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The impious wretches had lit the house next to it, and now the steeple burned fiercely. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
Without caring that people could hear her she asked herself aloud what horrible sin Amaranta had committed to make her prefer an impious death to the shame of confession. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
“Rather impious of mortal man to do the gods two better, but there you are. The stone roads of Valyria were one of Longstrider’s nine. The fifth, I believe.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
A Hindu upbringing and a Baptist education had precisely cancelled each other out as far as religion was concerned and had left her serenely impious. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
They are blind to prejudice as opposed to inured, and the Showtime version, while raunchy and impious even by premium-cable standards, is still less cruel than the original. Television Review: Sincerest Forms of Flattery for British Shows 2011-01-06T23:10:24Z
Yes, “Job” occasionally seems like a goofy, impious blackout sketch by a 21st-century undergraduate. Theater Review: ‘Job,’ at the Flea Theater 2012-09-20T02:00:00Z
I figured that her malign power could hardly survive in a household as impious as mine. Do not underestimate the curse of Greer ? the Hindu goddess Kali is on my side 2010-10-03T21:31:00Z
Iwuji’s clipped Nigerian accent evokes the novel’s African setting and a village storyteller’s impious wit. Book World: 5 stories to relish even with your eyes closed 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z
Though not really a comedy, Rosewater is a demonstration of the creed behind The Daily Show: belief in the crucial need for impious wit against entrenched power. Review: Jon Stewart's Rosewater: Laughing Through the Torture 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z
Mr. Ferrari started a club for “the impious, heretics, apostates, blasphemous, atheists, pagans, agnostics and infidels.” León Ferrari, Provocative Argentine Conceptual Artist, Dies at 92 2013-08-01T03:33:50Z
But Harriet would have disliked those novels’ impious ruminations on motherhood, and probably also their authors. Doris Lessing’s “The Fifth Child” and the Spectre of the Ambivalent Mother 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z
Too smart to take itself seriously, the Bristol collection — shown on models of diverse ethnicity and gender identification — had an impious, offhand quality about it that someone like Malcolm McLaren might have approved. Dash of Punk Opens Men’s Fashion Week in New York 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z
This dreadful and attractive figure is embodied to perfection by the young actor Sylvain Levitte, whom we first see contemplating his own impish and impious image via the lens of a compact video camera. Review: ‘Ubu Roi,’ Mom and Dad’s Party of Grown-Up Grotesques 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z
XXXXXXXXXXXX, his carousing and extravagance angered some locals, who viewed his activities as impious and embarrassing to the nation. Why is Beyonce untouchable? 2011-02-23T18:22:00Z
Christians might think this is impious paganism, but all human cultures mark the passage of the seasons, whether they worship gods, nature or nothing at all. Why Christmas is for everyone | Julian Baggini 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z
Elina Löwensohn plays the senior nurse and tour group leader, something of a martinet who disapproves of any impious or egotistical behaviour. Film review: Lourdes 2010-03-25T22:25:00Z
It is dominated by a single voice: Ms. Nixon’s, reciting stanzas instead of voice-over narration and cracking impish, sometimes impious jokes with the marvelous Ms. Ehle. Review: ‘A Quiet Passion’ Poetically Captures Emily Dickinson 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z
The memorial for Bomber Command in Green Park is especially ostentatious, but to question such symbols is held to be impious. From Margaret Thatcher to the Nazis: let's not go down memorial lane 2013-04-22T16:04:52Z
The idea of the novel as prestigious object, impious disturbance and so on, is alive and well. Zoo Time by Howard Jacobson – review 2012-08-30T07:00:42Z
The relationship between the nightclub and the building suggests the peculiar respect — jostling, energetic and impious — that Koreatown shows the architecture of its host city. Koreatown's cool old buildings point to L.A.'s future 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z
Having conferred upon Franco’s touchdown its name for 11 o’clock news viewers to embrace, I accept neither credit nor, should you hold the moniker to be impious, blame.” Remembering Franco Harris’s ‘Immaculate Reception,’ the NFL’s greatest play 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z
Once it felt impious just to say the word Auschwitz. Howard Jacobson: 'A feelgood Holocaust exploits the dead and demeans the living' 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z
I left singing the show’s catchy number “What’s the Buzz” with impious sarcasm. Review: Jesus, you're no Hamilton. Why an updated 'Superstar' misses the mark 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z
Surviving a political smear campaign that implied he was an impious Muslim, Mr. Joko appears to have won a second term in this month’s elections. Religious Minorities Across Asia Suffer Amid Surge in Sectarian Politics 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z
Hugo, not a pious figure but a Republican and political one—the voice, in fact, of the impious populace—made the cathedral the quintessential French romantic setting. Notre-Dame in the French Imagination 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z
The New York Times on the danger of laws against impious speech. Editorials from around New York 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z
No consoling visions of reconciliation floated up from the final ensemble; instead, as guards gunned down Huguenots in rows, the chorus chanted, “Let us exterminate the impious race.” The Dark, Prophetic Vision of Giacomo Meyerbeer 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z
