babe: a Man, By obvious signal to the world's protection, Solemnly dedicated—to decoy him!— The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 Do they not indulge in a vicious and wholly unpardonable wealth of muddy boots, wherewith to trample upon their unoffending neighbors? Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 35, November 26, 1870 Alas! why should the innocent and unoffending people be thus made to perish? The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1 "It will be a peculiarly offensive thing if the personality of a helpless and unoffending girl is brought into this inquiry," he cried. The Postmaster's Daughter To think, in a merciful spirit, of the jungle—barely to contemplate, in a temper of humanity, the incomprehensible cane-thickets, dark and bristly, into which that bloody cheeta will drag that unoffending poodle! Note Book of an English Opium-Eater It is true that no blood was spilt, and no revenge taken for the repeated butcheries of unoffending and defenceless settlers. Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV And you outstep your powers In handling thus an unoffending people. Wilhelm Tell Tsiganok would retort, coarsely and derisively, and the quarrel would end peacefully because the dispute would soon turn into boorish, unoffending abuse, after which shooting would have seemed absurd and impossible. The Seven Who Were Hanged The imperialists unfortunately sullied their success by grave excesses and by the cruel treatment of the unoffending townspeople, who were made to suffer for the original incapacity and cowardice of the officials themselves. China Meanwhile tidings of atrocities committed by Indians upon unoffending settlers, began to set the blood shivering in the veins of persons throughout the continent; and one horrible circumstance, bearing upon the story, I shall relate. Annette, the Metis Spy Louis XIV. commanded that eighteen thousand unoffending persons should be stripped of all that they possessed, and cast out to the mercy of the wilderness. Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV If one esne slay another unoffending, let him pay for him at his full worth. Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III Not a syllable had fallen from the lips of the long and anxiously expected husband, that had not gone directly to the heart of his unoffending wife. The Prairie At the same time every effort was made to warn the unoffending townspeople, so that they might remove to a place of safety. China Therefore, although he marched in the vanguard of the storming party, it was more to exercise a restraining influence and to prevent violence against unoffending foreigners, than to take part in the demonstration. The Net It would say, Lena, that I—the Swede—after luring my friend and partner to his death from mere greed of money, have murdered these unoffending shipwrecked strangers from sheer funk. Victory An Island Tale "That's it! there's the whole cause of it at last!" cried Mr. Kennedy, in a perfect paroxysm of excitement, flinging his pipe violently at the unoffending victim as he rushed towards it. The Young Fur Traders Cabby, I call upon you to witness, with all the rest of us, that Colonel Grand has drawn a revolver with the design to kill an unarmed, unoffending man. The Rose in the Ring Her denunciation had no effect on Wallace; but her slander against her unoffending daughter-in-law agitated him with an indignation that almost dispossessed him of himself. The Scottish Chiefs Pursing his thin lips, he turned his attention to an unoffending stump six or eight feet away and scowled at it vindictively. West Wind Drift She closed her eyes—she turned away from the little unoffending, yet offensive object with a feeling of horror. Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky Thus the man who did not hesitate to plot and to execute the cruel slaughter of unoffending men cowered beneath the fancied echo of a dead woman's voice! Jess What's that to me that they are unoffending, when I am starving for next to no offence? Lord Jim What justice is there in destroying the habitations and lives of a set of harmless people, because the like cruelty has been committed by a lawless army of their countrymen, upon our unoffending brethren? The Scottish Chiefs "And I had professed myself a Kantian, and made light of the objective reality of Time! thou laggard, Time!" he cried, and shook his fist at Space, Time's unoffending consort. The Cardinal's Snuff-Box I wish I could accept your moral Number 2, but there is amazingly little evidence of "reverential care for unoffending creation" in the arrangements of nature, that I can discover. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 "I am the Bishop's chaplain, sir," he answered mildly, trying desperately to look like an unoffending clergyman, "and I want to get on to Pretoria with him." Jess You talk about me making a cowardly set upon unoffending people. Lord Jim Vexed, but afraid to reprimand one who might so soon resent it, by speaking of her disparagingly to Wallace, she unburdened the swelling of her anger upon the unoffending Helen. The Scottish Chiefs Thus the motive for his dastardly assault upon an unoffending citizen, which to many minds has seemed lacking, has been supplied. Dark Hollow According to Tickler, as set forth in these grave articles, no greater outrage had ever been committed upon the unoffending representatives of the United States, and for which he demanded summary vengeance. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter These words of Lizzie's, this kind and loving allusion to her mother's tenderness and never-wearying care, fell upon the heart of Leah as the cold, cruel steel falls upon the unoffending dove. Leah Mordecai These blacks were well enough disposed to rescue an innocent and unoffending man from the atrocious death to which Spike had condemned his mate, but neither lost sight of his own security and interest. Jack Tier I give you that mercy you denied to nineteen unoffending, defenseless old men, whose hoary heads your ruthless ax brought with blood to the ground. The Scottish Chiefs Again he left the state, and during his absence it is supposed he was engaged in nefarious practices with the notorious Murrel, who carried rapine and death into the unoffending villages of the far west. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter I, however, recognized the voice of Mr. Jenks; and though I knew but little respecting him, I judged from his appearance that he was a quiet, unoffending man; and such I afterwards found him. Town and Country; or, life at home and abroad, without and within us Their full slow eyes belied the words, the gestures eager and unoffending, but knew the rancours massed about them and knew their zeal was vain. Ulysses Oh, sir, what powers of mind you have wasted to achieve this victory over a poor unoffending girl! Foul Play The girl seemed to concentrate all the world's disdain in the look that measured me, running from my head to my unoffending feet, from my feet back to my head. The Firefly of France And he saw how man had cut down the unoffending image of himself-how Christian ministers had become the tyrant's hand-fellow in the work of oppression. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter I hate bloodshed, and would rather die than plunder and slay peaceful and unoffending people. The Dragon and the Raven From these words Mr Best turned an unoffending face to Stephen. Ulysses They do not seem to read poetry, only to write it and launch it at unoffending strangers. Alfred Tennyson Another common practice in the States, more especially in Perak, is to capture, as you might wild beasts, the unoffending Jakun women, and make them and their children slaves through generations. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither That you took the life of that ill-fated and unoffending man, there is no doubt; you have, yourself, confessed it. East Lynne Who knows what sparks of pity may be awakened in the bosoms of the Christian sovereigns when they behold our unoffending wives and daughters and our helpless little ones? Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada I could always see the other man's unoffending women folks or his little children standing between him and me. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories She is pretty desolate now, after Jean's emancipation—the only kindness God ever did that poor unoffending child in all her hard life. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 6 (1907-1910) That good and unoffending lady the Empress is killed by a mad-man, and I am living in the midst of world-history again. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) "What are you standing there for, like a gander on one leg?" she reiterated, venting her anger upon the unoffending man. East Lynne You can trust me implicitly, M. Bourget; I shall never call you any names in print which I should be ashamed to call you with your unoffending and dearest ones present. Essays on Paul Bourget I could not drive it away, the taking of that unoffending life seemed such a wanton thing. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories But it was not pleasant to fire at the back of an unoffending individual who was acquitting himself very coolly of his duty—so I let him alone. Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground But here Johnny, who had overheard the dialogue and approached them, suddenly threw himself upon his brother's unoffending legs and commenced to beat and pull them about with unintelligible protests. Cressy "You—you not only do this—amazing thing—these monstrosities"—he hurled the bricks furiously on the unoffending ground—"but you dare to tell me so!" Bob, Son of Battle We can maintain our neutrality only by refusal to do anything to aid unoffending weak powers which are dragged into the gulf of bloodshed and misery through no fault of their own. Theodore Roosevelt and His Times Oh!" said the other glaring at the unoffending Fisher, "that's very good of him. The Clue of the Twisted Candle While the deaths of the unoffending strike awe to the city, his satellites are to massacre his foes. Zanoni Behold! the elements again set free, As if with fearful spell they'd long been curst, Now vented all the power of stifled birth Upon the luckless unoffending earth. Love or Fame; and Other Poems The Radical General Belknap was easily convinced that the assignment of the unoffending Smith to duty would cause a lack of discipline in any regiment that would be fearful to contemplate. The Colored Cadet at West Point Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy To manifest their sympathy with the unoffending poor of Nauvoo, a committee of twenty was appointed to receive subscriptions for their aid. The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 There was scarcely any danger from wild animals— it seems almost ridiculous to refute the idea of danger from the natives in a country where even incivility to an unoffending stranger is a rarity. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Innocence was our shield, and while we endured some of the disgrace that attaches to mere forms, we had that consolation of which no cruelty or device can deprive the unoffending. Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief When she fell aboard some poor unoffending ship it was the very devil of a job to haul her off again. A Set of Six SECONDLY, King Carlos, for Family Compact and fruitless attempt at burglary on an unoffending neighbor, Debtor: 1. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 All of this was playfully intended for the extinction of an unoffending and impressionable tenderfoot. The Last of the Plainsmen They became temperate, moral, religious, setting an example of innocent, unoffending lives to the world around them, which was seen and admired by all. Clotel; or, the President's Daughter Did you ever observe a thwarted child striking in its anger the unoffending nurse, destroying its toys to discharge its wrath? The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English He’s a good dog, sir, and an unoffending dog. Michael, Brother of Jerry One is therefore somewhat startled at finding that the British nation reserves to itself, though it forbids to its armies, the right of putting to death unarmed and unoffending men, women, and children. Sanitary and Social Lectures, etc At the entrance to the tent, Hardyman noticed the dog at Isabel's heels, and vented his ill-temper, as usual with male humanity, on the nearest unoffending creature that he could find. My Lady's Money For your sake I have banished my unoffending husband, not an hour since, to his club. Miss or Mrs? Did you ever know a schoolmaster, angered by one of the boy's parents, vent his pent-up spleen upon the unoffending class? The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English Are unoffending owners of galleries to be subjected to disappointment? A Rogue's Life Arabella chose to show her power like the sultan who, to prove his dexterity, cut off the heads of unoffending beings with his own scimitar. The Lily of the Valley The wilderness is cracked and browned But through the water pale and thin Still shine the unoffending feet And there above the painter set The Father and the Paraclete. Poems He, a stranger, unoffending, without enemies! who should shed his blood but one of those who feared his witness? Last Days of Pompeii We bowed very formally, and looked each other over with that eye which is known as "eagle" but is far more the property of the female than that most unoffending of birds. In a German Pension The vengeance of the Abdali, therefore, fell upon the unoffending inhabitants of the capital — once more they were scourged with fire and sword. Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan Why couldn’t you rest in your own bad place, wherever it is, instead of disturbing the peace of quiet unoffending folk like us?” A Message from the Sea What stung me, was the identification of the whole affair with my unoffending self. Great Expectations As his sight is short, he will sometimes so inflict punishment on unoffending bushes. The Land of Footprints |
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