| 单词 | heathenish |
| 例句 | The Indians in Canada did not have the wheel or telephones, and ate the hearts of their enemies in the heathenish belief that it would give them courage. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Better Joe hath suggested some specific remedies, which Isaac the Joiner decries loudly as the cant of heathenish superstition; and indeed, one wonders at the applications of bone. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The Indians in Canada did not have the wheel or telephones, and ate the hearts of their enemies in the heathenish belief that it would give them courage. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They tell us that our institutions are corrupt, that our societies are patriarchal, and that the African traditional religions are heathenish. Africa has been failed by westernisation. It must cast off its subservience | Chigozie Obioma 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z In 1419, the Archbishop of Canterbury wrote to every English bishop, saying that the life of Henry V was being threatened by 'the heathenish rituals of necromancers', and ordered public prayers for the King's protection. The White Queen: was she a witch? 2013-07-11T16:07:05Z Mrs. Gustard considered that he was more artful than what any one would think, but she repudiated as “heathenish” Sylvia’s contention that she outwardly resembled Maria. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Worldly men, philosophers following “the sophistries of Aristotle,” worst of all, divines and theologians themselves, have corrupted the Gospel to the heathenish doctrine that “every man must first provide for himself.” Against War 2012-04-21T02:00:21.397Z To the beginning of the 13th century the popular superstitions regarding sorcery, witchcraft and compacts with the devil were condemned by the ecclesiastical authorities as heathenish, sinful and heretical. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z It was reported by the Puritans that Rupert declared himself unable to account for the disaster, except by the supposition that "the devil did help his servants;" a speech characterised as "most atheistical and heathenish." Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z It is so heathenish, as it were—so unlike all the snugness of our modern civilization! Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The Jews borrowed their idea of sacrifice from the heathen, and sometimes were more heathenish than the heathens themselves. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Has the reputation of being a miserable, worthless Indian, unwilling to work, and adhering with great tenacity to the heathenish customs of his tribe. Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians 2012-03-11T03:00:11.673Z But the name has remained; for H�hnen was the name our forefathers gave to all heathen; that came from the Huns in the first place, who fell upon the Christians with such heathenish rage. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z Then he was "atheistical, popish, heathenish, tyrannical, bloodthirsty;" now the country turned to him as a true patriot, the staunch upholder of the Anglican Church, the defender of the rights of Parliament. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z "God of my soul!" cried the Spanish lady in horror, and to express her detestation of such a heathenish rite, she spat upon the ground. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Or, would it be preferable to leave the Hottentots and Caffirs, poor, barbarous and heathenish? Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z Now the time had come when the light of saving truth was to shine over Germany and dispel the night of heathenish darkness. Life of Luther with several introductory and concluding chapters from general church history 2012-01-12T03:00:13.267Z The mountain men were still rough of exterior, though very smooth and soldierly to an eye that had seen them in their "original sin" of heathenish beginnings. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z Some may cling still to such a doctrine, but to me it is simply horrible—blasphemous and heathenish. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z As Aquasie had become a Christian he could not, save at the risk of his life, return to his heathenish native land, to the bosom of his own family. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z "Oh, God preserve you from the wicked thought, Gretna Green or any other such unlawful heathenish village green!" The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z One of them was a member of an interior tribe, the Boheba, more heathenish and superstitious than his own Batanga coast tribe. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z He always strenuously protested against what he considered the heathenish attempt to rescue the worthless relics of mortality from that dissolution, which seems to be their natural and appropriate destination. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Did I not say that mischief would come of planting the charm in the church-yard, and shaming a sacred place with such heathenish magic? Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z So deep rooted is this heathenish superstition in the minds of many who reckon themselves good Protestants, that they will not neglect these rites, even when Beltane falls on Sabbath.” Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z When Jerusalem was destroyed, the sacrifices were discontinued and Judaism was purged of many heathenish elements which had been allowed to mar the simplicity of the prophetic religion. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z At that period the world, in many places, was yet deeply sunken in heathenish idolatry. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z I have no desire to hear and see Christians enjoying themselves in so heathenish a way.' Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z “Have done with thy heathenish talk, and tell thy tale more simply.” A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z He relates a thing which shews that Livonia was still infected with heathenish idolatry. Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z I cannot deny that Ben is right; my name is a heathenish one. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z Yet withal, he was fairly well-intentioned, not a meddler, never wantonly unjust, willing to do kindnesses, if not fatiguing; a heavy, good-natured, heathenish, sottish lout of a king. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z There were various other superstitious practices and beliefs associated with Midsummer's Eve—most of them weird and heathenish—which you will read about when you grow older. Holidays & Happy-Days 2011-08-27T02:00:21.840Z There are many things that I understand not, but this do I know, that ’tis a heathenish practice, and little use have the good priests for it,” and he crossed himself piously. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z Scotland could resist the Roman legions while heathenish, but not the Roman locusts when antichristian. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z There are still parishes in France, where some heathenish superstition alarms the piety, and defies the efforts of the minister. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z Indeed, Miss Julie," he would answer soothingly, "the name is so Christian that it sounds heathenish. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z Ingenious, heathenish modes of torture are devised and adopted to wound, to weaken, and to craze the victim. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z It savored so much of the heathenish custom of the Danes they were loth to consent to the act; yet did they mislike to deprive the maiden of this small comfort. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z He spends all; he contents himself with refuse; is more heathenish than the heathen themselves; swinish in his habits. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z The heathenish, social man recognizes life no longer in himself alone, but in a community of persons, in the tribe, the family, the race, the State; the mainspring of his life is reputation. Anarchism 2011-07-12T02:00:35.053Z "In mind and deed, abundance of similar representatives might be mentioned, with sanguinary, heathenish souls in Christian bodies," replied Master Martin. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Their hearts sang a heathenish song of joy at this new adventure. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z This place was obviously a temple—a court, rather—used for the heathenish and idolatrous rites of this tribe—whatever it might be. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Donna Dolores' concealment of her face is not to heighten or tempt the masculine curiosity, but alas!—poor child—is only to hide the heathenish tattooings that deface her cheek. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z May-poles were prohibited by the Long Parliament of 1644, being denounced as a "heathenish vanity generally abused to superstition and wickedness." Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z We lament heathendom, but much of our spirit is essentially heathenish. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z "Let him, Cornelius: I shall not understand him; and it will only be the worse for his own soul, poor heathenish fellow." Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z But this is the question to be settled: were those old days of heathenish rites and savage valour the prime days of our race? The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z "You heathen, you heathenish soul, you wise man!" White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z For it is not heathenish, Br�sig, it is a work of necessity, and quite another thing from your Herr Count having his wheat brought in Sunday afternoon. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z To be sure in the mouths of Bishops and Chamberlains and in the reports of the session and the synod, it seems terrifying enough, when they describe the heathenish idolatry, and threaten it with punishment. