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This, and not that other, his deadly sin, having looked on his father’s nakedness and mocked and cursed him in his heart? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z
I knew that anything that made a person feel the way I felt at that moment had to be a deadly sin. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
We trot away and I know dozens of Leamy’s boys are committing the deadly sin of envy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z
I ran the last twenty yards or so, even though running in the halls is one of the deadly sins at Camillo Junior High, right up there with pride, envy, wrath. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z
The reader will struggle to keep in mind that envy is the only one of the seven deadly sins that is no fun for the sinner. This Dark Prince of American Poetry Writes With Glittering Malice 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z
Those figures include your basic biblical characters, dragons, gargoyles, waltzing skeletons, bagpipe-playing angels, the seven deadly sins, an elephant, a two-humped camel and more. Edinburgh in a day: A quick family visit to Scotland (with beer and skittles) 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z
The Big Seven of his title are the seven deadly sins, which his hero, 66-year-old retired detective Simon Sunderson , has been worrying about since he was introduced to them as a lad in church. Book review: In ‘The Big Seven’ by Jim Harrison, a detective behaving badly 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z
These days, the seven deadly sins are not all so sinful. The Service That Makes Shame a Productivity Hack 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z
Jealousy is also irrational, but deserves inclusion as envy’s cousin on the list of seven deadly sins. I can’t come to terms with my boyfriend’s female friendships | Dear Mariella 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z
Perhaps you’ll recall the Academy Award nominated film “Se7en,” about a chilling serial killer who punished victims for indulging in the seven deadly sins. ‘American Horror Story: Hotel’ Recap: Strange Appetites 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z
“Bachelorette” was the second in Ms. Headland’s series based on Dante’s seven deadly sins. Leslye Headland?s Play Cycle of 7 Deadly Sins 2010-07-18T02:52:00Z
He didn’t appear to be animated by lust, envy or any of the other deadly sins, sins that send skyward every kind of writing, letters included. ‘Selected Letters of Langston Hughes’ 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z
Then there are the seven deadly sins, the first of which is pride. A Conservative Catholic Begs the Pope: Lead Us Not Into Temptation 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z
A lot of the writing I value is, in one way or another, about the seven deadly sins, especially sloth and gluttony. Celebrating Literature’s Slacker Heroes, Idlers and Liers-In 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z
What resulted was “The Seven Deadly Sins of Edward Enninful,” a colorful look at the seven deadly sins as curated by the man himself. Naomi Campbell, Edward Enninful Talk Diversity In Fashion 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z
He pays his workers a generous wage, rescuing them from what he calls the “seven deadly sins”: “Food, clothing, heat, rent, taxes, respectability and children.” 'Major Barbara' Is Revived at the Pearl Theater 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z
“I’ve definitely committed every one of the seven deadly sins,” she says. Leslye Headland?s Play Cycle of 7 Deadly Sins 2010-07-18T02:52:00Z
He explains the seven deadly sins of speaking, and his how-to’s include vocal exercises and tips on how to speak more powerfully and empathetically. 8 TED Talks That Will Help You Build Stronger Relationships 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z
It’s no coincidence that you enter this inferno by committing one of the seven deadly sins: Greed. Kim Kardashian's Genius New Game Is Basically Dante's Inferno 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z
The lyrics present an assortment of fractured narrative strategies featuring largely unsavory characters engaging in deadly sins like lust, greed, pride and gluttony. black midi Bristles at a Bleak World With ‘Hellfire’ 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z
The play is one in a series Ms. Headland has written inspired by the seven deadly sins. The Week Ahead 2012-02-24T20:02:05Z
Why is drunkenness not among the deadly sins, he wondered? Why do writers drink? 2013-07-20T07:00:14Z
Billed as "one of the longest pop songs ever" – it's actually several linked together – The 8th is a look at society's evils via the vehicle of the seven deadly sins. Paul Heaton's The 8th ? review 2011-07-10T17:16:01Z
He murders according to his grisly interpretations of the seven deadly sins. Slashers, Zombies, Demons and Other Good Company 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z
It’s hard to find much escapist fun in a book about a woman whose main attributes are deadly sins. Review: In ‘Maestra,’ a Heroine’s Routine Includes Sex, Murder and Shopping 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z
But mostly, these diversions seem rather tame: It’s not really all that much fun to chat with the seven deadly sins, for instance. Review: ‘Doctor Faustus,’ All That Heaven Won’t Allow 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z
Actors sing and musicians dance, as an agonized Saint Antony, the fourth century Egyptian monk, is tempted by the seven deadly sins. 'Temptation of St. Antony' mixes play, dance and avant-pop concert into a show that defies labels 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z
Envy is also related to vanity, another deadly sin. Envy is actually a very helpful emotion 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z
The seven deadly sins came to Ms. Headland’s rescue after she had finished “Cinephilia” but was struggling to write a follow-up. Leslye Headland?s Play Cycle of 7 Deadly Sins 2010-07-18T02:52:00Z
There’s no way to get through the game without committing one of the seven deadly sins at almost every possible junction. Kim Kardashian's Genius New Game Is Basically Dante's Inferno 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z
Or, to put it more theologically, gluttony is a deadly sin. Rewind TV: Downton Abbey; Restless; Loving Miss Hatto; The Girl; David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul – review 2012-12-30T00:06:04Z
Frank is in a pantheon of delicious vulgarians played by Mr. DeVito, characters who compress the seven deadly sins into one compact package, yet somehow still charm. It’s Delightful, It’s Delicious, It’s DeVito 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z
I borrowed Thornton Wilder’s idea of doing 10-minute plays around the seven deadly sins, and a production in Venezuela in 1974 that commissioned different authors. Bringing Stages to Storefronts in a Theater-Hungry City 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z
Your film focuses on the seven deadly sins, Edward. Naomi Campbell, Edward Enninful Talk Diversity In Fashion 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z
"It's like the seven deadly sins," he quips. Seattle dance troupe Whim W'Him moves into new home at Intiman 2011-01-06T00:02:04Z
What they brought back was a look at American society through the seven deadly sins. Bringing Stages to Storefronts in a Theater-Hungry City 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z
But one theorist actually went so far as to assign one of the deadly sins to each of the castaways, with beloved, befuddled Gilligan as the Devil himself. 'Simpsons' fan theory says the series takes place in Homer's mind 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z
I know any sort of lying is considered one of the deadly sins; at least, people behave as if it is. Notes from a trailing spouse: Drunk in Ireland and fearing for fabulists everywhere 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z
“It was strange that self-pity wasn’t on the list of deadly sins,” Russ thinks. Jonathan Franzen’s ‘Crossroads,’ a Mellow, ’70s-Era Heartbreaker That Starts a Trilogy 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z
For most people there are only seven deadly sins to worry about, but Paul Heaton's life is even more stressful. Paul Heaton presents The 8th: exclusive album stream 2012-06-27T09:40:43Z
There’s a social check on gluttony; it’s one of the seven deadly sins. Michael Pollan: Bad food is costing America its economic health 2013-12-08T19:00:00Z
With the seven deadly sins providing a thematic core, there is plenty of room for Buckcherry to please those diehard fans that demand hard-edged party anthems, not least on Wrath and their first single, Gluttony. Buckcherry: Confessions – review 2013-02-14T22:15:01Z
Heaton finally emerges to reveal the 8th, and modern, deadly sin: Gossip, which seems particularly prescient as the phone hacking scandal erupts outside. Paul Heaton's The 8th ? review 2011-07-10T17:16:01Z
There isn’t a woman in Washington who doesn’t traffic in at least five of the seven deadly sins. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Prime Time’s Other Women in Power 2014-05-02T12:00:01Z
Seven is also a holy figure: it’s the number of sacraments and deadly sins. What is the Feast of the Seven Fishes? 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z
“His body is covered in masks representing the seven deadly sins. It’s awesome,” she said. Mexican artisans create ‘Judas’ figures for others to burn 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z
“Pride” is also listed by the Catholic Church as one of the seven deadly sins, and dozens of biblical verses condemn pride as, among other things, what goes before the fall. ‘The View’ host Sunny Hostin: Jesus would be ‘grand marshal’ at a gay pride parade 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z
Of the seven deadly sins, envy is the one you’d least expect to see in the world’s highest-ranking executives. Review | Carlos Ghosn always wanted more — and ended up losing everything 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z
Every single one of the deadly sins of Trumpery was germinating in the Republican Party before Donald Trump: Disdain for ethics, attacking the rule of law, lies and disinformation — and sheer shamelessness. Merrick Garland "fears no person," says legal scholar Norm Eisen — and he's coming for Trump 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z
The deadly sins being punished here are all sins of betrayal, committed against the people of Gotham by their ostensible enforcers of law and order. Review: Batman needs a renewal. 'The Batman,' starring Robert Pattinson, isn’t quite it 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z
