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“The attempt to hold you in any degree responsible or censurable for the loss of life is an outrage,” wrote Dion Geraldine, his construction superintendent at the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
He said he believes some medical board members are waiting for him to cross into censurable ground, such as by disclosing privileged information from a closed-session meeting. Whistleblower or flamethrower? California Medical Board member calls out his colleagues 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z
“The newspaper’s fact-based journalism and professional integrity have made it an important source of information on censurable aspects of Russian society rarely mentioned by other media,” it added. Journalists from the Philippines, Russia given Nobel Peace Prize 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z
Formlessness in art is always censurable and in music can never win pardon by a programme or by 'what the composer was thinking.' Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z
Christie’s surrender had been thought censurable both by General Amherst and by Bouquet. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z
Deserving of censure; faulty; culpable; reprehensible; censurable; blameworthy. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z
And those jays that murder are censurable chiefly in this: they have learned so little from humanity’s civilized forbearance. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z
One thing she did which, though highly censurable from a moral point of view, is not so as a matter of art. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z
From such methods there spring no little censurable legislation of privilege and a great loss of contentment on the part of the people. The Social Evolution of the Argentine Republic 2011-11-24T03:00:43.903Z
Another very censurable kindred habit of many of our public writers is, the interlarding their compositions with abominable scraps of French, and even of Italian. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z
Which betrays censurable apathy, he who obstinately rushes headlong to the brink of a mighty precipice, or he who gives the timely warning to beware? The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z
He has his faults, it is true, properly censurable; but he has some very commendable virtues as well. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z
When a murderer, knowing his desert, becomes his own executioner, he is not censurable though still infamous, since it saves society the expense of terminating his dangerous career. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z
Nay, in one instance this heroic feeling was carried to an almost censurable excess. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z
It is improper and censurable in a man who holds a public office and who has the confidence of the government. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z
No spirit has ever indicated to us a suspicion even that the spirits whose acts evolved witchcraft were either malevolent, censurable, or in any sense shockingly wicked. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z
The motives for this course were usually censurable, and the results generally disastrous from the beginning, and always so in the sequel. Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States 2011-04-24T02:00:09.423Z
If she were poor and friendless, it would not be half so censurable. Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z
In its lonely and neglected appearance, there was a silent but forcible comment upon that censurable neglect of the Sabbath, which, it has been said, prevails too generally among the citizens of New-Orleans. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z
The Fathers, in order, give judgment that it disagreed from the Nicene Creed, and was, therefore, censurable. The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries
In truth, there is nothing more censurable than this mode of attempting to establish one's innocence. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century.
But I deny that, questionable or censurable as the act may be, it was one that necessarily called for our direct and hostile opposition. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867
An example laudable at Wittenberg could not be censurable in London by those who held Luther excused. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII
But, for this reason, what was praiseworthy in the people who were kept at a distance from the bounds placed around Sinai is unworthy and censurable in those who have come to Mount Zion. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews
As England is held up for our copying, and is less censurable than the others, I cite a few instances from her history. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4.
That delegate from home organization was excluded from the Boston convention, and that the same three defendants are responsible and censurable for that exclusion. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin
Members of Parliament are censurable if they impute falsehood and scoundrelism to each other in a personal sense, but not censurable for making those imputations in a Parliamentary sense. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853)
Many qualities which would be regarded as censurable if possessed by ordinary men and women are often regarded with a respect that is tinctured with admiration when they are possessed by persons of genius. The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906
As he never controlled my actions when they required control, I trust he will be equally indulgent now they will be less censurable. Coelebs In Search of a Wife
The theory of intolerance is wrong only if founded absolutely upon religious motives; but even then the practice of it is not necessarily censurable. The History of Freedom
That various persons sent abroad were not supplied with sufficient funds, and that the agent of the Triangle is responsible and censurable for that criminal neglect, and not the three defendants. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin
"Beyond the Law," by Mary Faye Durr, is a light short story of excellent idea and construction, whose only censurable point is the use of "simplified" spelling. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922
The lack of an heir for the first six years of his married life gave him a great opportunity to accumulate wealth, which perhaps was a censurable ambition. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.'