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z We have come here on account of this heathenish noise at a time when every one ought to be asleep, and because we heard Herr Droi's voice crying out in terror and trouble. In the Year '13 A Tale of Mecklenburg Life 2011-04-14T02:00:53.733Z "He is still determined, then, to press on this hateful and heathenish alliance?" The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z On his right, lay the psalms and holy Scriptures; on his left the remains of heathenish wisdom. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z "But, Brother Dutcher, the child is doing outrageous things—heathenish, defying her God." Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Therefore a time of affliction has come upon us; glittering swords are raised against us; heathenish monsters have invaded the christian territories. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z But Christianity never struck very deep roots, and, except in the vicinity of the Imperial and vassal Courts, heathenish practices of the worst description were continued down to the middle of the nineteenth century. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z A glance round the hall told at once that Beowulf still held by the heathenish customs which his viking ancestors brought over with them. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Confess and repent, thou heathenish dog!" said the farmer, searching for his knife, but here an idea struck him and he continued, "he shall meet with his punishment on the grave of his brothers. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z Old heathenish fancies, without comfort, without hope, come to us in spite of ourselves. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z "The heathenish dogs cannot even sit down like Christians, when they are about to eat their daily bread," he thought, taking good care, however, not to utter his thoughts aloud. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z And he also condemns that of Castalio, as being sacrilegious, wicked, and heathenish. Two Addresses One to the Gentlemen of Whitby and the other, to the Protestant Clergy 2011-03-25T02:00:12.637Z For I must state here, for the benefit of the reader, that Ethel's surroundings had been such as to strongly imbue her mind with the heathenish beliefs of her ancestors. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z “A spy, if you like, engaged for the last two weeks in very closely watching your movements, and solving the mystery of your sudden devotion to a heathenish game!” Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z “As well be transported at once, as go to such a heathenish out-of-the-way place as that is!” The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z Bless me, what a heathenish lot they are about here.' Settling Day 2011-03-08T03:00:36.623Z Of all the outrageous, heathenish actions, that cutting of automobile tires was the worst. Seeing France with Uncle John 2011-02-26T03:00:47.827Z This seems to be quite an interesting old nest; why, surely the conversion of heathenish Prussia is relinquished here! Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z They are almost all pagans, and practice the most heathenish rites. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Such mad reveling has been introduced by the evil spirit, and is called a brotherhood, whereas it is rather a debauch and altogether a heathenish, nay, swinish mode of life. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z In fact, since all these new-fangled, heathenish inventions, you hear of nothing but fires on land and shipwrecks at sea. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z All this is very well," sighed Kishlaki; "but I wish to goodness they would not go on bawling in that heathenish way. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z But the rector says he can't allow her to teach in the Sunday school till she's quite got over that heathenish rubbish. The White Man's Foot 2010-12-28T03:00:15.167Z "How dare you," he would say, "enter the sanctuary of the Lord in that heathenish manner?" and the men I know very highly respected him, and obeyed his orders without a murmur. The Life of Roger Langdon Told by himself. With additions by his daughter Ellen. [With a preface by H. Clifton Lambert.] 2010-12-21T22:55:56.210Z There's some heathenish nonsense about their having to die in the daylight so they can see their way to the spirit land. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z My heart bleeds for you, and believe me, no stone shall be left unturned until your release from that heathenish cell of woe shall be proclaimed. Irene Iddesleigh They also brought a man-servant wi' them, that couldna speak a word like a Christian, nor utter a word but in some heathenish foreign tongue. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 It was the iron hand of discipline, Oriental and heathenish in the character of the punishment, but it was effective in its results. The Story of Malta O ye wanton rogues, O ye worst of villains, think ye that Heaven will leave your heathenish cruelty and tricks unpunished? The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim A successor of Ganganelli was torn from Rome, to die in captivity; and others have, since, been degraded into tools of the most absolute and heathenish tyranny that ever existed on the earth. The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion Whoever it be, it is a person who, with great mental power, combines a total ignorance of the habits of society, a great coarseness of taste, a heathenish doctrine of religion. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 In spite of her race, and heathenish lack of creed, the spark of humanity was far from dead in her bosom. The Firebrand It's absolutely heathenish to have principles in warm weather anyway. Nancy of Paradise Cottage These letters will say it is heathenish to stand up and preach what would only do for an unenlightened age. Wondrous Love and other Gospel addresses "There's something heathenish and uncanny about it," he said. The Guns of Europe Many simple natural affections were by them almost represented as sinful, while they looked upon the customary diversions in the light of unholy levities, and upon the old holiday practices as traditions quite heathenish. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 So powerful was the heathenish infatuation, that parents even immolated their children. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia In a flash the heathenish trick was revealed to me. Harper's Round Table, June 4, 1895 It really looked as though there was more than met the eye in that heathenish adjuration as they walked unharmed through the deadly reptiles to the refrain of the long-drawn, lugubrious chant. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War He renewed the fantastic conceits and grotesque vagaries which the Papal artists of Cologne had suppressed as heathenish, and prepared the way for, or perhaps even suggested, the weird elements of Dürer’s conceptions. Dürer Artist-Biographies It was a nasty, uncanny, heathenish performance, and revolted me; although through it there shone one redeeming—even humorous—side. A Frontier Mystery They are kept in heathenish darkness by laws expressly enacted to make their instruction a criminal offence. Discussion on American Slavery She maintained that our mode of living was not pious enough, and thought it most atrocious that we indulged Martella in her heathenish ways. Waldfried A Novel The species of devil worship implied in the heathenish invocation communicated its influence to himself. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Neither condition, age, nor sex availed; delicate women, the sick and dying, were all mercilessly thrust out at the gates of their native city unless they would profess the heretical, heathenish worship. Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist Perchance the boy, who has always been a heathenish worldly Saul, has become suddenly a Paul, through the grace of the holy Columban. Saga of Halfred the Sigskald A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century As civilization advances, they acquire a distaste for these heathenish skin-paintings. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia And in the majority of cases these heathenish notions have remained undispelled by the lapse of time. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 Nearer and nearer floated the wailing chant, and soon the lurking listeners were able to recognise it as identical with the wild, heathenish rune intoned by their guide—the weird, mysterious invocation of the Serpent. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War "Well, now, that's heathenish, Daddy, to wish a feller critter dead." Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier Long was I on the track of him and his worldly, heathenish, sinful, ungodly, yea God-blaspheming doings; his guilty conscience had rightly boded this. Saga of Halfred the Sigskald A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century The district is not populous, and, during our sojourn, the king and many of the natives had gone to a high heathenish festival in an adjacent valley, on the opposite side of the island. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia Moreover, he attacked the ladies of the Court with insolent and scornful words, and went on to praise only the charms and beauty of Lady Mathilda, in heathenish and reprobate style. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. "He told me lots o' big, heathenish words, 'n' said this bug was a ridiculous, or suthin' like that." Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran I heard indeed but two lines of it, but they were so heathenish that I desire to hear no more. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales I can't even pronounce the heathenish words of the name; but one of them is Cordovanspitz, and it seems that is the family name. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II “Salome, you distress me; and, if Ulpian had not left us, you would have kept all such heathenish stuff shut up in your sinful and wayward heart.” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Gradually the Gospel and the doctrine of Christ became perverted, heathenish customs were introduced and finally the culmination was reached in the Romish apostasy. Studies in Prophecy "Well, certainly she has a heathenish—I mean, a Russian—name like that," says Miss Priscilla. Rossmoyne Let no one say this was a heathenish jest; on the contrary, it was a Christian one. Timar's Two Worlds The purifying fire of the barbarian shall remove her heathenish defilements, and make her fit for the kingdom of Christ. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition I met a fine old fellow, who might have sat as 133 the father in “The Cottar’s Saturday Night,” and who swore most heathenishly at a cow he was driving. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers It seems to have had little effect, for again in 1587 the bakers were required "to take order for the amendment of the blasphemous and heathenish plays of Sanct Obert's pastime." A Calendar of Scottish Saints Such a heathenish frame of mind will find little favor in this era of yearnings, seekings, teachings. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 This is a heathenish place near delightful places, but inhabited, alas! by a wholly bestial crowd. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) Humanity has an instinctive, heathenish feeling that God will take advantage of all the special circumstances that aggravate a blow. Sir Tom It is a blind wickedness, refusing to recognize the Word of God and his will and work, but introducing instead things of its own heathenish imagination. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent With a heathenish people, elevation is always followed by haughtiness, with all its consequences; and, according to the eternal laws of the divine government of the world, haughtiness is a matter-of-fact prophecy of destruction. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 It is there, at the very threshold, intimated, that the heathenish invasion will be a fourfold one,—that Israel shall become the prey of four successive extensive empires. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 For some years he wandered in heathenish darkness. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series But as you value your peace, don't go and fall in love with a woman who has any heathenish ideas in her head. The Romance of a Plain Man Nevertheless, it was not the Christians who harassed and scattered them, but the heathenish Roman emperor. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent And, finally, he says that his prophecies are true and right; that the heathenish prophets commit an unrighteousness by performing something else than that which they promised to perform. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 The former conception is utterly heathenish, not essentially different from the thought of the African fetich worshipper who has his god whom he uses. The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit Afterward, a dark, adder-like compunction glided through the flowery expanse of her joy in Tesuque, as she wondered if there was not something heathenish in his lordly enshrinement upon a Christian mantelpiece. A Prairie Infanta Greene reproached him for his scepticism, and every editor has remarked that his plays are heathenish in spirit. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) He was to them an Indian of an unknown tribe, yet, since he was to be offered to the gods, he was made the very center of ceremonial dances, and infernal heathenish customs. The Flute of the Gods By the lion, the ravenous beast, heathenish wickedness and tyranny, the world's power pernicious to the Kingdom of God, is designated; comp. remarks on chap. xi. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 A heathenish kind of tray lifts off from its hinges like a door, and a clothes rack pulls out on runners. Robinetta His father opposed him heathenishly and would not pay for his seminary course. In a Little Town Yea, not even the Indians, with all their heathenish practices, were half so cruel as these Spaniards with their racks and thumb-screws, their stakes and daggers. In the Days of Drake This could not be the fact if a majority of the old nations were of heathenish descent. Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State The people, in tears, escorted these victims of heathenish rage. Pius IX. And His Time He resented the fact that she was being led away from him into paths he could not follow––that she was at the beck of this lean, cold-eyed stranger and his heathenish idol. The Web of the Golden Spider All Christianity appeared to be changing into a new form of heathenish, self-inflicted torture. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors Come, Thady, are you going to be a martyr, too? it's a heathenish kind of penance, though, to be holding your tongue so long. The Macdermots of Ballycloran The smoke was inhaled from large pipes, the bowls of which, made out of small cocoa-nut shells, were curiously carved in strange heathenish devices. Typee "A vain, trifling, heathenish name!" he interrupted fiercely. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia My parents were altogether heathens, and I was educated by them in their heathenish notions, though there was a sermon preached to our Mohegan tribe sometimes, but our Indians regarded not the Christian religion. The History of Dartmouth College Chair-mending, tinkering, and hawking are in many instances used only as a ‘blind;’ while the women and children go about the country begging and fortune-telling, bringing to their heathenish tents sufficient to keep the family. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement His meaning is: It is not for Christians to lead lives heathenish, profligate and riotous; to indulge in gormandizing, guzzling, carousing and demoralizing of themselves. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost There is something heathenish in such utter want of resignation. Not Like Other Girls The binding of Satan refers to some time when the delusive charms of heathenish worship were largely cleared away and there became a greater universal knowledge of the true God. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity This is not the fault of Christianity, but the folly of its converts, who do not leave their heathenish conceptions and estimates outside the precincts of Christianity. India, Its Life and Thought It is not creditable to us as a Christian nation, in size compared with other nations not much larger than a garden, to have had for centuries these heathenish tribes in our midst. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement He should not bear the name without the works; he cannot be a Christian and yet live a heathenish life, a life of unchastity, covetousness and other vices. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost How can civil government be perpetuated, or even exist, in the midst of such heathenish idolatry? The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, March, 1880 This was not really some heathenish foreign power, but he says it should be men of their own selves arising, speaking perverse things. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity But the growing spirit of Christ in the land could not tolerate these heathenish customs; so they had to go. India, Its Life and Thought Greatly did they blame themselves for permitting him to remove the body, "not knowing," as they said, "but he would give it heathenish and not Christian burial." The Buccaneer A Tale It is certain that all education which is not based on religion is heathenish, and must prove destructive in the end. Public School Education All authorities agree that we find no rude or heathenish time in the far off history of Egypt out of which civilization was evolved. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, March, 1880 Men, women, and children were promiscuously devoted to the most sordid pleasures, heathenish dances, and revelries, day and night. Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California The moralists, who utter their heathenish oracles in the commonplace complaints of a heathenish discontent, tell us, that we are born but to pursue, and pursue but to be deceived. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Her pupils could not pronounce it, the servants blundered over it, and Mrs. Jessop declared it "heathenish." A Bachelor's Dream That is heathenish and the way of the people who imagine a vain thing. Anthony Lyveden Alexander, on retiring from his great war-path, tried to do the godlike thing, and made his heathenish hallucinations manifest in the death he didn't wish to die. Burl The girl looks like a flower; it’s a pity she has such a heathenish name! Ladies-In-Waiting But when he saith, “The English Parliament is either a Jewish government, or a church government, or a heathenish government,” I answer, It is none of these, but it is a civil government. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) The shortest warrior in that dance, Was little Mimmering Tan; He was among that heathenish throng The only Christian man. Grimmer and Kamper The End of Sivard Snarenswayne and other ballads Thus their religion is a singular combination of Christian principles and heathenish forms. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests They’ve riddled my leg with their cursed heathenish small shot, curse them! Athelstane Ford I was told once that I could have further husbands cremationed an’ set around the lot in vases, but I don’t take to no such heathenish custom as that. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern This I denied: “Because the government of generals, admirals, mayors, sheriffs, is neither a Jewish government, nor a church government, nor a heathenish government.” The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) “It would be heathenish to leave him alone in this lonesome hole,” protested Lize. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West There was also something heathenish in the fashion of the bracelet itself, which made the Hebrew maiden care not to keep it as a remembrance of her father. Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History I have a dim remembrance that he said something that sounded rather heathenish about the cabinet bringing good luck to its owners. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls Unfortunately, my young days had been passed in a manner almost heathenish; and at that time I did not even know that taking one’s own life was a crime. The Boy Tar This is a perverting of scripture to prove an untruth; for the government of generals, admirals, majors, sheriffs, is neither a Jewish government nor a church government, nor a heathenish government. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) Get some clever little Jew socialist tailor off in the outskirts of Brooklyn, or some heathenish place, and stand over him. The Job An American Novel Why, look you, she may cover it with a brooch, or such like heathenish adornment, and so walk the streets as brave as ever!” The Scarlet Letter The attitude of hate, the spirit of war are marks of the old unchanged nature, and are heathenish and not Christian. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries We found Raikes arrived before us, seated at a table with Hammersley, Finch, and four or five others whose faces were familiar, and a heathenish uproar they were making. The Honourable Mr. Tawnish Yea, they condemn the very heathenish names of the days of the week imposed after the names of the planets,612 Sunday, Monday, &c. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) Do I believe that she is wild, unwomanly, heathenish, as Mrs. Danby says? Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 That Graveyard Day is a heathenish custom, anyhow. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 He was supposed, by this, to be engaged in the performance of some heathenish incantation. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries He ordered also other tilings so extravagant that the clergy say they must not be performed; nor is it fit that they should, for they seem to be heathenish. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote Then two couples were severally married, not both at once after Mr. Phillips' heathenish fashion, pronouncing them all husbands and wives! Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) Substantially it is equivalent to the somewhat heathenish word 'morality,' and refers human conduct and character to a law or standard. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Over against Mr. Dixon's representation of Negro worship as a heathenish affair, we place310 the old plantation melodies evolved in those and earlier days. The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the Repressionist I wish though he wasn’t a repeating of that there heathenish Latin.” St. Winifred's, or The World of School To eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday was held by the Puritans to be a heathenish vanity; and yet, apparently with the purpose of annoying good Boston folk, some attempts were made to observe the day. Customs and Fashions in Old New England The Lord hadn't seen fit to give her any children to comfort her old age; after all, would she want a delicate little thing like this child with a heathenish name! A Little Girl in Old Boston But a fierce speech of Horoeka's presently told the painfully interested eavesdropper that nothing less than death, attended by heathenish and gruesome ceremonies, would expiate the boy's outrage on the tapu-tree, in the tohunga's opinion. Adventures in Many Lands You come from the North, I know, by your name, and you are none the less welcome so far from the old country, out in these southern and heathenish lands. In the Wilds of Africa Nevertheless, being practical as well as sentimental, he was glad to have the warrant in case of need; for it was possible that a heathenish witch like Mother Jael might fear man more than God. The Bishop's Secret These twins are precious babies," interrupted Peace in decided accents, "and we shan't call them such heathenish names as stones. Heart of Gold Notwithstanding all this, we had some fears that the return of their annual feast-day would revive their love for heathenish merry-makings with a force too strong for their new convictions. Old Daniel This town life is making me forget my religion already, and as for you, you worldly-minded young sinner, you ought to be ashamed of yourself, beguiling me with your heathenish dance parties. Miss Pat at School I went to church this morning and I was surprised to realize how heathenish and unchristian the sermon sounded to me. Nelka Mrs. Helen de Smirnoff Moukhanoff, 1878-1963, a Biographical Sketch Some women still wear horns, although the Christian clergy set themselves strongly against these ornaments; some even refusing the Communion-Sacrament to those who persist in retaining that heathenish emblem derived from ancient mythology. Byeways in Palestine Schoolboys fought over again in the schoolyards the battles with the heathenish names. The Long Roll But this was their last heathenish jubilee, and from the ashes of many burnings imperishable liberty has sprung forth. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens They were judging Him by the most heathenish standard. The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion The ancientest fathers must be next removed, as Clement of Alexandria, and that Eusebian book of Evangelic preparation, transmitting our ears through a hoard of heathenish obscenities to receive the Gospel. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I This sonorous balance of phrase and epithet cannot always escape what Milton himself calls "the heathenish battology of multiplying words." Milton Israel was feeble among the nations—a little child writhing in the grasp of imperial Rome; Judea and Galilee, with the heathenish Samaria between, constituted his beat throughout the brief period of his public ministry. The Parables of Our Lord All vestiges of the old heathenish life are gone, we believe for ever.” By Canoe and Dog-Train Ye observe, it was only to throw cold water on the unthrifty flame of a mother’s pride that I said this, and to pull down uppishness from its heathenish temple in the heart, head-foremost. The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself In this sixth book he produces the open acknowledgment of Julian that the heathenish oracles had all ceased; but this he ascribed to old age and length of time. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March "It was a strange heathenish name, and she laughed as she gave it; indeed she laughed all the time." Simon Dale "And I might call it a heathenish dish, which no true Christian man could eat." Strife and Peace A shudder of home-sickness came over me, and at every moment I expected to see something monstrous, to behold all the cruelties of a heathenish and barbarous worship. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II The teachers of the new faith endeavoured to abolish the deeply-rooted heathenish ideas and customs of the people, by representing them as sinful and connected with the Devil.” Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Philip assisted at the heathenish solemnity of the thousandth year of Rome; but his presence was necessary on that occasion, nor is he said to have offered sacrifice. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March For, beyond doubt, that heathenish name was Cydaria, and that fine coach with Flemish horses—I left the question of that coach unanswered. Simon Dale Nothing more was needed to seal the opinion of the spinster, and to confirm the current village belief in the heathenish character of the French lady. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 The Romans called it Dies Solis, because it was dedicated to the worship of the sun; and the Saxons gave it the name Sunnan-dœg, or Sun's-day, for a similar heathenish cause. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales In them was duplicity, revenge, bigotry, heathenish cruelty; but these were not all the qualities the inventory discovered. A Hero and Some Other Folks In it we meet with many curious anecdotes relating to the heathenish theology of the ancients, and the impiety and vices with which their philosophers disgraced their profession. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March To cover my confusion, the Vidame intervened with an explanation which made America appear in a light less heathenish. The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals The positive heathenish religions stand, to him, on a level with Judaism and Christianity. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology What is this heathenish religion, this idolatrous kind of error! The Secret of Divine Civilization In the parliamentary ordinance, too, for the observance of the Sabbath, they inserted a clause for the taking down of maypoles, which they called a heathenish vanity. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell After his death, heresies and heathenish superstitions had entirely extinguished the light of the gospel. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March There is not such a thing as retribution and vengeance, child, in Christian countries; it is you who are heathenish. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Grimm says, "He was Jewish, heathenish, Christian, idolatrous, elfish, titanic, spectral, all at once." The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life It had lost by the heathenish and vain repetitions to which it had been subjected. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers He saw it as one and the same fight—against a heathenish money power and heathen Prussia. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Bless those dear, brave women who dared to bring "green stuff" for "heathenish decorations" way across the ocean! Yule-Tide in Many Lands He had never seen anything at once so heathenish and so exquisite. The Place Beyond the Winds That's a heathenish thing to say, Helen, and it is not so. John Ward, Preacher The missionaries opposed it, and told him that his heathenish practices were of no use, but that the weather would become favourable as soon as it should please God. The Moravians in Labrador The Arian Christ is nothing but a heathen idol invented to maintain a heathenish Supreme in heathen isolation from the world. The Arian Controversy He began: "What was that heathenish——" Shouting, Mrs. Silver jostled by him, and, though she disappeared into the house, a trail of calamitous uproar marked her passage to the kitchen. Gentle Julia "I've read that and heard it many a time; but we've been such a heathenish lot, I'm afraid He's left us to ourselves." Medoline Selwyn's Work Leviticus and Deuteronomy are so very heathenish compared to the law of the Koran, or to the early days of Abraham. Letters from Egypt Particularly anxious to root out these heathenish weeds which were chocking the growth of the good seed, Superintendant Rose, in 1787, inspected Hopedale, where they appeared most thickly scattered, and producing the most baneful effects. The Moravians in Labrador To be sincere, unselfish, honest, and womanly is nowaday inevitably heathenish. Infelice Alas! in our churches at present Simplicity seems quite despised; To represent things far above us Are heathenish customs revived. Masques & Phases But she was too good a Christian to kill herself, as that heathenish Roman did. Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe Well," said Mrs. Dolman, as she turned away with her brother, "of all the heathenish and wicked nonsense that I was ever permitted to witness, this beats everything. A Little Mother to the Others If Ardea—the very name of her had a heathenish sound in his Scripturally-trained ear—had been a boy, the matter would have simplified itself. The Quickening He loved his older daughter Theodora very dearly, and was thankful to God for another sweet baby girl, so he told the women that he would have none of this heathenish mourning in his house. The Women of the Arabs When he was at home, he was always saying things which our mother called 'impolite,' our father 'outlandish,' and the blacks 'right down heathenish.' Tempest and Sunshine The Trojan virgins used to offer their first favours to it, by the name of Scamander, till the adventure, which Monsieur de la Fontaine has told so agreeably, abolish'd that heathenish ceremony. Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe Notwithstanding his heathenish name, it will be seen by this remark that some of his time was occupied learning the church catechism. A Little Mother to the Others It was like her heathenish impertinence to look on at such a time, and then to taunt him about it afterward. The Quickening They did not seem to think much here of people from Galilee because all kinds of heathenish folk lived there—as if any one who was born in Bethlehem could be a heathen! I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross And when the new bell was placed in the steeple, instead of the priestly unctions and quaint ceremonies of a past age, there was too often a heathenish scene of drunkenness and revelry. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century Runic inscriptions are rare in the south, where they were regarded as heathenish relics, and so destroyed: but they are comparatively common in the north. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain In Ireland he Page 292 called the Roman Catholic faith "a lie and a heathenish superstition"; or, in a lighter mood, made imbecile jokes about pigs and potatoes. Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences The cheerful crackling was welcome, it seemed to him to speak in English words of home and comfort, not the heathenish jargon he had listened to perforce for several weeks. The Princess Pocahontas There were to them even more heathenish indications in her hoopless straight skirts: the good little creatures zealously cut and trimmed a dress for her from the very last patterns. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 At its base lies the heathenish notion that sin can be extirpated by severe onslaughts upon the body and the physical life. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation It has often been encumbered and entangled with error and superstition; and therefore there have not been wanting radical purists who have not only set it aside, but cried it down as Romish and heathenish. The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church With a few rare exceptions, it was a realm of almost heathenish darkness and vice. Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick The murder was committed by means of that deadly Chinese powder, and you are one of the few persons in this country who knew of the heathenish compound. The Mansion of Mystery Being a Certain Case of Importance, Taken from the Note-book of Adam Adams, Investigator and Detective In these days, many worthy people, who are not quite sound upon Noah's ark, or even the destruction of the swine, will wince perceptibly at hearing the Lord's Supper called "a heathenish rite." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Oh, these vain and most heathenish repetitions—do I not vex you by them, you whom I would always please, and never vex? The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 To become the owner of Baubie Wishart, even at so low a price, seemed to her rather a heathenish proceeding, with a flavor of illegality about it to boot. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. "But now, that I recollect, methinks that when they deceived me it sounded a little heathenish." The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance We know we are heathenish, savage, and rough, And are greatly obliged for your pity. Wreaths of Friendship A Gift for the Young I do not know how long I had continued to live in this despairing and heathenish condition, when one day, in harvest time, Madelena brought good Father Antonio to see me. The Lost Lady of Lone There was a most heathenish fear of doing certain things on Friday, and there were countless signs in which we still have confidence. Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches Nor was this heathenish rapacity confined to the common soldier; the commanders and subalterns participated with acquisitive eagerness, sharing fully with their commands the hellish instincts of their race. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest "For, in the present excited condition of our river-towns, men do not strive to copy the moderate virtues of the Ancients, but only to exaggerate their heathenish extispicy." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Then, secondly, anxious thought is contrary to all the lessons of revelation or religion, which show it to be heathenish. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII I'd enough sight rather you'd frizzle your hair over rats, as Helen does, making herself look like some horned critter, than wear that heathenish thing. Family Pride Or, Purified by Suffering "But her conduct looks heathenish, and I will warrant that she was not an English steamer; for the British tars never pass by their fellow-beings on the ocean in distress without rendering assistance." Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East It is a savage, heathenish custom they have adopted here, of tearing up and down the streets from morning till night. Inez A Tale of the Alamo After many relapses, he was informed, that this would do no longer, but that if he went again to these heathenish feasts, he would be excluded. Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ungava Bay, Westward of Cape Chudleigh Undertaken to Explore the Coast, and Visit the Esquimaux in That Unknown Region It is of no use to attempt to scold them into trust, by telling them that distrust is heathenish. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Don't go to being fools by giving a child a heathenish name. Family Pride Or, Purified by Suffering Pray thee, Doralice, why do we quarrel thus a-days? ha! this is but a kind of heathenish life, and does not answer the ends of marriage. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 A pall was thrown over the body, and a plate of salt, as an emblem of incorruptibility, placed on the corpse—a heathenish custom borrowed from the Druids. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Serving another man on the no pay principle, at the same time liable to be flogged, and sold at the pleasure of another, Charles felt was worse than heathenish viewed in any light whatsoever. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. How utterly heathenish is our oblivion of God in our daily life! Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Against whom we must be on our guard," said the Abbé Plomb, "since their interpretations are for the most part heathenish. The Cathedral We are heathenish in our progress along the line of road making especially. Life in a Thousand Worlds He pronounced the writing heathenish, and of the Runic form. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 We find in the Egyptian temples paintings of priests dressed in these gowns: proof that they are antiquely heathenish. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy We have raised them from heathenish ignorance and barbarism to the condition of intelligent beings. The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) The negro had followed him, and now stood with his eyes upon the dying flames, muttering to himself some heathenish charm. Audrey Our laws covering this field are heathenish compared with the statutes of this far distant world. Life in a Thousand Worlds There was something so barbarous—heathenish—in what he beheld. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest Slavic, Polish, and heathenish, were to them synonymous words. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations And her views of the war were plain heathenish! His Family It's a very heathenish—oh, Lord!—I mean it's a very pretty name is Miriam, it's a Bible name, too. The Missing Bride I knew you had 'views,'" said Mr. Rayne behind me, "but I had no idea they were so heathenish. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 To undertake to bring up a family of boys and girls where all the blessed freedom of out-door life is denied them, is worse than pitiful,—it's heathenish. Homes and How to Make Them And now, lo and behold, here I am in their heathenish Gehenna, where the Sabbath-day is just clean neglected; indeed, I have lost count myself, and do not know one day from the other. In the Wrong Paradise "Oh, in a kind of a heathenish, out-of-the-way place, and teaches school for a living." The English Orphans He was a very learned man, and took much pains to state the notions and practices of heathenish idolatry, and so to fasten that charge on the Church of Rome. Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles My lord, that a mere man, and a heathen, in that most heathenish time, should give utterance to such heavenly wisdom, seems more wonderful than that an in-spired prophet should reveal it. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II The unpainted sides were of a dark-colored, heathenish looking wood. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I "I never heard anything so heathenish," said Mr. Wigglesworth, perplexed and displeased at sentiments which controverted all his notions and feelings and implied the utter waste, and worse, of his whole life's labor. Twice Told Tales It is heathenish "truck," by whose sale they make a profit. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 The custom of decking our houses and churches with holly, &c. originates from ancient heathenish practices. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 290, December 29, 1827 It was a heathenish feeling; without friendliness, almost without tenderness. Youth and the Bright Medusa But our craft high and dry, the Upoluan lifted his crest as the erudite pagan; master of Gog and Magog, expounder of all things heathenish and obscure. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I So then I began to think the portent altogether heathenish, and half forgot it. A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford But you don't hear much of that any more; for the priest said 'twas superstition, and down from the heathenish times. Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir "There was somewhat strangely heathenish in what I did see," I said. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex I realize that this was plain, unadulterated, heathenish fetish worship, but it shows what a man reverts to in the barbaric stress of war. A Yankee in the Trenches Samoa between times humming to himself some heathenish ditty, and Jarl ten times more intent on his silence than ever; yet his eye full of expectation and gazing broad off from our bow. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I No one listens now to the precipitate ignorance which would set aside as "heathenish" the high civilization of this great race; but justice is not yet done to their past development and present capacities. Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala Our talk of sacrifices is ungenerous and heathenish.... The Personal Life of David Livingstone They are well built and supplied with many conveniences that will serve to make student life less heathenish. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 Protestant sects have transferred many of the false doctrines of Romanism to their own creeds, hence they worship the first beast just as truly as the Papists worshiped the dragon by accepting heathenish principles. The Revelation Explained Must one forego all such beliefs, in favor of a heathenish creed of "physical body" resurrection of the dead—an immortality in the worn-out mortal body long since discarded? Mystic Christianity A man would be deemed heathenish amongst Mussulmauns, who by neglect or accident omitted this mark on whatever subject he is about to write. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Neither will I stop to investigate the heathenish assertion of Paracelsus, that each hemisphere of the globe was originally furnished with an Adam and Eve. Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete From High Halstow we have another curious and almost heathenish specimen, in which we see the crossbones as an addition to the "skull," if "skull" it can be considered, with its eyes, eyebrows, and "cheeks." In Search of Gravestones Old and Curious I can’t speak their heathenish tongue or read it, and I want somebody whom I can trust—trust, mind you—to help me talk with him and make any necessary translations. The Daredevil It isn't a bit heathenish of me to do this, Bräsig, for it's a work of necessity, as much so as when you have to save the Count's wheat on a Sunday afternoon. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Mr. Brand, however, thinks that mistletoe was never put up in churches but by mistake or ignorance of the sextons: it being a heathenish and profane plant, and therefore assigned to the kitchen. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 582, December 22, 1832 This is downright heathenish; and a plain-dealing man, who does business above-board, has good reason to wish himself honestly at church. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas I shall not dwell here on the injustice of these barbarous and heathenish acts of the so-called civilized and Christian nations; for I am not writing a political pamphlet. The Constitutional Development of Japan 1863-1881 Less than an hour, sir, to get out of that heathenish toggery that the men of your generation have substituted for the honest nightshirt, into proper garments, and eat your breakfast. The Daredevil It was about these heathenish performances that I wanted to speak to you. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes You shall have none of my handiworks, I tell you," said Shanty, decidedly, "for none of your heathenish fancies and follies. Shanty the Blacksmith; a Tale of Other Times I wish, Laura, you wouldn't let him read such a quantity of fairy tales and heathenish nonsense—'field o' the cloth o' gold, indeed!' Fated to Be Free "Christ in the Psalms" twisted every heathenish imprecation of the Hebrew hymns into language which could be put upon the lips of the dear Lord, and turned the bitterest curses into sweet and gracious benedictions. The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible The devil incites his tools to disturb the Church or the political commonwealth, that boundless confusion may enter, followed by heathenish desolation. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 01 Basil to Calvin Tell me, you've taken part in those heathenish performances—at my son's Court, I mean? The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Are they to go down to death in heathenish darkness, because the genial light of a husband's countenance has ceased to shine upon them, or, perhaps, has never done so? Woman: Man's Equal The Restoration naturally brought with it a revived taste for those elegant amusements, which, during the usurpation, had been condemned as heathenish, or punished as appertaining especially to the favourers of royalty. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author "Take my wife over among those heathenish----" "Do you expect me to handle this case for you, sir?" The Man from Brodney's Drinking of healths, and wearing long hair, were also forbidden, under the same penalty: the first was considered as a heathenish and idolatrous practice, grounded on the ancient libations. Travels in the United States of America Commencing in the Year 1793, and Ending in 1797. With the Author's Journals of his Two Voyages Across the Atlantic. George never lived at home much, and their heathenish ways mortify him, I know, though he never says a word except that they are his parents. Maggie Miller Whoever it be, it is a person who, with great mental powers, combines a total ignorance of the habits of society, a great coarseness of taste, and a heathenish doctrine of religion. Famous Reviews And, moreover, was it not all a wild, heathenish delusion, which it was his duty as a servant of God to stamp out and root out at all hazards? Boyhood in Norway They keep themselves aloof from the wicked world and the heathenish love of beauty and pleasure. The Story of Mankind He had a heathenish amount of machine-guns and he used them beautifully. Mr. Standfast There's something dreadful heathenish about it, seems to me. Anne of Green Gables "Who can want a child that has been brought up in that heathenish fashion?" continued Simeon Holly. Just David An old religious writer speaks of the ironworkers of that day as heathenish in their manners, puffed up with pride, and inflated with worldly prosperity. Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers There were the Mohammedans and the heathenish tribes of northern Africa who worshipped sticks and stones and dead trees. The Story of Mankind And this vain, heathenish longing of mine was father to the thought of visiting the scene of the ancient worship. Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East Only a jockey-boy, foul-mouthed and bad you see, Ignorant, heathenish, gone to his rest. The Man from Snowy River The religion and civilization which are barbaric and heathenish build splendid temples; but what you might call Christianity does not. Walden To answer the question, therefore, affirmatively, as I perceive you have done, and to accept of, as authentic, such answer, is both heathenish, hypocritical, and devilish; and your reward will be according to your works. The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan A love of heathenish books and heathenish beauty in the eyes of this faithful son of the Church, had been an evil. The Story of Mankind A heathenish temple devoted to the worship of Jupiter was built upon the site where the faithful had worshipped Jehovah for almost a thousand years. Ancient Man The Beginning of Civilizations Would not that be a much better incentive to prepare for the end of life, than the half heathenish idea that there is nothing whatever to fear? Love's Final Victory I know of many systems of religion esteemed heathenish whose precepts fill the reader with shame, and provoke him to new endeavors, though it be to the performance of rites merely. Walden There were two little skeezucks who lived in the isle Of Boo in a southern sea; They clambered and rollicked in heathenish style In the boughs of their cocoanut tree. Songs and Other Verse Then the Gunner mops up a heathenish large detail for some hanky-panky in the magazines, an' led 'em off along with our Gunnery Jack, which is to say, our Gunnery Lootenant. Traffics and Discoveries We, sirs, are fools; and must resign the cause To heathenish authors, proverbs, and old saws.' The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 This mare he named Chloe, 'after a godly maiden of his acquaintance,' though, as my father remarked, there was a somewhat ungodly and heathenish smack about the appellation. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 He thought that a war with the Mazurs, half heathenish people, would secure for him entire pardon. The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy Then loud laughed that monarch in heathenish mirth And loud laughed his courtiers, too, And they cried: "There is elsewhere no land upon earth So good as our island of Boo!" Songs and Other Verse I could curse most copiously, in all heathenish and christian tongues! Anna St. Ives She did not say anything in showing me these passages, and I found something in her action touchingly childlike and elemental, as well as curiously heathenish. Questionable Shapes So the end of it was that they all forsook their heathenish customs and yielded to the king's demands that they should take christening. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age I was afraid of those heathenish gods or devils. The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy An Arabian astrologer, for whom he has a heathenish partiality, interprets the dream as meaning that a daughter yet to be born will cause the destruction of his dynasty. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller And is it heathenish to worship God outside of a church? The Calling of Dan Matthews I do not expect he will please you much, as he treats of little but charioteering, boxing, running, and some old heathenish stories. Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" In her elegance and self-possession indeed, she seemed to the girl a kind of goddess—heathenishly divine, because of that mixture of unseemliness, but still divine. Eleanor As to any notion of prevailing by entreaty over an unwilling God, that is heathenish, and belongs to such as think him a hard master, or one like the unjust judge. Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II. I ask not vengeance on the deluded and heathenish imitators of the worshippers of Moloch. The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish The press began timidly to venture on books of amusement, in a style of humour which seemed ribald and heathenish to the staid and sober covenanter. Milton He thought of the old heathenish idol Moloch, about whom he had heard in his biblical history, and every moment he expected to see a pair of red, glowing arms stretch themselves forth. Dame Care The restored Bourbon remade it into a church; but it still has a heathenish look, and will never lose it. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 France and the Netherlands, Part 1 This second beast with two horns, may be understood of the heathenish priests and magicians; the principal promoters both of idolatry and persecution. The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 73: Apocalypse The Challoner Revision This is the conceit of one wallowing in the slough of heathenish abominations! The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish And yet I do not grudge the long, long hours I squandered in those years when people were in heathenish darkness. Remarks So be not tossed about by these secularities, for the root of them all is heathenish distrust of your Father in heaven. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke But it was essentially mythological or heathenish, and, as such, it was opposed by the Christian church, which, however, provided a substitute for what it thus opposed, by adding a dramatic element to its festivals. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Yes, if you like, but everything is heathenish here, although baptized. Historical Miniatures How unutterably sad it seemed to her that this girl, so lovely in her person, so sweet in disposition, with so pure and saint- like an expression, should be in this dark and heathenish condition! Fan : the story of a young girl's life It was some heathenish 'land in error's chain,' as the missionary hymn says. Georgina of the Rainbows The only way to drive out heathenish seeking after perishable good is to fill the heart with the love and longing for eternal and spiritual good. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke Take note of these misshaped and deformed figures, heathenishly attired, and with no middle parts or legs, but with two heads turned diverse ways. The Duke of Stockbridge That was monstrous, heathenish, and a Satanic abomination. Historical Miniatures At length he made a vigorous effort and straightway sung out "l'eau de vie, Don Ricardibus—some brandy, mon ami—for the love of all the respectable saints in your heathenish calendar." Tom Cringle's Log And Tippy thought it was heathenish for Barbara to let Georgina dress up in some little knickerbockers and a roundabout which had been stored away with other clothes worn by Justin as a small boy. Georgina of the Rainbows Has not each thoroughfare its distinctive feature—its saintly, heathenish, courtly, national, heroic, perhaps burlesque, name? Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present Our little book is delayed by a heathenish injunction, threatened by the man Taylor. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 His "Gods of Greek Land" is as fine a piece of heathenish longing as could well be written at so late a day. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 But their heathenish practices gave dire offence to the Faithful. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 His father was a heathen, and lived, as Augustine tells us, in "heathenish sin." Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity Concubinage was allowed, if a man had not a wife, and provided the concubine was not the wife of another man; this heathenish custom was abrogated by Justinian. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements Around our Parish Church and half-way up the steeple, there are, at almost every angle and prominence, rudely carved monstrosities, conspicuous for nothing but their ineffable and heathenish ugliness. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston There was even a Roman bath in a secluded part of the castle, though the good lord of the manor refrained from using it, as he deemed it a heathenish practice. Three short works The Dance of Death, the Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller, a Simple Soul. Exquisite, however, as the poem is, we cannot help wishing it looked less heathenish. England's Antiphon "It's a heathenish old place, and, anyway, it's too far away from our house." Patty at Home Why, mon! sic a heathenish dress as ye have on till ye has nae been seen in these pairts within the memory o' mon. Dracula's Guest Averse through his life to useless parade and display, Lunalilo left directions for a simple funeral, and that none of the old heathenish observances should ensue upon his death. The Hawaiian Archipelago Afterwards invocation followed, and abuses that are prodigious and more than heathenish followed invocation. Apology of the Augsburg Confession Yet our names are uncouth in the ears of the Franks, and bear, perhaps, a heathenish sound. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Not that I would here insinuate that he was heathenishly inclined to believe in or to worship the goddess Nemesis; for, in fact, I am convinced he never heard of her name. History of Tom Jones, a Foundling A most heathenish sight! says Sir Roger: There is no religion at this end of the town. The Coverley Papers Its hard, black seeds put into a bladder furnish the chic-chac, which in many places is used as an accompaniment to the utterly abominable and heathenish tom-tom. The Hawaiian Archipelago It was no wonder that Dr. Leatrim found the parish, as far as religion was concerned, in a very heathenish state. George Leatrim I remember me, our most amiable and accomplished daughter, that last night you wished to know the particulars of the battle of Laodicea, with the heathenish Arabs, whom Heaven confound. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Because you have the most hideous, heathenish, desperate, tragic handwriting…. Letters of Anton Chekhov It's a heathenish custom, this shrouding of one's self in black, and so unbecoming. Miss Gibbie Gault A heathenish and prodigious act; for therein he showed, not only his malice against the Jewish nation, but also against their worship, and consequently their God. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 Thus therefore is the Christian principle another from, and far above, your heathenish Pagan one. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 They are the witnesses for the King—and, what is equally dear to us, the Protestant religion—and witnesses against a most foul and heathenish Plot. Peveril of the Peak They were a timid, gentle race, but ignorant, and heathenish worshipers of unknown gods. Sketches New and Old, Part 3. A heathenish expression, perhaps; but Weir assured me, with much amusement in his tone, that those were the very words Old Rogers used. Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood An action, I say, not only heathenish, but prodigious also; for the Lord Jesus, paraphrasing upon this fact of his, teacheth the Jews, that without repentance 'they should all likewise perish.' Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 But the gospel is the ministration of the Spirit; a revelation of another thing than is found in, or can be acquired by, heathenish principles of nature. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 "I have heard so," said the nobleman; "and that his persevering resentment of that injury was one of the few points which seemed to be a sort of heathenish virtue in him." Peveril of the Peak It was that heathenish possession, the old insanity of the risibles, which makes a man think it a humourous thing that his friend should be discovered in love. The Guest of Quesnay Charlotte would be sure to give it some perfectly heathenish name. Further Chronicles of Avonlea These songs of old, to distinguish them from heathenish ones, were called God's songs, the Lord's songs: because taught by him, and learned of him, and enjoined to them, to be sung to his praise. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 This first text, therefore, hath been by you abused, in that you have ungodlily strained it, but in vain, to make it warrant your heathenish preparations to faith. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 This pagan, heathenish invention Is good for nothing but contention. Hudibras As the Chinese have been many ages at the business of living, the custom should not be dismissed too summarily as mere vain and heathenish superstition. The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel I believe—hang it, it sounds absurd, but I believe he has been—er—knighted or something like it, in one heathenish little kingdom. Galusha the Magnificent Materially and in itself, the act was neither heathenish nor Israelite; its character either way was determined by its destination. Prolegomena This is worse than heathenish; such an one hath got just the heart of a dog or a beast, that will bite those that begot them, and her that brought them forth. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 By the by, Edna, Hagar tells me that you frequently sit up till three or four o'clock, poring over those heathenish documents in my son's cabinet. St. Elmo Indeed, she gave up, one by one, all her heathenish ways, except swearing, and so became a well-conducted young lady, and almost English. The Life of Sir Richard Burton And Vancouver, heathenish name! must be marked on it somewhere. The Window-Gazer Sacrifice is sacrifice: when offered to Baal, it is heathenish; when offered to Jehovah, it is Israelite. Prolegomena The saint worship in Brazil is just as heathenish. Brazilian Sketches They are a rough, heathenish set of fellows, these Milton men of yours.' North and South The trio round the hearth looked at each other, and evidently thought she manifested very heathenish taste. Beulah "What extraordinary heathenish ideas!" said Miss Phillips, who in her Derbyshire retreat had never heard anything of pantheism, or of this doctrine of metempsychosis as being entertained by sane Englishmen. Mr. Hogarth's Will Negative determinations, for the most part directed against one heathenish peculiarity or another, occur but there are no positive ordinances relating to the ritual. Prolegomena It was a heathenish time of night to arouse the girl, thought Burrell, as he left the barracks, but he must allay these fears that were besetting him, he must see Necia at once. The Barrier The sailors ran about deck like madmen; Bembo, all the while leaning against the taff-rail by himself, smoking his heathenish stone pipe, and never interfering. Omoo Now this appeared to me a heathenish name, not to be found in any calendar, and I took counsel therefore of a priest in the city. Undine There was something both heathenish and pathetic in the whole thing. Who Cares? a story of adolescence The blessing of the land is here the end of religion, and that quite generally,—alike of the false heathenish and of the true Israelitish. Prolegomena Indeed the earliest proof of their observance in Northern Europe is furnished by the attempts made by Christian synods in the eighth century to put them down as heathenish rites. The Golden Bough We had been told, even, that many heathenish games and dances still secretly lingered in their valley. Omoo "She is pa's sister Charlotte," answered Nellie, "and lives in Rochester, in a great big house, with the handsomest things; but she don't come here often, it's so heathenish, she says." Cousin Maude With such a woman for a mother!" said Ethel; "and going to some heathenish place again! The Daisy chain, or Aspirations "I never noticed it before!" exclaimed Maria Sharp, "but it ain't Christian, that floor! it's heathenish and ungodly!" Homespun Tales He pointed to the condition of Spain, which was "overspread with the thickest gloom of heathenish ignorance, beneath which the fiends and demons of the abyss seem to be holding their ghastly revels." The Life of George Borrow The bustle and noise of this quarter are considerable, and the vociferation mingles with the ringing of bells and the rapid beating of drums and tom-toms—an intensely heathenish sound. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Even the cozy little chamber which the kind-hearted Maude had fitted up for her with her own means was pronounced heathenish and old-fashioned, while Maude herself was constantly taunted with being countryfied and odd. Cousin Maude "Certainly," adds the latter, "none ever opposed a more heathenish and diabolical obstinacy to the holy inroads of the cross and sword." Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada I heard a heathenish scream of joy behind me, and upon turning round I perceived the now courageous gun-bearers running towards me at their best pace. The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon A somewhat heathenish prayer indeed, and far too full of human passion for one about to leave the human shores. Beatrice Jane was shocked at their heathenish cruelty, and went off the path to remonstrate with them. Hard Cash On his bed he would spread out wonderful parchments, with strange, heathenish inscriptions, with great seals, with faded ribbons. Real Soldiers of Fortune It now occurred to me that this was a heathenish name, to be found in no calendar, and I resolved to ask the advice of a priest in the city. Undine The knight could not refrain from shuddering; but he thought himself bound by his rash vow and by that accursed heathenish golden boar. Sintram and His Companions And if this heathenish leaven is going to rise in him I'll have to struggle hard with him! The Man Who Was Afraid I don't like to worry that good old Padre," he continued, with a light smile, "but I'm afraid that they prefer this cross to the chapel for certain heathenish reasons of their own. The Crusade of the Excelsior "Well," returned Mrs. Hoover, with a troubled look, "me and Hiram consider it's a heathenish sort of name for a young gal, but you'll find it in my brother's letter." Trent's Trust, and Other Stories Solomon was beguiled by his heathenish wives to forsake the worship of the true God; Samson fell a victim to the wiles of Delilah. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems Say that to-night as you look around on the grievous famine of the suppletory arts and stratagems of repentance and reformation in your heathenish bedroom. Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) It shall never be said, Sir, that my person was at the control of a heathenish man of Belial—a dangler among the daughters of women—a promiscuous dancer—and a player of unlawful games. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner She saw it, and she saw the holy Fathers, and they converted her against the superstitious heathenish wishes of her husband. Maruja It is so heathenish, as it were,—so unlike all the snugness of our modern civilization! The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni It is very well for natives to have a name for one among themselves, but it is not decent that they should call a white man by their heathenish appellations to his face. King Solomon's Mines We are kept in heathenish darkness by laws expressly enacted to make our instruction a criminal offence. Clotel; or, the President's Daughter “I never noticed it before!” exclaimed Maria Sharp, “but it ain’t Christian, that floor! it’s heathenish and ungodly!” The Old Peabody Pew Let him beware that his ancestor's mound is not uprooted with the pear-tree, and his heathenish temple destroyed. Maruja The smoke was inhaled from large pipes, the bowls of which, made out of small cocoanut shells, were curiously carved in strange heathenish devices. Typee "And you look simply heathenish in this costume," Mr. Travers went on as though he had not been interrupted, and with an accent of deliberate disgust. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows The idea seemed a scatterbrained one to her, and almost heathenish, but if afforded an opportunity for “throwing the young people together,” and as such she welcomed it. The Toys of Peace, and other papers Such, at least, was the feeling with which Mr. Tretherick on his veranda and Colonel Starbottle, who was passing, regarded their heathenish jargon. Selected Stories of Bret Harte Mrs. Bobby declared, however, that she wouldn't have a heathenish name posted on her house, and expect her friends to pronounce it when she couldn't pronounce it herself. Penelope's English Experiences After years spent in a heathenish manner, as regards all church observations, this devout and unique service, following the customs of ancient Spain, was interesting to me in the extreme. Vanished Arizona "Both in the times of heathenish and of Christianity." Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete |
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