He defined boredom as "ultimately about not caring for whatever is around you" and placed it among the seven deadly sins. Scientists who study boredom can help you channel your feelings into something productive 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z
A writer listed Mr. Ma’s “10 deadly sins.” Why China Turned Against Jack Ma 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z
In between are people languishing through the pandemic, who could be said to be guilty of the vice of sloth — one of Dante’s seven deadly sins in Inferno. Booze, weed, gambling, porn, candy, sloth: Will our pandemic-acquired vices hang around after COVID-19 wanes? 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z
Every single one of the deadly sins of Trumpery was germinating in the Republican Party before Donald Trump. Merrick Garland "fears no person," says legal scholar Norm Eisen — and he's coming for Trump 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z
“The Seven Acts of Mercy” is a complex painting that tries to compile into a single vertical plane seven distinct vignettes, allegorical counterpoints to the seven deadly sins. In Dark Times, I Sought Out the Turmoil of Caravaggio’s Paintings 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z
The sheriff did not give a possible motive for the slayings, but said they believe three of the victims were in a club with the two suspects called “the seven deadly sins.” Two arrested in killing of seven people in Alabama 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z
The Enneagram itself has ancient, but murky, roots: Some adherents trace it back to a 4th century monk and the same underlying concept as the seven deadly sins. The Enneagram is having a moment. You can thank millennials 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z
"Human nature is alive and well. And one of the seven deadly sins is envy," he said. Billionaire Ken Langone calls Elizabeth Warren a 'phony and a liar,' wants to see her donations to charity 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z
“We’re going to need three phases of the deal to deal with all the seven ... structural deadly sins of China,” he said. US-China trade accord will require three phases: White House adviser 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z
A meticulous detective and the young officer about to replace the veteran probe serial murders based on the seven deadly sins. Movies on TV this week: 'Casablanca,' 'Beauty and the Beast,' 'The Terminator' and more 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z
“We believe it was just a local club of some of our victims and these two guys. They were forming a club and calling themselves the seven deadly sins.” Two arrested in killing of seven people in Alabama 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z
The Medieval Catholic Church labeled usury, avarice, pride and gluttony as deadly sins. In extreme crises, conservatism can turn to fascism. Here's how that might play out 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z
After all, admiration and envy — a deadly sin that isn’t even fun — are perilously close emotions. Opinion | In the age of a reality-TV president, Americans are saying no to fame 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z
In the Christian tradition, pride is considered to be one of the “seven deadly sins.” Perspective | The case for why Catholics should march in LGBT Pride parades 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z
A sign on the car advised motorists "a deadly sin is cutting in - cut it out". Stan and Ollie car back on the road 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z
For clergy, it is an especially deadly sin because of the power the abuse has to pervert a child’s understanding of self, church and God. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z
Let's call them the "deadly sins" of the corporate world. The 'deadly sins' of business 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z
That facet of his persona doesn’t get as much attention as others, largely because it’s so dissonant with his determination to notch all seven deadly sins. Opinion | Scott Pruitt Smells Like the Ritz 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z
It treats the deadly sin of pride as it pertains to the overachieving, staunchly religious Dahl family, whose members gather for a Christmas celebration that segues from the merry to the merciless. The 99-Seat Beat: An immersive stage adaptation of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z
A high officer of government shouldn’t see his job as doing battle with the seven deadly sins. James Comey’s Judgment Days 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z
Consider “Seven Nights”, a new novel by Simon Strauss, a German journalist who has reported on the rise of populism, in which the narrator seeks stimulation in the seven deadly sins. The real resonances, and warnings, of Weimar Germany 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z
The song titles, delivered ALL IN CAPS, reference the deadly sins Pride and Lust, as well as Lamar's post-fame struggles with Loyalty and remaining Humble. The Top 10 albums of 2017 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z
OUCH: Not the seven deadly sins, but the seven deadly words? Analysis | The Health 202: It's a happy holiday for medical tax breaks, but not Obamacare's individual mandate 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z
Doing so is an effective way of closing down debate; envy is, after all, among the deadliest of the “deadly sins”. Why 'Bushman banter' was crucial to hunter-gatherers' evolutionary success 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z
And now that food is abundant, the story goes, our innate wiring compels us to commit the deadly sins of gluttony by stuffing ourselves with globs of fat. Go ahead and order another cheesesteak 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z
When you think about the deadly sins, pride’s actually kinda confusing. Why This Is the Best Sin of the 7 Deadly Sins 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z
“One of the seven deadly sins this condition has helped me with is pride,” he said. Michael Anthony Simon’s Spiderweb Paintings 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z
When Hillary Clinton, would-be first lady, spoke of ‘staying home and baking cookies’ and ‘standing by your man’ as if they were deadly sins for modern women, I was stunned.” The Dream — and the Myth — of the ‘Women’s Vote’ 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z
They thought we had outgrown the deadly sins. Aftermath: Sixteen New Yorker Writers on Trump’s America 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z
“If we agree on something, it’s necessary to honor the agreement and, at the very least, not try to shift blame and accuse us of all deadly sins,” he said. Putin rejects claims of Russian interference in US election 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z
And, as the saying goes, envy is the one deadly sin that’s no fun at all. Why This Is the Best Sin of the 7 Deadly Sins 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z
It also tore the lid off Wells Fargo’s toxic culture and revealed what I’ll call the eight deadly sins, as displayed by the bank and Stumpf himself. Wells Fargo's toxic culture reveals big banks' eight deadly sins 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z
Still, there’s a reason envy is one of the seven deadly sins: Instead of working to be as good as you, I’m going to work to destroy you. Marc Maron, Margaret Atwood and More on Envy 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z
"I do not expect perfection, but I do require more than the embodiment of at least a short list of the seven deadly sins." High-Profile GOP Defectors Say They’re With Hillary 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z
He said the rattle was made from willow and contained seven stones, which symbolised the seven deadly sins. Princess Charlotte: Galway man's woven rattle makes it into royal toy box - BBC News 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z
No one wants to see red cards, it’s true, and officiousness probably ranks just below the other seven in the deadly sins stakes. MLS preview: Kaka's back for Orlando City – and he's still brilliant 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z
The swiftness with which a culture accepts what was once a peccadillo as a deadly sin, though, is a more complicated process. The fall: how diving became football’s worst crime | Alejandro Chacoff 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z
“I personally view tardiness as more evil than all the 7 deadly sins combined,” said another tweet directed at Madonna. Madonna's three-hour delay in Brisbane labelled 'breathtakingly arrogant' 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z
Last night, backstage at Lincoln Center, an anthropomorphic “deadly sin” in a handmade horned wig competed for mirror space with a monk. Behind the Scenes at This Season’s Most-Talked-About New Ballet 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z
It’s one of the seven deadly sins for a reason. How to Be Charming: 2 Secrets Backed by Research 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z
I’ve always considered You’re So Vain to be the most intellectual song I’ve ever written as it confronts head-on one of the great therapeutic and epistemological debates about one of the seven deadly sins. Boys in the Trees: A Memoir, by Carly Simon – digested read 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z
But sexual transgression, madness, deceit, crime, addiction and all manner of deadly sins are involved too. Too much information? The writers who feel the need to reveal all 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z
He’s the apotheosis of all the deadly sins, with special attention to gluttony and greed. A new play about Donald Trump is a hit. In Mexico. 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z
These are your seven deadly sins, and these are the sins that plague our state leaders. Highlights of Mississippi candidates’ speeches at Hobnob 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z
The duo, who hadn't spoken for 10 years, made a tentative return in Heaton's The 8th, a stage show based around the seven deadly sins, which premiered at the Manchester International Festival in 2011. Life after The Beautiful South - BBC News 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z
Each of its prongs is inscribed with one of the seven deadly sins followed by mileage information. A Deadly Sin at the Aldrich, From the Comfort of an Armchair 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z
With Seven I always knew that there were going to be seven deadly sin murders. How to Improve Your Writing: 5 Secrets From Hollywood 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z
In an unusual collaborative endeavor, seven cultural institutions in New York State and Connecticut are planning coordinated shows, each addressing one of the seven deadly sins. Seven Museums, Each Offering a Deadly Sin 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z