It’s an incendiary claim: perhaps even Michelangelo’s God creating Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is impious – reducing Him to a grandly bearded and implausibly buff airborne gent. Big-nosed Jesus and God as a second-rate Santa: the worst Christian art 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z
“You are giving your blood to defend your country. Why not block this impious woman?” Sultry pop singer upstages Afghan Independence Day celebration 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z
In 4th-Century North Africa, St. Augustine suggested that charity be withheld from the impious. Racial, partisan divides shape American views of poverty and the poor 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z
Trump is impious, but he doesn’t reject faith. Donald Trump, American Preacher 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z
For a time, Trump’s attacks on Bush clarified what his campaign was about: a gleeful, impious assault on the weakness of the political establishment. The Bush and Trump Family Grudge Match 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z
And his portrayal of historical figures throughout the American Chronicles shows a similar struggle between impious mischief and trembling reverence. Gore Vidal’s Delusions of Candor 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z
So surely there were no impious skeletons in the closet, right? Beliefs: No Religious Exemption When It Comes to Abuse 2013-01-05T01:04:17Z
During the holy month of Ramadan, in July and August, gangs of ultraconservative Salafis attacked several artistic festivals for being impious. Tunisians divided over new constitution 2012-09-07T11:15:00Z
Wheelchair-bound in his 80s and saddened by the death of Austen and many peers and close friends, the impious author still looked to no existence beyond this one. American Writer Gore Vidal Dead at 86 2012-08-01T15:05:34Z
Contrast with this the saying of the elder Cato: “A man who beats his wife or his children lays impious hands on that which is most holy and most sacred in the world.” History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z
On the spot where he committed the crime, he fell down a dead man, and the earth opening, swallowed his impious corpse. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z
Solemnization or sacrament—it is impious, blasphemous to enter God's house and ask for a blessing on the bond, unless the marriage falls within the limits of nature's laws. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z
To testify how little they valued such a portent, these impious wretches resolved to do away with the prodigy. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z
He would have to be a wicked fellow, and brutal, and impious. Mariquita A Novel 2012-04-24T02:00:19.737Z
The elect will go forth, not indeed locally, but by intelligence, and by a clear vision, to behold the torture of the impious, and as they see them they will not grieve. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z
“Too oft religion has the mother been Of impious act and criminal.” Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z
The Flagellants were denounced from the pulpit as an impious sect, condemned by the Holy See. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z
Mohammad ordered the impious statue to be destroyed. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z
One recalls the scorn of the young Keats, in those days when he took licence upon himself to abuse the King's English as only a wilful genius can: Ill-fated, impious race! Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z
Their minds will be sated with joy as they gaze on the unspeakable anguish of the impious, returning thanks for their own freedom. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z
With pious sacrilege a grave I stole; With impious piety that grave I wronged; Short in my duty: coward in my grief! The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z
Blessed Laurentius, as he lay stretched and burning on the gridiron, said to the impious tyrant, 'The meat is done, make haste hither and eat. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z
In the act in question, the gnawing maggot had destroyed every unjust and impious sentence. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z
De la Haye reproached me with the heathenism of my ideas, told me that I must abandon such impious reasonings.... and I gave way! The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. II (of VI), "To Paris and Prison" The First Complete and Unabridged English Translation, Illustrated with Old Engravings 2012-03-31T02:00:21.423Z
To question this narrative in its literal sense is most impious, and subjects the doubter to the charge of favoring infidelity. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z
One of its early martyrs was Julius Caesar Vanini, who was burned at Toulouse, in the year 1619, aged 34, as “an impious and obstinate Atheist.” Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z
While the profane revellers were feasting and uttering impious jests, Wilkes let loose, from a chest wherein he was confined, a baboon dressed according to the common representations of the Evil One. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z
Power should never be trusted in the hands of an impious selfish man, and one that has more regard to the gratification of his own unbounded avarice than to public peace and justice. ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. 2012-03-19T02:00:22.807Z
For a deed that is impious, frightful, awful! The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda 2012-03-15T02:00:28.817Z
What then do they think of others, but precisely what they say—that all men are insane, fools, unholy, impious, transgressors, that they reach the very acme of misery and of all wretchedness? The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z
Improvement was considered as impious and unnecessary; and to deny the powers of the chirurgical art, heresy against the holy men, who alone were permitted to exercise it. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z