The one will accuse it of excessive strictness; the other of censurable levity. Coelebs In Search of a Wife
Yet this censurable habit does not seem to proceed from anything cynical in the author's own nature, but rather from inexperience, and from a personal directness which moves only in straight lines. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865
If censurable things were being done in the prison management, the rulers were the parties for one to approach respecting them, those having the power to apply the remedy. The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences
It is very praiseworthy for its many colourful passages, but mildly censurable for its melodramatic atmosphere and rhetorical lapses. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922
Unfeelingness, the Saxon word that should be the exact equivalent of apathy, really means more, a lack of the feeling one ought to have, a censurable hardness of heart. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions
From that period until our class graduated in 1828, I cannot recall an act deserving special even animadversion, nor remember an instance of a student obnoxious to discipline for indolent of other censurable habits. The History of Dartmouth College
In military judgments error is not necessarily censurable. Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles
But Annie had so much manner, such a pleasant, assured voice, that somehow Norma never found it censurable in her. The Beloved Woman
"Memories," by Arthur Goodenough, well sustains the high poetical reputation of its author, though it is cruelly marred by the illogical and censurable "simplified" spelling which the young editors see fit to employ. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922
Describing the habits and vices of the lover as disagreeable and censurable, with the sneer of the lip, and the stamp of the foot. 2nd. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks
And I think Miss Howe is very censurable for the Liberties she takes with a worthy Man, whom also it is plain she intends to make her Husband. Remarks on Clarissa (1749)
There were three well-defined periods in the agitated life of the Duchess de Longueville—and happily the end was conformable to the beginning, to neutralise, as it were, the censurable middle part. Political Women, Vol. 2
In the last speech beginning "This was the noblest Roman of them all" Mr. Cooper was censurable. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810
How about the dukes and high born princes who sought gold in America, giving their hand to daughters of millionaires of origin more censurable than that of Don Benito? The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan
He was not as censurable as he would have been had he not possessed these bad tendencies. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success
Benjamin was never half so zealous in cutting candle-wicks as he was in perpetrating this censurable act. The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth.
If Abolitionists are censurable for taking measures that exasperate rather than convince and persuade, are not their opponents, who take exactly the same measures to exasperate Abolitionists and their friends, as much to blame? An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism With reference to the duty of American females
The thing itself was commendable and excellent; but in the means employed there was much that was censurable. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03
With General Jackson's great personal regard for the authors of these reports, he took for granted the correctness of the charge of censurable conduct. The Battle of New Orleans including the Previous Engagements between the Americans and the British, the Indians and the Spanish which led to the Final Conflict on the 8th of January, 1815
When M. Casimir-Perier resigned the French Presidency there were those who regarded the act as weak, cowardly, undutiful and otherwise censurable. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909
Indeed, if the appeal to ideality is censurable, Christ himself ought not to have escaped censure. Fragments of science, V. 1-2
It's as commendable as anything ever has been—by which I mean it's intermediate to the commendable and the censurable. The Book of the Damned
"You may cry 'shame' upon me," he went on calmly, "and I realize, of course, that I am censurable in speaking thus of my rival." A Little Traitor to the South A War Time Comedy With a Tragic Interlude
Commodore Patterson also sent in a report to the Secretary of the Navy, characterizing the little detachment of Kentucky militia in terms as censurable and as unjust as were the words of General Jackson. The Battle of New Orleans including the Previous Engagements between the Americans and the British, the Indians and the Spanish which led to the Final Conflict on the 8th of January, 1815
He negotiates unnatural but not censurable relations between selfishness and ingratitude. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909
Not so in poetry: if it were, much of Pindar and Aeschylus, and no little of Dante, would be censurable. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection
Had Jacob not represented in his person a different community from Laban's, of which he was to be the Patriarch, his mode of acquiring wealth out of Laban would have been censurable. Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854)
That was the judgment of the House of Representatives which acquitted the members who had received the stock, but held Ames, who had conducted the transaction, censurable. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
Caroline and her mamma sailed for Europe the next day, and several letters Carrington wrote to her, giving a less censurable version of the little dinner to the little instructor, were returned to him unopened. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.)