Afterward, Gos seems stunned into quiescence, and White “stood dumbstruck also, mobbed by most of the deadly sins.” How to Train Your Raptor 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z
He listed 15 deadly sins - "ailments" he called them - that he had witnessed since he took office. Popular Pope Francis reinvents role 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z
Evagrius was the first person to codify the seven deadly sins in writing. A Deadly Sin at the Aldrich, From the Comfort of an Armchair 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z
It’s one of the deadly sins out of which you can never have any fun. Charlie Munger And The 2014 Daily Journal Annual Meeting - Part Two 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z
Here are the seven deadly sins that come along with relying too heavily on the G-force. These Are the 7 Deadly Sins of Googling 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z
Her beauty may well have brought out a slight envy in me, which is one of the seven deadly sins. Readers Respond to "How to Raise a Happy Child" 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z
After all, gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins. Cross training: Christians embrace Daniel Plan's mind-body-spirit diet 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z
Sloth and gluttony are two of the seven deadly sins, after all. "Eat Less, Exercise More" Isn't The Answer For Weight Loss 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z
“Indifference is one of the seven deadly sins, actually the greatest of them all, because it is the only one that sins against life,” he writes, at the end of the second volume. The Struggle in Karl Ove Knausgaard's 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z
One of cancer’s deadly sins — gluttony — is turning out to be one of its key vulnerabilities. Metabolic quirks yield tumour hope 2014-04-09T17:20:17.678Z
“Lack of regulatory oversight, lavish bonuses, loss of stakeholder power, loss of employee power, third deadly sin ...” He leaned closer to whisper in Andrew's ear. Market forces 2014-03-19T18:21:07.276Z
Unlike other federal workers, IRS people must follow a set of rules written into law, dubbed the “10 deadly sins.” Who is responsible for IRS scandal? 2013-05-21T00:07:00Z
The targeting of political groups by the Internal Revenue Service is not only “outrageous,” as President Obama said Monday, but it also might be a “deadly sin.” IRS, union mum on employees held accountable in ‘sin’ of political targeting 2013-05-14T00:06:49Z
This panel, the sixth in a series on the deadly sins, will ask how the competitive drive may lead scientists astray. The Scan: Wired for Crime; Competition in Science 2013-04-29T18:57:20Z
“The sloth really is the most misunderstood animal out there, having been named after one of the seven deadly sins,” she says. How Sloths Took Over Pop Culture 2013-03-22T09:15:00Z
I don't care if pride is one of the seven deadly sins. 4 Things That Make a Career Worth It 2013-02-27T14:32:39Z
He calls them the seven deadly sins of social enterprise. The seven deadly sins of social enterprise 2012-12-13T13:45:00Z
Behold his seven deadly sins of email: Denying that you’re a sinner. This is the biggest sin of all. In Inbox Hell? Time to Admit You’re an Email Sinner 2012-07-06T12:00:52Z
Behold his seven deadly sins of email: Denying that you’re a sinner. Avoid These 7 Deadly Sins of Email 2012-07-04T19:30:09Z
Absent the latter emphasis, religion becomes a license for egotism and selfishness, easily employed to justify what used to be considered deadly sins. Sally Quinn: ‘Fifty Shades’ of God 2012-06-14T16:13:00Z
The experiments committed at least two of the Fink report's deadly sins: they deliberately changed the host range of a pathogen and they increased its transmissibility. Bird-flu research: The biosecurity oversight 2012-05-23T21:50:22.057Z
Such was the deadly sin of accidie, the name of which is forgotten today, though the thing itself is with us still. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z
Sometimes the civil power ordered the reconstruction of Jewish synagogues or heretical churches which had been illegally destroyed; but the doctrine was early maintained that such a reconstruction was a deadly sin. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z
For all this was the very opposite of enjoyment and diversion, it was a falling into the deadly sin of tediousness. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z
This “deadly sin,” which, “if peace of conscience be the test of action,” was, he considered, the best act of his life, established his fortunes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z
It was that of a man who had committed a deadly sin which could never be pardoned! Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas 2012-04-21T02:00:22.650Z
He hasn’t committed any crime that I know of—except the deadly sin of inheriting a fortune. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z
He remembered that his mother used sometimes to tell him that she would rather he were dead than that he should commit a deadly sin. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z
I fear lest marriage may not rather be one of the seven deadly sins than one of the seven sacraments. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z
When his attempts failed, he accused the patient of want of faith or of the commission of some deadly sin, which baffled his endeavours. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z
This method of inquisition is commended to those writers who look upon the Gentle Reader's love of Romance as a deadly sin. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z
Nothing was left but ignorance, bigotry, intolerance, credulity, the Inquisition, the seven sacraments and the seven deadly sins. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z
Self-reliance has been thought a deadly sin; and the idea of living and dying without the aid and consolation of superstition has always horrified the church. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:59.847Z
They denounce dancing as one of the deadly sins. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z
How different one of our Judges from a Papal Casuist, who, by side-scrapings, will rasp you down the best deadly sin into a venial!— Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z
From time to time they underwent certain mortifications, which in one instance continued for forty-two days, in order to destroy in themselves the forty-two deadly sins. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z
Curiosity leads to the commission of deadly sins. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z
We all know that one of the 7 deadly sins is pride, and we all hate a braggart. 9 Tips from the trenches: Wisdom from Job Seekers and Job Keepers 2012-01-09T17:25:23Z
Occupy Wall Street accuses the top 1 percent of greed; Tea Party conservatives accuse welfare recipients of sloth, another deadly sin. Economix Blog: Nancy Folbre: Overclass vs. Underclass 2012-01-02T17:09:29Z
Were they devils, Paul, were they the deadly sins? Where There is Nothing Being Volume I of Plays for an Irish Theatre 2011-12-21T03:00:25.100Z
The dead youth, who was borne in sight of many men, betokens every sinful man who in the inward man is fordone with deadly sins, and his evilness is known to men. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z
Greenness is a grave misdemeanor, swank a deadly sin. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z
He is himself the lover of his poem, in spite of his advancing years, and he makes his confession to Genius, the priest of Venus, under the usual headings supplied by the seven deadly sins. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z
There is only one practical remedy for this deadly sin of anxiety, and that is to take short views. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z
Sophistication, whether social, intellectual, or �sthetic, is now the deadly sin. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z
There are, nevertheless, very many righteous guiltless of deadly sins, and yet practise as severe a course of life as though they were troubled with all sins. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z
"You saw the likeness of one who, guilty also of a double murder, committed the deadly sin of sacrilege in that very spot, more than thirty years ago," replied the Père Chessez, solemnly. A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest 2011-10-12T02:00:51.367Z
Uriel then recounts his terrible punishment, and relates how his splendid beauty was now become, in falling, a complication of seven dreadful monsters, typifying the seven deadly sins. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z
I am in a state of deadly sin, and there is no priest here to confess to! The New Paul and Virginia Positivism on an Island 2011-10-08T02:00:25.133Z
Once again Stephenson is asking us to think about virtual worlds and information storage; once again, by God, he makes reading so much fun it feels like a deadly sin. Reamde - By Neal Stephenson - Book Review 2011-09-24T00:30:38Z
The body is a living sacrifice which is shielded against deadly sins, and through holy virtues is acceptable to God and holy. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z
Indeed, if pride was a deadly sin, how deadly was its punishment now. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z
I have saved you from a deadly sin. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z
I am in a state of deadly sin; that is the other: and I must and will confess to you. The New Paul and Virginia Positivism on an Island 2011-10-08T02:00:25.133Z
He says we regard it as "moral for neutrals to help England but a deadly sin to trade with Germany." Great Britain's Sea Policy A Reply to an American Critic reprinted from 'The Atlantic Monthly' 2011-08-29T02:01:12.047Z
Verily we shall be requited with no other reward, if we do good for pride, than with hell-torment; because pride is a deadly sin. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z
Oh, fie upon this deadly sin! it sinks the soul to hell. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z
Moderation in eating was advised at all times, and any serious excess set down as gluttony, one of the seven deadly sins. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z
This sounds a delicate matter, and dangerously near the deadly sin of vulpecide. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z
Poaching was stealing, and that was a deadly sin. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z
I knew it was a deadly sin to take another man's wife. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z
The three deadly sins of Pride, Covetousness, and Lust had each its victim. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z
I believed that the crime I had committed in loving the man whom Heaven had ordained to be my spiritual teacher, was a deadly sin. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z