For example, if someone oppresses, injures and wrongs another, and the wronged man retaliates, this is vengeance and is censurable. Some Answered Questions
But hardly less censurable, hardly less contemptible, is the tranquilly arrogant sectarian, who denies that wisdom or honesty can exist beyond the limits of his own ill-lighted chamber. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection
If the blacks of the United States forget this sacrifice, zeal and manhood on the part of the whites, no ingratitude could be greater or more censurable. The Promulgation of Universal Peace
Therefore no crimes which require punishment will be committed.... ... if someone oppresses, injures, and wrongs another, and the wronged man retaliates, this is vengeance, and is censurable. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era
In presenting these views, I am not assailing millionaires as men more objectionable or censurable than any other class. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891
And just as a man is censurable who voluntarily and habitually consorts with corrupting company, so is he to be condemned who deliberately entertains depraved thoughts. Choice Readings for the Home Circle
There are very few men, even in the bushes and the wilderness, who delight in the commission of cruelty; but nearly all, throughout the earth, are censurable for the admission. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection
But the House of Commons will not allow that this was a great and important service; on the contrary, they have declared the act itself to be censurable. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12)
He regarded man, generally, as a curious study, as remarkable for not exercising the intellect with which he was endowed—not so much from censurable causes as from some obliquity in mental vision. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour
If, therefore, such a change was in agitation before the sailing of the ships, and yet was concealed when it might have been communicated, the concealment is censurable. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12)
Because, not every alteration in matters of faith is inadmissible and censurable. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann
The Synod has distinctly uttered a contrary sentiment, i.e. that the course of the Missionaries is not censurable. History and Ecclesiastical Relations of the Churches of the Presbyterial Order at Amoy, China
The most censurable part of the agreement was in the failure to exact the surrender of St. Elmo, which dominates the others. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain
The language of poetry is so magnificent in Italy that we should be more censurable than any other nation in renouncing its beauties. Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy
This practice of Judge Marshall, of travelling out of his case to prescribe what the law would be in a moot case not before the court, is very irregular and very censurable. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4
In the evening Mr. Jessup announced that, after due consideration, he was of opinion the conduct of Pease was so censurable that the interference of Hiram was very proper, if not, indeed, praiseworthy. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862
The witness is quite right in her premises, though censurable in her manner of expressing them. The Lost Lady of Lone
As to the specimens where it has been thought fit to introduce the Egyptian window or doorway in churches of a Greek design, we consider the attempt faulty and censurable. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 279, October 20, 1827
So far from refusing itself to reformation, that government was open, with a censurable degree of facility, to all sorts of projects and projectors on the subject. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12)
All these motives are highly censurable, but the last is the most general, and by far the most mischievous in its effects. Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject.
Those Brahmanas that are not censurable for anything they do, and that have no means of support assigned to them, should be searched out. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
That wise man who, cleansed by the possession of knowledge and might and of righteous conduct at other times, acts censurably in such season, does not really deserve to be censured. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
O tell me in full what else Arjuna, did I do not see even the most trivial thing to Jishnu that is censurable. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3
It is contended, however, from a variety of causes which were shewn, that they are very generally censurable. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3
People of other denominations have charged the Quakers with a more than usually censurable pride, on account of their adoption of this law. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2
Let him study the scriptures with a preceptor that is censurable! The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
They that are divested of wisdom regard it as censurable. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
So they conceive it to be only a necessary prudence in morals, to prohibit customs, where the use of them is very generally connected with a censurable abuse. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1
Here we are taught, that, though dramatic pieces had no censurable origin, the best of the ancient moralists condemned them. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3
In this case he will be considered as censurable by many, because he will be looked upon as a dealer in the superfluities condemned by his own religion. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2
There is nothing, O monarch, that is even slightly censurable in the matter of this Yudhishthira's rule. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
One should not seek for advancement by achieving any wicked or censurable act. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
The preceding are the arguments of the early Quakers—new state of music has produced new ones—instrumental now censurable for a waste of time—for leading into company—for its connection with vocal. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1
We are taught again, that the direct tendency of those which are censurable is to produce conceit and affectation, a romantic spirit, and a perverted morality among youth. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3
Was there anything censurable in the curiosity which led an editor to ascertain whether a novel like "Evelina" was written by a girl of eighteen or a woman of twenty-six? Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings
I do not see any censurable indication in his body. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
If, however, a person of superior birth perpetrates censurable acts, such acts stain him. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
If novels contain no evil within themselves, or have no evil tendency, the mere circumstance of the subject, names or characters being feigned, will not stamp them as censurable. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1
Woe to the father who allowed him to study God's law; woe to those who instructed him; how censurable is his conduct; how loathsome are his ways! Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala
It is acknowledged, that, towards the middle of the last century, they used in their devotional exercises, particularly in their hymns, many expressions justly censurable: but these have been corrected. The Life of Hugo Grotius With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the Netherlands
I do not see any censurable feature in this prince, except that the cheek bones of this lion among men are a little too high. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
The Pandavas of uncleansed souls have, at every step, perpetrated very ugly and censurable acts that are again fall of guile. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
The language of the country, as used in his own times, struck him as having many censurable defects. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1
In the House of Lords, in reply to some censurable observations on his acceptance of office which had been made elsewhere, his lordship explained his motives with great candour. The Mirror Of Literature, Amusement, And Instruction Volume 17, No. 496, June 27, 1831
Mr. Chapman and his lady, a well-behaved couple, not ashamed to be very tender and observing to each other, but without that censurable fondness which sits so ill upon some married folks in company. Pamela, Volume II
The Brahmanas could not bear the idea of a sacrifice with such profusion of gifts, as that of Yudhishthira, being censurable. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
If one devoted to action succeeds in gaining his object or fails to obtain the fruit of his acts, he does not become censurable in any respect. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
As honours of the world again the Quakers think them censurable, because all such honours were censured by Jesus Christ. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1
It is not for the purpose—it would be censurable—of merely opening the wounds of the past that I have gone back upon history somewhat farther than the solicitor-general found it advantageous to go. The Wearing of the Green, or The Prosecuted Funeral Procession
Not to have returned the fire, under such circumstances, would have been censurable conduct. Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz
The food that comes from cruel and fierce persons is censurable. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
Alas, why did Arjuna of pure deeds perpetrate such a censurable act, since he struck off the arm of a heedless warrior who was brave and devoted to the performance of sacrifices. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
Of course all ornaments would become censurable, and all unreasonable changes indefensible, upon such a system. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1
It was still content to punish after publication what it deemed to be censurable excesses. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator
The Self-existent hath sanctioned such offices for the four orders that having recourse to them each may acquire wealth without being censurable. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva
O tell me in full what else Arjuna did, I do not see even the most trivial thing to Jishnu that is censurable. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1
He who never does anything censurable and who never censures another, is said to be a truly regenerate person. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
There are some practices which custom and prejudice have so unhappily influenced, that to observe or neglect them is equally censurable. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces
Write the forms in which the following adjectives are compared, using the comparative adverbs of inferiority or diminution: objectionable, formidable, forcible, comely, pleasing, obvious, censurable, prudent, imprudent, imperfect, pleasant, unpleasant. The Grammar of English Grammars
But the methods employed by the opposition were no less censurable. Cuba, Old and New
I submit it to the consideration of the gentleman, whether, if it be reprehensible in the one case, it can be censurable in the other? The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4
The practices of these people are very censurable. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
Yet Hinduism has done worse things than that, and other of its practices are even more censurable. Modern India
Nor was it less censurable on account of its failure. Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West
If a system of deceit, pursued merely from the love of truth; if voluptuousness, never gratified at the expense of health, may incur censure, I am censurable. Memoirs of Carwin, the Biloquist
I submit it to the consideration of the gentleman, whether, if it be reprehensible in the one case, it can be censurable in the other? The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4
This censurable deed, so impossible in one like thee, will look like a red spot on a white sheet. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
Neither of these courses can be called commendable; but a man who ingratiates himself by indulgence and flattery, is hardly so censurable as one who, to avoid the appearance of flattering, insults. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans
I contend that neither labor, nor occupation, nor law, can create property; that it is an effect without a cause: am I censurable? What is Property?
Various little details of conduct are related of him, which, though not morally censurable, were offensive to good taste and opposed to the ordinary observances of society. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862
Self accusation shall flow in every line of my narrative where I think I am justly censurable. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3
The life of even a Brahmana, O king, that lives in the observance of Kshatriya duties, is not censurable, for Kshatriyas also have sprung from Brahmana. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
It will seem very unnatural to most mothers, and highly censurable to many moralists, that the person whom I felt the greatest regret at parting with was my instructor and friend, the usher. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
The purpose was to deceive, and it was the more censurable for being so deliberately premeditated and so perseveringly practised. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I
This in him was peculiarly becoming; nor can I agree with Epicurus, who thinks it censurable. Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker.