Or worse, the introduction of another deadly sin that would compete with lust as the undergirding of this event: greed. About New York: Deadly Sins of the Month: Lust and Greed 2011-07-08T01:13:41Z
It never occurred to him then to doubt that the Sermon on the Mount did really contain the correct rule of life for him, and that any breach of it must be a deadly sin. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z
"The holy church proclaims to us absolution even for deadly sins, and justification through grace and conversion," said he, folding his lean hands. 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
Sloth is the most unpardonable of the deadly sins. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z
They refuse to take an oath; they censure lying as a deadly sin; they condemn all shedding of blood either in war or in the execution of justice. The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation 2011-07-06T02:00:51.053Z
He was a wiry little old Hottentot, with a yellow skin, and beady monkey eyes, and as ugly as the seven deadly sins. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z
Here are the five deadly sins of bad meetings. You're the Boss: This Week in Small Business: A Union for Owners 2011-06-27T11:00:57Z
The man who denied a selfish part in an unforeseen moment was suddenly conscious of his deadly sin. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z
Shall I evermore, when I lift my eyes to heaven, see all that is pure and saintly there embodied for me in a face which it is deadly sin for me to remember? Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z
"Ah, sir," replied the Baldhead, "you are certainly entirely rational and in your head and yourself; I beg to live; killing is so great a deadly sin." Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z
Too rigorous it were that the breach of human law should be held a deadly sin. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z
In the Bishop's Palace it might, for all the mentioning it got, be one of the seven deadly sins. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z
His little vanities were so many deadly sins; for gold did not hide or excuse them. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z
Doubtless it is God who has willed to bring all this misery on us; and to rebel against God is a deadly sin. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z
Despair is the devil's best friend; better give way to deadly sin than to deadlier despair! Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z
He has no conception of the symbol of the seven deadly sins, but dances away at the music, “No keeping one’s haunches still.” Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z
How different one of our Judges from a Papal Casuist, who, by side-scrapings, will rasp you down the best deadly sin into a venial!-- The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z
Then the representatives of the seven deadly sins step forth and reason with the virtuous—the proud man with the humble, the glutton with the temperate. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z
But throughout the comprehensive indictment, which ranges from the Gnostic heresy to gross licentiousness, there is no hint of the deadly sin of Judaism. The myth of the Jewish menace in world affairs or, The truth about the forged protocols of the elders of Zion 2011-04-01T02:00:43.730Z
He had committed deadly sin with deadliest result; let him never forget it! Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z
The cobra being thus an object of worship, it is a deadly sin to kill or maim it. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z
He loved his mother, and was dutiful to two tiresome old aunts, who thought poetry one of the seven deadly sins—et voilà tout. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z
Night and the God of Sleep again amuse the audience with an allegorical mask; and the seven deadly sins, figured as men, women and beasts, march across the stage. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z
In antithesis to this list, an enumeration of the “deadly sins” obtained currency. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z
"To dilute a wine which is already too thin to gladden the heart of man and make him a cheerful countenance—to do so, I say, is to commit a most deadly sin." The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z
Although it can be used in non-sexual terms, its sexual connotation is primary, as well as the theological incentive for diagnosing it as a deadly sin. My lust: A Valentine's Day confession and the psychology of infatuation 2011-02-14T17:15:02.580Z
Christians long ago designated sloth one of the seven deadly sins, though they meant a dearth of industry more than a deficit of treadmill time. The Ripped and the Righteous 2011-01-30T04:30:22Z
No; little Schnapsie had her own life, and he somehow knew he had not the right to question it, even though it seemed on the verge of deadly sin. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z
He dimly remembered something about the seven heavenly virtues and the seven deadly sins. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z
You have persuaded her that the promise, which as a mere child you almost forced her to give my brother, is an irrevocable vow, and that to break it would be a deadly sin. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z
It isn't uxoricide or sheep-stealing—not to know Melville—but it's the deadly sin of ingratitude. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z
I am prepared to scorn the seven deadly sins. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z
I do now remember me," said Sir Thomas, "of those deadly sins. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z
The deadly sin in any book is dulness, and an occasional anecdote—if it point a moral so much the better—is sovran balsam for spleen. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z
Marc Hauser, a professor of psychology at Harvard who made his name probing the evolutionary origins of morality, is suspected of having committed the closest thing academia has to a deadly sin: cheating. Scientific misconduct: Monkey business? 2010-08-26T10:50:00Z
As de Grey sees it, there are seven types of cellular junk, the gerontological equivalent of the seven deadly sins. Book Review - Long for This World - The Strange Science of Immortality - By Jonathan Weiner 2010-07-31T04:32:00Z
Meanwhile, Hoffman currently is on the hunt for companies who tap into one of the seven “deadly sins.” Reid Hoffman Likes Facebook's Like Button 2010-05-05T16:37:00Z
Quite the contrary, my body is a perfect receptacle for the seven deadly sins. The Undying Past
"That would be deadly sin—the sin of sacrilege, Joseph," he answered, trying to get the case from me; but I was too active and too near the wall. Deep Moat Grange
His form is bent; his step is slow; His hands with fasting long are thin; And wheresoe'er his footsteps go, Men hear his muttered prayer and know He weeps for deadly sin. The Coast of Bohemia
Susanna has told me everything, and Anna Maria, in her views of united prudery and onesidedness, has regarded as a deadly sin what was an innocent, perfectly innocent act on Susanna's part.' A Sister's Love A Novel
She had spoken fairly of deadly sin just once, and now Lois could not rely on her for any right estimate, nor abide by her ways of regard. The Unknown Sea
You will ask, what about the deadly sins? The Undying Past
But truly this natural love represented deadly sin, and tempted me to contaminate my blood. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers
And ever since he tells his beads, And sackcloth lieth next his skin, And nightly his frail body bleeds With knotted cord that intercedes With Christ for deadly sin. The Coast of Bohemia
Certain dwellers in the Highlands look on it as the eighth deadly sin; the Shakers, on the contrary, consider it as the most edifying of religious exercises. Friend Mac Donald
What to her were only simple pleasures, were to them deadly sins. A Short History of England, Ireland and Scotland
And the gatherer, who must be out of deadly sin, must say three Pater Nosters and three Aves. The Old English Herbals
In our view it has been a bitter fruit, and in recapitulation we would lay emphasis upon seven deadly sins in the relation of that system to woman. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology
But the man's got to have the seven deadly sins on his forehead, or she honors him not. Pandora's Box A Tragedy in Three Acts
The cult of virtue is the eighth deadly sin—in a creative mind. Shadows of Flames A Novel
Besides this the old familiar and homely personages are mixed up with a very strange set of abstractions in the shape of the seven deadly sins. A Short History of French Literature
Mr. Melville believes Dissent to be schism, and one of the deadly sins, while the Deans of Westminster and Canterbury hold out to Dissenters friendly hands.  The Religious Life of London
If these inquiries are carried far enough, and deep enough, they will bring to light the seven deadly sins of Chinese social financiering. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology
But Lyon Berners resisted this dark temptation to commit a deadly sin. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave"
But the passion itself is not subject to penalty; it is only a vice arising from one of the seven deadly sins. A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists
Not thoroughly “to understand pecuniary responsibility” was counted a deadly sin in those halcyon days. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3)
I pointed out to them the deadly poison of these writings, which indeed were full of the seven deadly sins; and the unanimous sentence was pronounced. Saga of Halfred the Sigskald A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century
As Theseus and his company marched along they met the herald of King Minos, bearing a sacred staff, for heralds were holy, and to slay a herald was a deadly sin. Tales of Troy and Greece
As for you, Sir Galahad, the two knights with whom you fought signify the two deadly sins which abide in Sir Melias. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality
Amalaswintha had felt her conscience oppressed by many a folly, and even by deadly sin. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1
Our brother is so pious that he thinks it is a deadly sin to throw dice. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace
It is to be in seven acts, and each act is to give an entirely new illustration of a deadly sin—which Mellifont will show to be the only true virtues of mankind. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6.
Lucifer, farthest removed from the source of Light, forms the foundation-stone, and around him are arranged the deadly sins. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens
From that time she steadily fought against her deadly sin, until its besetment lost all power over her. For John's Sake and Other Stories.