Danton was a gigantic revolutionist; he deemed no means censurable so they were useful, and, according to him, men could do whatever they dared attempt. History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814
Others again, though endued with might of arms, and possessed of knowledge and great energy of mind, follow censurable, sinful, and miserable professions. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
This may be censurable in us, and doubtless it is; but, still, the charge lies more against our heads than our hearts. Ridgeway An Historical Romance of the Fenian Invasion of Canada
If Hagar behaved with impertinence and vanity, Sarah manifested a very censurable degree of resentment. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I
There are many other very censurable passages in this free letter of yours; but we must place them to the account of your embittered spirit. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1
This inconsistency on the part of educated Christians is all the more incomprehensible and censurable, inasmuch as both dogmas in equal degree form an integral part of the Christian creed. Monism as Connecting Religion and Science A Man of Science
To give pain, to inflict mortifications, and harsh words, are all censurable. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
There being blots on his moral character, it would be censurable to fasten upon his memory this new imputation of dishonesty, were it not substantiated by irresistible evidence. Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century
It was a direct disobedience to an express and solemn command; and whether the command respected a mere look, or a mighty undertaking, the principle which influenced the conduct, was equally censurable. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I
In the second number, an essay against fast days, with a most censurable application of a text from Isaiah, for its motto, lost me near five hundred of my subscribers at one blow. The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838
She tried to think how Jack Wilmington's having gone to Boston for the evening made it somehow less censurable for her to spend it with Lyra, even if she did not approve of her. Annie Kilburn : a Novel
The death that a Kshatriya meets with at home is censurable. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
He considered both parties equally dangerous to the welfare of the community, because, according to the new standard of church-life, both were censurable. The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut
He thinks that without the hypocrisy being censurable he was more of the type of Pope Sixtus the Fifth. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form
To me he appears censurable only for the selection of subjects, whose very seriousness could not without great incongruity be united with such triflings. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature
Sir, we should pause before proceeding any further in this Unconstitutional and censurable legislation. The Great Conspiracy, Volume 6
There was nothing censurable in collecting all the most distinguished and illustrious people of France around him: they must have formed a superb society, from which the proud monarch could learn much to his enlightenment. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers
Some take a medium course, and consider him to have been sincere, and so far laudable; but rash and reckless of consequences, and so far censurable. Adonais
Her neighbors speak of her as possessing one of the happiest tempers and disposition, and give her the name of never having done a censurable act to their knowledge. A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison
My unfortunate client, gentlemen, has been cruelly wronged: I have torn from her the one slave on whose loyalty and affection she could rely, the only one who saw nothing censurable in her conduct. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03
The lack of an heir in the first six years of their wedded life made of that eagerness to accumulate riches almost a censurable ambition. The Social Cancer
Their toleration however had not extended to anything censurable as heresy, and their attitude had been somewhat stiffened by the course of the Lutheran revolt on the Continent. England under the Tudors
Even the sarcasm, such as it was, would have been thought censurable by that ceremonious court in any but the Patriarch, to whose high rank some license was allowed. Waverley Novels — Volume 12
Idealism is not funny, however censurable its excesses. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism
In the second number an essay against fast days, with a most censurable application of a text from Isaiah for its motto, lost me near five hundred of my subscribers at one blow. Biographia Literaria
Appointed to guard the public morals, they are assuredly censurable if licentiousness is suffered to run its wild career unnoticed and unchecked. Manuel Pereira
But do not, fair reader, blame Mrs. Abercrombie too severely, nor say this cause was censurably inadequate. Finger Posts on the Way of Life
Nothing especially censurable; that is, nothing irreparable, thus far; but I am afraid of the future. File No. 113
In this state matters passed till the break of day, when a fresh disturbance arose from the censurable conduct of some of both parties, for such characters there will be in all such scenes. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man
Daughter, that by these advances thou shouldst be moved to anger, I deem neither strange nor censurable; but I am instant with thee to follow my advice in the matter. The Decameron, Volume I
I admit that such a vote should not be given in mere party wantonness, and that the one given is justly censurable if it have no other or better foundation. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858
We own that the credulity which the nation showed on that occasion seems to us, though censurable indeed, yet not wholly inexcusable. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
There were parts of their long public life which they would themselves, I am persuaded, on a calm retrospect, have allowed to be justly censurable. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
The statesman, if worthy of the name, ascertains and conforms to the realities, the verities of things; and all jurisprudence that accepts legal fictions is imperfect, and even censurable. The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny
"Originality, carried to the length of eccentricity, is a censurable accomplishment in one of official rank," remarked the elder Chang coldly. Kai Lung's Golden Hours
To be cheated by a friend was scarcely censurable, but he could find no condemnation strong enough for him who was outwitted by a foe. Agesilaus
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