“Seven, it is like enough,” the painter answered, “and deadly sins one and all.” Devil Stories An Anthology
I believe that even if I had committed all the seven deadly sins, I should have more than expiated them all in that awful hour. Eyes Like the Sea
Mr. Crawley’s view is similar: he connects the custom with the idea of sexual taboo, which makes certain marriages a deadly sin. The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy
Oh, be gentle, and understand how sorry a man can be for a deadly sin!” but his lips were parched. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8
"No,—domestic and family and educational intolerance,—one of the seven deadly sins on which I am preaching,—one of 'the foxes.'" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865
Robin loved our dear Lady; For doubt of deadly sin, Would he never do company harm That any woman was in. Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse
A middle class education is submerged beneath seven years at sea, seven years of unbridled lust, seven years of the seven deadly sins, seven years of joyous and impenitent animalism. An Ocean Tramp
He is well nourished, but seems to have been worried into a system of small deceptions which the woman magnifies into deadly sins. Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II
"Helstone says these three are your gods; that the 'Orders in Council' are with you another name for the seven deadly sins; that Castlereagh is your Antichrist, and the war-party his legions." Shirley
Somebody complained that with all our modern science we hadn’t invented one new deadly sin. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards
She was a slave, the slave of her own deadly sin; for a deadly sin it is which links two unloving hearts together, even in so brief a period of eternity as this world. Mabel's Mistake
Accordingly we find in the theology of those times seven sacraments, seven deadly sins, seven contrary virtues, seven works of mercy, and also seven hours of prayer. A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer
The weeks lengthened into months, and the holidays came; but just before the holidays Black Sheep fell into deadly sin. Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II
For it must be remembered that these simple, God-fearing fisher-folk had been strictly and straitly reared in a creed which regarded dancing as one of the deadly sins. A Singer from the Sea
Humility, contentment, may be a Christian virtue, but in economics 'tis a deadly sin. Dreamers of the Ghetto
He even hoped the count would call, although that worthy brought with him all the “flattering devils, sweet poison and deadly sins” of inebriation. The Strollers
They distinctly teach that every political question is a question of morals, and that to vote against the priest's instructions is a deadly sin. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule
He had gone to the confessor, he said, to be shriven, and had commenced his confession with acknowledging "the seven deadly sins particularly," "and next the misspending of his five wits." History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II.
But tempting God is the deadly sin of an unregenerate mind, and is never charged on any saint, either in the Old or New Testament, that I recollect. Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831
Not every deadly sin willingly committed after Baptism is sin against the Holy Ghost, and unpardonable. The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy
A group of brown urchins hovered, as always, about the stranger, ready to risk any deadly sin for the chance of a maravedi or the stump of a cigar. The Spanish Jade
Why didn't the Prior—was he blind, too?—notice the deadly sins that were each day so neatly practised by Brother Lorenzo? G-r-r-r...!
For the first time in all these weeks he realized that perhaps he had committed a deadly sin, and that he had had no right to reckon on happiness coming to him, because of it. A Bride of the Plains
Duties neglected, deadly sins trailing in the actual world their unchangeable irreversible consequences—all this is irrelevant. Ghetto Comedies
Remember, there is no wrong-doing except that of heinous and deadly sin that we may not strive to set right. Lover or Friend
In the second place, stealing for pleasure is one of the seven deadly sins that I conscientiously avoid. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China
Bad art is a vice; untruth to nature is the eighth of the seven deadly sins; a false school in literature is a seminary of crime. Imaginary Interviews
Yet, in aiming at literary art, it must be remembered that all the cardinal virtues go into a good style, while each of the seven deadly sins tends to vitiate a bad one. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867
I want you, yourself, and not a grave, reticent creature who has gone about the house the last few days, looking at me askance, as though I had committed some deadly sin.” Not Like Other Girls
Tormented, and272 at times almost mastered, by the sexual impulse, they struggle unceasingly under the influence of terror lest they should commit a deadly sin by yielding to this impulse. The Sexual Life of the Child
All sham and hypocrisy were foreign to their nature; they held insincerity in any one to be the meanest and most deadly sin. India, Its Life and Thought
The musty old duffer, too, looks upon the game in the light of a deadly sin, which can never be associated in his mind with anything short of idiocy and the most virulent fanaticism. Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches
She tried to pray, but she knew the Ear Above must be averted from one who had lied and was in deadly sin.... The Dop Doctor
And if holy Church hath the words of God, and is alonely guided of His Spirit, then must it be an awful and deadly sin to gainsay her bidding. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers
The physician has no right to advise his patient to the performance of an act which is regarded by the latter as a deadly sin. The Sexual Life of the Child
Phil’s voice was as remorseful as though he had committed all of the seven deadly sins. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905
One may not even tell an entertaining dream without being suspected of having liberally edited it,—as if editing were one of the seven deadly sins, instead of a useful and honourable occupation! The World I Live In
Around the central courtyard are grouped a series of booths, in each of which are wooden figures representing the torture of those who commit deadly sins. The Critic in the Orient
Then fetched Isabel de la Helde the ray mantle, with corded ground, of blue, red, and green; and the Queen chid her as though she had committed one of the seven deadly sins. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers
They flew through rich halls and wretched hovels; wantonness and envy, all the deadly sins, passed before them. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
He became ruthless towards himself, undergoing every torture which he fancied might cleanse him of the deadly sin. The Hero
"Ugliness is one of the seven deadly sins, then?" cried the Duchess. The Picture of Dorian Gray
Whether would you be a leper, or have committed a deadly sin?' The Boy Crusaders A Story of the Days of Louis IX.
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins, and I do marvel where Sister Gaillarde thinks she is going. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers
Men who called themselves Christians had been taught, and had brought themselves to believe, that to read the writings of the Apostles was a deadly sin. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities
He looked over the brink of the precipice at the deadly sin, and recoiled, shuddering. The Hero
"The sin of it; the deadly sin!" she said. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2
Oh, my dear one, my more than sister in this world, how could you have been permitted this deadly sin? Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty
Soothly, pride is one of the seven deadly sins—pray God save us all therefrom!—yet is heresy, as the Church teacheth, an eighth deadlier than all the seven. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers
Nothing, except preventing the children of God from plunging into deadly sin. Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade
It was then that he had horrible thoughts of being scrubbed for the deadly sin of losing touch with the flotilla and meandering about the ocean like a lost sheep looking for his next ahead. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories
"Because of her deadly sin," he repeated slowly, and the tone changed. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2
Considine, to whom unpunctuality was the eighth deadly sin, was pacing up and down the hall, his hands behind his back, with the impatience of an animal prowling in a cage. The Tragic Bride
In every sinful man and woman that is bound in deadly sin, are three wretchednesses, the which bring them to the death of hell. The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises
Cobbett, therefore, was an awkward ally of political economists, whose great triumph was the resumption of cash payments, and who regarded repudiation as the deadly sin. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill
God does not forgive the lazy—it is one of the deadly sins—especially at court. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg
But she had the glory of heaven in her voice, and in her face the fatal beauty of her dead mother's deadly sin. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2
Your country," he exclaimed, "wallows in heresy and other deadly sins. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea
But all deadly sin is inordinate love for a thing that is naught: then love puts out all deadly sin. The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises
Tempted by a dream of happiness, he had yielded himself, with deliberate choice, as he had never done before, to what he knew was deadly sin. The Scarlet Letter
Selfishness is surely of the deadly sins the most deadly. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends
With affection was watched the inclination towards art of the youngest son, and anxiety lessened as the faculty strongly declared itself, for above all was dreaded "mediocrity as the deadly sin of artists." Overbeck
Of this deadly sin, you and I are aware Bridget Fitzgerald has been guilty. Curious, if True Strange Tales
Ay, call it deadly sin, The temper that she had; But that Little Girl just gloried in Freedom to be real bad! The Re-echo Club
Depression might, indeed, well take its place among the seven deadly sins that Dante names. The Life Radiant
And so she believes she's committing the seven deadly sins, and I don't know what besides, because she rebels against this marriage and is unhappy. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
This relationship the popular imagination has extended to the godfather and godmother, and any improper intimacy between the two is regarded as the most deadly sin. Italian Popular Tales
The hellish witch might have power from Satan to infect her mind, she being yet a child, with the deadly sin. Curious, if True Strange Tales
The want of moral force and strength of mind often observable is youths and young men is largely induced by this destructive and deadly sin. Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage
So long as a man deal uprightly and keep him from deadly sin—call him Catholic, call him Lollard—is he the worser man? The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time
It was very wicked, a deadly sin, but the flesh—specially such delicately bred, delicately fed, feminine flesh—is admittedly weak, and the wiles of Satan are many. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
To have thought of himself, or of his own comforts, or glory, to the detriment of any Christian enterprise, however dangerous or unpromising, would, in his eyes, have been a deadly sin. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States
Grace lifted up her right hand, and held it up on high, as she doomed Lois to be accursed for ever, for her deadly sin, and her want of mercy even at this final hour. Curious, if True Strange Tales
“Oh, I know it is one of the seven deadly sins, of course,” responded Clarice, quickly; “still it is very necessary and noble.” A Forgotten Hero Not for Him
"I have not pained myself," he says, "to render word for word, nor proverb for proverb ... which may be thought by some cunning translators a deadly sin." Early Theories of Translation
They make in all seven, the mystic perfect number, and over against these, to complete the symmetry of life, were placed the seven deadly sins. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics
If you make up your mind to have your own way, to do what you like, even though it be wrong, then you commit a deadly sin. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles
"Sir," said he, "here was a gentlewoman that led me into deadly sin," and there he told him all his temptation. Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur"
Deadly sin breaks the contract, and deprives the tenant of his right to the fief; therefore no man in a state of deadly sin possesses any of the lordships called property, priesthood, royalty, magistracy. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance
Great and deadly sin had already made its way into Christ's fold, and been cast out from the midst of it by a fearful judgment. A Key to the Knowledge of Church History (Ancient)
The sinner is guilty in the sight of God, and if he die in unpardoned deadly sin, stands in great danger of being lost. The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons, or Full Sermon Outlines for Each Sunday, and Some Chief Holy Days of the Christian Year
If you say, I will not be confirmed, because then I shall be free to do as I like, you will be committing deadly sin, and saying what is not true also. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles
Pride is head of all deadly sins, and that caused you to depart from Sir Galahad. Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur"
We say that heresy is scarcely a misfortune, though Ignatius accounts it a deadly sin; and all this, because it is our right, and our duty, to interpret Scripture in our own way. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity
The old distinction between deadly sins and venial sins has in it only an element of truth. The Prayer Book Explained
O foul voluptuousness! when I have made Of every deadly sin a deadlier blade, Silverpoints
Alas! he brought the taint of gluttony—a deadly sin—upon his order! Little Novels of Italy
Carving your name on a desk is not one of the seven deadly sins, but doing so when I have told you not to is. The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton
This is a deadly sin for a newspaper man, and the chiefs of the office were naturally severe about the matter. Lloyd George The Man and His Story
Two phrases here include all sins: "all deadly sin," and, "the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil." The Prayer Book Explained
She confessed her witchcraft—so tried, she would have confessed to the seven deadly sins—and then she was burned, recalling her confession, and with her last breath protesting her innocence. Short Studies on Great Subjects
My dear Mary, if these deadly sins and perils alarm you, we'll cut them out. The Romance of an Old Fool
Not that Waddy's a reg'lar washout, or carries a perfect vacuum between the ears, or practices any of the seven deadly sins. Torchy As A Pa
Nay, for to kill my bully dear, I think it will be a deadly sin; And for to kill my father dear, The blessing of heaven I ne’er shall win. Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series
Laziness is a deadly sin unless it is overcome. Sermons on Biblical Characters
At the same time I am far from advocating flippancy or superficiality, for both are deadly sins in literature. Short Story Writing A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story
Besides, Kondwana stood there self-convicted of the deadly sin which admitted of no pardon; he had returned unsuccessful from an expedition; he had been defeated. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories
One of the most deadly sins of men has been cruelty, cruelty to animals, to children, to women, to men. An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals
Feruling with the ruler was for ordinary, miscellaneous offenses; but Czar Brench had more picturesque punishments for the six or seven "deadly sins." A Busy Year at the Old Squire's
In the year '63," he said, "before my marriage, I was living alone in the Hall; I was a young man, and did my best to fear nought but deadly sin. By What Authority?
Even his narrative must be full of epigrams to avoid the one deadly sin of dulness, and his language must be decorous even at the price of being sometimes emasculated. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series
Such a use of “the needful” is a deadly sin in his eyes.  Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City
The latter was a deadly sin in the eyes of his democratic neighbors. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
Buzzing lips, however, were among the seven "deadly sins" under the régime of Czar Brench. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's
I remembered not a single one of the seven deadly sins, and, at first, could place only two of the ten commandments—the ones on filial obedience and on the Sabbath. The Patient Observer And His Friends
To such words as have been spoken by some of her sons we may apply the poet's sentence: 'To speak them were a deadly sin! The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
In his trembling hand, his aim had failed, and the great and deadly sin Of his own life's blood was not yet laid on the poor man's tortured soul. Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans"
Love's seven deadly sins Mine eye with all the deadly sins is fraught. Elizabethan Sonnet-Cycles Delia - Diana
Not for worlds!" put in the old man; "that were a deadly sin. The Well of Saint Clare
On one point we wholly and entirely agreed—namely, in thinking rudeness of any kind to be not a mannerism, but a deadly sin. Hugh Memoirs of a Brother
More particularly I call upon the holy prelates of our religion to do away this iniquity; let them perform a lustration to purify their country from this deep and deadly sin. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States
If a man wishes to condemn the seven deadly sins we tolerate him if in the process they are sufficiently well described.  George Borrow The Man and His Books
When resorted to, as a means of relieving fools of their earnings, it is sacrilegious; and those who support such impious humbugs can be excused from deadly sin only on the grounds of lunacy. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals
"Seven, it is like enough," the painter answered, "and deadly sins one and all." The Well of Saint Clare
The daily meetings, the struggles with temptation, the awful tampering with deadly sin. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance
I am not a sporting man myself; and, though I may look on fox-hunting as one of the less deadly sins involved in "sport," I know nothing about it. Studies in Early Victorian Literature
The honest humble accusation of all deadly sins constitutes the essential character of such confession or avowal of transgressions. Confession and Absolution
The outcast preacher had committed the one deadly sin acknowledged amongst those wild wreckers and watermen. Tales of the Chesapeake
"I haven't retired yet; until I do I am—" "The incarnation of the seven deadly sins?" The Good Comrade
Nina's thoughts were very hazy, indeed, about grand passions, which were associated dimly in her mind with the seven deadly sins—in the category of things one didn't speak of. The Title Market
"You both talk as if prayin' was one of the seven deadly sins," he said. The Romance of a Christmas Card
Economy with the good old soul was a cardinal virtue, waste a deadly sin Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland
For everything that he did was deadly sin with him, the poor soul was so scrupulous. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens
Which is the more deadly sin I leave to the Jesuits. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses
"Seven, like the seven deadly sins," said Pinocchio, with a shout of laughter. Pinocchio The Tale of a Puppet
In doing so had she or had she not committed a deadly sin? An Eye for an Eye
The system is comprehensive, for salvation can be obtained by mere virtue with little or no prayer but also by a single invocation of Amitâyus, which suffices to free from deadly sins. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2
And this comfortless kind of heaviness in tribulation is the highest kind of the deadly sin of sloth. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens
A similar phenomenon presents itself at the bookstalls, which are choked with cheap and unenticing brief tales of the deadly sins Lost Leaders
"Finns, they're witches," said Murphy, rubbing his hairy chin, "An' some counts witchcraft bunkum, an' some a deadly sin, But—there ain't no harm as I see in standing well with a Finn." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-25
Albert offered seven for the seven deadly sins. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation
To love a heretic was a deadly sin; but to save a soul would be acceptable to God—a holy offering at the footstool of the throne of grace and mercy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844
For he is our justice, and he is our Saviour and our whole satisfaction for all our deadly sins. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens
The groom took a tiny pinch and smiled sadly, as though committing some deadly sin. Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front
In some things hesitancy is a deadly sin. The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance
"Did he rob birds' nests?" asked the Babe, remembering that this, for boys, was one of the deadly sins. Children of the Wild
"My daughter, it was a deadly sin to do so!" gravely replied the abbess. The Lost Lady of Lone
For by this mind he falleth in deadly sin, which he never would have fallen in if he had never put himself the question. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens
Why, what are you?—firstly, a general violation of the ten commandments; and, secondly, a misshapen but faithful impersonation of the seven deadly sins. The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two
"I would only remind you that you belong to God in body and soul, and when you think of me you commit a deadly sin, for which never-ending penance can scarcely atone." Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885
"But oh! have you thought of the deadly sin—the treachery, the perjury, the sacrilege; oh! and the dreadful degradation of such a loveless marriage?" Ishmael Or, In the Depths
As for Paul, he had seen and heard little of the new religion, as he called it, and looked upon it as a terrible and deadly sin. In the Wars of the Roses A Story for the Young
For Indians to co-operate with it until it had shown "a complete change of heart" was a deadly sin. India, Old and New
Their whole life has been most assiduously and successfully devoted to a general violation of the ten commandments, as well as to the perpetual commission of the seven deadly sins. The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two
In a hospital Miriam's defect was one of the deadly sins, and many were the admonitions which she received from Miss Dashwood. Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers
Never; on the contrary, she declares most clearly that toleration of error is a deadly sin. Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union
Coke, in a previous generation, had declared that it was felony even to counsel the King to tolerate Catholics; and Usher, that it was a deadly sin. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800
It is not our wish to deal harshly with any man; but we would fain purge our godly colleges from the taint of deadly sin. For the Faith
So, then, unless you would have me guilty of the deadly sin of gluttony, you must agree that I have not dined. My Friend Prospero
Abel symbolizes pious humility, Cain the deadly sin of atheism and intellectual pride, which denies the absolute and ever-present power of the Deity. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria
Before that, he had lived as others live, content to avoid deadly sin; but all the time he had felt a gnawing reproach within him. Christian Mysticism
Paris has been latterly the capital of civilization; and one of its phases as such has been to be the capital of the seven deadly sins. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19
Seriously at this time I thought that separation from the Church of England was a most deadly sin—it was schism. From Death into Life or, twenty years of my minstry
Don't you know, wretched child, that you are committing deadly sin? The Missing Bride
Pride of intellect is therefore a deadly sin, because it involves a false, incomplete idea of God, and true knowledge involves reverence. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria
It is a false, inordinate love of thyself, from whence flow all the deadly sins. Christian Mysticism
Space prevents further discussion, but all the ten deadly sins mentioned by Manu and Buddha can be satisfactorily dealt with in the light sought to be focused here. Five Years of Theosophy
The light-hearted lady-nuns and their gentlemen friends looked on heresy as a deadly sin, and they had little reason to regard it with favor. Italian Journeys
During the Middle Ages, as always under Christianity, the most deadly sins were pride, covetousness, slander and anger. Historia Calamitatum
He condemns the authors of the Gothic romance, not for their extravagance, a venial offence, but for their monotony, a deadly sin. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance
"Louise Wentworth, vanity is a deadly sin," said the other, smiling, "and we are told in the Commandments--I forget which one--to envy nothing of our neighbor's." Gordon Keith
But now it was clear to her, as by a flash, that he had done wrong in quite a different way, that he had committed the deadly sin of love. V. V.'s Eyes
Indiscriminate praise, in so far as it is the result of distrust of one’s own judgment or of laziness or of insincerity, is one of the deadly sins in criticism. The Art of Letters
Or the sadness of the seven deadly sins where there is no movie? Mince Pie
To this the inquisitor observed, that alchymy had become a mere covert for secret and deadly sins. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists
The want of moral force and strength of mind often observable in youths and young men is largely induced by this destructive and deadly sin. Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics
The sections on the deadly sins are usually, however, well worth reading, because of the vivid illustrative details which they often give about daily life. Medieval People
Morally considered, the art collector is tainted with the fourth deadly sin; pathologically, he is often afflicted by a degree of mania. The Collectors
I can't fix my mind on a sum in addition—it goes off, between seven and nine, into a speculation on the seven deadly sins or the nine muses. The Life of John Ruskin
The official Whigs considered him a renegade and a heresiarch, who had committed the deadly sin of breaking up the party; and they never mentioned his name without bitterness. Burke
I do not know that Balzac has made quite the most of Hector Hulot's vice —in fact, here, as elsewhere, I think the novelist is not happy in treating this particular deadly sin. Poor Relations
These long moral treatises on the seven deadly sins and the even deadlier virtues were very popular in the Middle Ages. Medieval People
It wadna take upon her cheik, Nor yet upon her chin; Nor yet upon her yellow hair, To cleanse the deadly sin. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition
I felt that I had made up my mind to commit a deadly sin, and that I gloried in it. What Dreams May Come
"She has committed a deadly sin, and shall suffer," cried the young man, violently. The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California
For that worthy she had indeed always entertained a most thorough contempt and aversion; for he was poor, ugly, and vulgar, and these were the three most deadly sins in her calendar. Marriage
And we have seen there, or we may see, may we not? the virtues which are the work of the Holy Spirit enabling us to overcome the deadly sins. Our Lady Saint Mary
Paris, in the fifteenth century, must have been as tumultuous with the seven deadly sins as the world before the Flood. Old and New Masters
These two are right deadly sins; hatred is killing, pride is lying. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters
His poems were of three classes—allegoric, moral, and comic, the most remarkable being "The Dance," in which he describes the procession of the seven deadly sins in the infernal regions. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge
The church from its earliest history looked upon witchcraft as a deadly sin, and disbelief in it as a heresy, and set its machinery in motion for its extirpation. The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697)
And what about the last of the deadly sins, the sin of sloth? Our Lady Saint Mary
Through his works, however, he serves virtue best, not by directly praising it, but by his eagerly earnest account of the madness of the seven deadly sins, as well as of the seventy-seven deadly irritations. Old and New Masters
Yes, I do," said Father Payne, "and it is a pity that pride is included in the deadly sins, because the word has changed its sense. Father Payne
In my bringing up, the idea of taking a lover after marriage seemed a more or less natural thing, and not altogether a deadly sin, provided the affair was conducted sans fanfaronnade, without scandal. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel
I am committing deadly sin to hear you. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861
One is almost tempted to say that it is at once the least obvious and the most destructive of all the deadly sins. Our Lady Saint Mary
Certainly the lust of cruelty—the lust of destruction for destruction's sake—is the most conspicuous of the deadly sins in Dostoevsky's men and women. Old and New Masters
Pride used to mean the contempt of others—that's a deadly sin, if you like. Father Payne
A man does not possess English literature if he knows what Dekker tells of the seven deadly sins of London and does not know the Fairy Queen. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues—faith and hope. Nicholas Nickleby
All the seven deadly sins are there incarnate. Our Lady Saint Mary
Do not forget the deadly sin, do not forget the appointed discovery, do not forget the appointed suffering. Little Dorrit
For pride, she said with great severity, was one of the seven deadly sins, and humility and lowliness of heart were virtues. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty
So defiling was their presence that a true Cistercian might not raise his eyes to their face or touch their finger-tips under ban of church and fear of deadly sin. The White Company
Lord Illingworth told me this morning that there was an orchid there m beautiful as the seven deadly sins. A Woman of No Importance
Sir Daniel took me unawares in the garden, and made me dress in these men’s clothes, which is a deadly sin for a woman; and, besides, they fit me not.  The Black Arrow
And they say also that usury is no deadly sin The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
Her very blindness in not having guessed her husband's secret seemed now to her another deadly sin. The Scarlet Pimpernel
My song is sung, nor think the gain the singer's prize  Till men hold Ignorance deadly sin till Man deserves his title, "Wise." Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10
I always say to Ellen: Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins. The Age of Innocence
Did ye murder your mither or blacken your soul with some deadly sin? At the Foot of the Rainbow
There are many vices and seven deadly sins. In Darkest England and the Way Out
"It was a deadly sin," said Lucy, turning pale, "to make a vow so fatal." The Bride of Lammermoor
Tempted by a dream of happiness, he had yielded himself with deliberate choice, as he had never done before, to what he knew was deadly sin. The Scarlet Letter
Then Tomlinson he gripped the bars and yammered, "Let me in — For I mind that I borrowed my neighbour's wife to sin the deadly sin." Verses 1889-1896
He had war to amuse himself with, and the seven deadly sins. The Market-Place
In such minds, disregard of religion is a more fearful treason,—a more deadly sin. Uncle Tom's Cabin
"Ugliness is one of the seven deadly sins, then?" cried the duchess. The Picture of Dorian Gray
No human repentance is enough to equalise deadly sin and be fruitful. Albert Durer
We may slay malignants as we crush noxious animals, but to torture them is a deadly sin; for it is written, 'He made them to be pitied of those who carried them captive.' Woodstock; or, the Cavalier
We think of the life of the Middle Ages as a dance of death, full of devils and deadly sins, lepers and burning heretics. Alarms and Discursions
It is a deadly sin, my soul, and I have no mind to fry in Hell while my body swings on the Saint Denis road, a crow's dinner. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages
But prudence, prudence is the deadly sin, And one that groweth deep into a life, With hardening roots that clutch about the breast. Georgian Poetry 1911-12
A knowledge of the broad outlines of the cardinal virtues and of the deadly sins is not sufficient. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal
I promise you that I will not again think of committing that deadly sin. Charlotte's Inheritance
The vast number of faults mentioned contrasts very strikingly with the seven deadly sins. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene
In that he doth deadly sin to Love, because the food of Love is service, and he that serves not Love starves him. The Forest Lovers
There were seven deadly sins; but now there are eight. The Road to Damascus
I have found the seven deadly sins deadly, beyond, doubt, but only deadly dull and deadly commonplace. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes
On entering the awful chamber, she first falls on her knees, and thrice salutes the royal couch with folded hands, and then invokes protection for herself, that she may be preserved from every deadly sin. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok
In love," returned Helen, smiling faintly, and glad to take refuge in generalities, "sins of commission, as compared with the deadly sin of omission, are mere venial offenses. The Pagans
As for poor me, I may be guilty of all the seven deadly sins, but I can't see why I should be boycotted on that account. The Christian A Story
That's why she had to die so that my thoughts might be cleansed of deadly sin, which alone is to be condemned. The Road to Damascus
"O Lord, sir," I observed, "suicide is a deadly sin, and I would not willingly insult any gentlewoman by evincing so marked a desire for the devil's company in preference to hers." Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes
Self-reliance has been thought deadly sin; and the idea of living and dying without the aid and consolation of superstition has always horrified the church. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest
Her will had been always law; it seemed a deadly sin to dispute it. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography
The lusts of the flesh were the most deadly sins, absolute chastity the most pleasing to God of all virtues. The Christian A Story
That the children of Israel may not approach any more to the tabernacle, nor commit deadly sin, Deadly sin... The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision
And he would ask which was the happy man of her choice: was it the District Attorney, who, the Jeannins' old maid used to say, was as ugly as the seven deadly sins? Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House
They could seldom tell me, but said that "the priest told them to keep them holy, and to break them would be a deadly sin." Life in the Clearings versus the Bush
But they believe likewise that by dying together they will find themselves at once united in another world, though Buddhism proclaims that self-destruction is a deadly sin. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series
We need no mention of God to show that disobedience, lying, and the seven deadly sins, are bad things for human nature, things to be avoided even if they were not forbidden. Moral Philosophy
They were deadly sins, and would condemn us to hell, if we should die without confessing them. Awful Disclosures Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published
Faults of that description, in thought, word, or deed, were to his own conscience as deadly sins, though to the priest who listened to him at confession, they seemed too trifling to call for enumeration. Life of Luther
She was one of a large family of children, who were brought up to regard elegance of manner as a cardinal virtue, and vulgarity of any kind as the epitome of the seven deadly sins. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived
To question, to doubt, to disbelieve—these were among the deadly sins of the early Middle Ages. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization
Temperance is the virtue contrary to the two deadly sins of Gluttony and Lust. Moral Philosophy
I might confess all my deadly sins sometime before I died, and a Bishop could pardon the worst of them. Awful Disclosures Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published
To be out of bounds is not a particularly deadly sin Mike
If she has forced some poor fellow into a marriage like this of Barker's she's committed a deadly sin. The Minister's Charge
Contrast the deadly sins of the Middle Ages with present-day conceptions as to education. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization
I told him ’twas tied by the enemy indeed, the deadly sin of sloth, and that a stout Dutchman ought to be ashamed of himself for carrying such a head within or without.  Grisly Grisell
If you live on with Laban a day longer—an hour—a minute—you live in deadly sin. The Leatherwood God
All the farms out here have their boundaries marked by wire fences, and it is supposed to be a deadly sin to cut these.  Mike
Long before this time the people had been educated to see in private capitalism the source and sum of all villainies, convicting mankind of deadly sin every day that it was tolerated. Equality
And I again implore those holy prelates of our religion to do away this iniquity; let them perform a lustration, to purify the country from this deep and deadly sin. The American Union Speaker
And was she not living in sin, deadly sin, as long as she knew what she was sure she knew, and left the wrong unrighted? Two Years Ago, Volume II.
"She told me herself that she's never so much's said a sharp word to him; and as for whipping she thinks it's a deadly sin." Saxe Holm's Stories
You'll see me, by the eye of imagination, committing all the seven deadly sins; and by the tongue of inspiration go forth and proclaim the same at the town-head. Two Years Ago, Volume I
People talk of the seven deadly sins; but I have seventy-seven that never quit me, summer or winter; by which you may judge of the amount of my venial ones. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1
It is a poison in the blood that infects us with the deadly sins of servility and snobbery. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough
This illustrious pontiff feared that the excessive excitability of my feelings would cause me to commit some deadly sin at the moment of my death, after I had received the blessed ointment. International Short Stories: French
"He who laughs can commit no deadly sin," said the wise and sweet-hearted woman who was mother of Goethe. Bits about Home Matters
This arrangement once made, and Mr. Benfield notified of it, was unalterable, the old man holding a variation from an engagement a deadly sin. Precaution
If I said, "No, forsooth," I lied forsooth: To lie upon myself were deadly sin, Therefore I will speak truth and shame the devil. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7
Love is not always harsh and deadly sin:     If it be love of loveliness divine,     It leaves the heart all soft and infantine     For rays of God's own grace to enter in. Sonnets
Then up she springs as if on wings; She thinks no more of deadly sin; If Betty fifty ponds should see, The last of all her thoughts would be To drown herself therein. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1
Indeed, the discrepancy between the ideals is such that Aristotle's virtuously high-minded man would have been conceived by the mediaeval churchman to be living in deadly sin, as the very embodiment of pride and arrogance. A Handbook of Ethical Theory
We cannot prove in every instance that it will, nor why hatred, intolerance, suspicion, bigotry, secrecy, fear, and lying are the seven deadly sins against public opinion. Public Opinion
We can commit no deadly sins here, ma bonne, where we are so well warded and looked to; but if we could, this Carthusian silence might be useful as a kind of penance. The Abbot
"Good Father, you must instruct mine ignorance better; but lack of wit cannot be a deadly sin, and truly, to my poor thinking, I should be glad to read the Holy Scripture." The Monastery
Poor Betty now has lost all hope, Her thoughts are bent on deadly sin, A green-grown pond she just has past, And from the brink she hurries fast, Lest she should drown herself therein. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1
So you do not need to do some great evil, some deadly sin, to quench the Spirit. When the Holy Ghost is Come
But, good land! a pipe is not a deadly sin. The Making of an American
"Our minister inveighs against ambition, as if it were one of the deadly sins." From Jest to Earnest
The transgressions of my house have been grievous; but that last deadly sin of my people called for an expiation awful indeed! The Scottish Chiefs
Thy song is sung,    nor think the gain the singers prize; Till men hold Ignorance deadly sin,    till man deserves his title Wise:* * Homo sapiens. The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi
To a Catholic Christian this imperious dictate of the Japanese conscience would be a deadly sin. Problems of Conduct
What a tussle there’ll be!" was her thought, "and how in the world am I to convince Dudley that Lorraine does not represent a receptacle for all the deadly sins? Winding Paths
I have been guilty of the deadly sin of evil speaking. The Cardinal's Snuff-Box
You two are on the verge of deadly sin. Getting Married
Regret, i.e., repentance, was one of the forty-two deadly sins of the Ancient Egyptians. The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi
He thought he heard a faint cry from Eustacie, and, with a sudden, unexpected struggle, started into a sitting posture; but a derisive voice, that well he knew, cried, 'Ha, the deadly sin of pride! The Chaplet of Pearls
They break every other commandment of God, yes, and that one, too, and they commit every one of the deadly sins! The Story of Julia Page
And all that, look you, I let slip—gave it all up in order to make myself your bondwoman.—Oh, it was self-murder—a deadly sin against myself! When We Dead Awaken
In one word, for the sake of one deadly sin I should come to care for all the others. Getting Married
Pathological envy - the second deadly sin - is a compounded emotion. After the Rain : how the West lost the East
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