Can it?—Heaven! then have I attempted to raise my impious hand against a parent's life! Wild Oats or, The Strolling Gentlemen 2012-03-08T03:00:09.310Z
He expects to be treated as impious—a blasphemer—an atheist, and to be loaded with all the epithets which the pious are in use to lavish on those who disquiet them. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z
In all ages new doctrines have been branded as impious; and Christianity itself has offered no exception to this rule. The Trial of Henry Hetherington 2012-03-06T03:00:21.680Z
It is even impious to say 'Was' or 'Will be' of Being; for these are the varyings and passings and changings of that which by nature cannot abide in Being. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z
Inoculation and vaccination were deemed impious attempts to interfere with the decrees of Providence. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z
How lately did its advocates, with impious boldness, maintain it as God's own; to be venerated and cherished as divine! Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z
Then, it was nothing unusual to see the impious sinner of yesterday become a meek repentant suppliant for admission into some monastery to-day, where he could expiate and atone for his former grievous excesses. Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History 2012-02-29T03:00:24.937Z
All Arguments were vain——yet still one Way remains, Which cannot fail, to stop the Progress of this impious Love. The Perjur'd Husband 2012-02-21T03:00:19.123Z
"The little Pelops, met by the impious sword, while he was running to receive his father's kiss, fell a premature victim on the hearth." Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 104, October 25, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-20T03:00:18.340Z
It is grievous to see the intellectual faculties of man perverted in such idle, one might venture to say, in such impious researches. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z
Even Byron is rather sulky and desperate than melancholy; Keats is sad because he is sickly; Shelley because he is impious; but Scott is inherently and consistently sad. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z
He there speaks very briefly and slightingly of life insurance, probably because it was then regarded as impious by religionists of his complexion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z
Ha——Tears uncall'd for bathe my guilty Eyes—— Gods! either give me Virtue to withstand This impious Love, or Courage to pursue it Without Remorse; for I'm but half a Villain. The Perjur'd Husband 2012-02-21T03:00:19.123Z
"Ah, father," said Gerard, "in Juliers I could; then I was innocent; but now, impious monster that I am, I dare not confess to you." The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z
It seemed almost impious to her to have a girl in school. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z
Who has taught the equality of men before the law, and extinguished the impious thought that man can hold property in man? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z
A jealous public guarded their divine right from impious hands. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z
The Sun would blush to shine on such an impious Wretch. The Perjur'd Husband 2012-02-21T03:00:19.123Z
My impious ire against those two had its root in the heart; that heart then I must deaden, and, Dei gratiâ, I shall. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z
They seemed almost flippant to Yetta, impious, in the face of the great tragedy. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z
They filled the air with the ruins of temples and thrones, and with bloody hands tore in pieces the altar upon which their rights had been offered by an impious church. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z
So much virtue rests upon the business-man illusion that no one would lay an impious finger on it. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z
But far about they wander from the grave Of him, whom his ungentle fortune urg'd Against his own sad breast to lift the hand Of impious violence. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z
The popular identification of Protestantism with all that is impious and criminal we encountered as early as our second afternoon in Spain. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z
He began to reflect upon his sins, and the power of that grace which cleanseth from sin, so long the subject of his impious ridicule. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z
But the men of Jerusalem and the unclean invaded Egypt, and displayed such impious rage against the Egyptians, that to those who witnessed their wickedness their dominion seemed the worst of all. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z
Forbear, forbear—by Hogarth is pourtray'd The Fate of those thy precepts have betray'd, As in a Mirror's seen each impious Joy, That Courts the Victim only to destroy. The Harlot's Progress, The Rake's Progress (MS., CA. 1778-1780) 2012-01-25T03:00:37.903Z
Conceive the almost impious inadequacy of calling the Streatham Hill mansions of City magnates “respectable.” The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z
She had first heard of him in her girlhood, as an impious and sacrilegious person, to be shunned by all good Christians. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z
The modern story of this crucified God, which represents him as having been bound to a rock for thirty years, while vultures preyed upon his vitals, Mr. Higgins pronounces an impious Christian fraud. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z
Fond, impious man! think'st thou yon sanguine cloud Raised by thy breath, can quench the orb of day? Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z
It would be impious to envy the denizens of milder climes. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z
Thy impious finger, would it, then, re-borrow The nails, the spear, each circumstance of sorrow? The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z
In a pamphlet he pointed out the reasons which induced him to take this step, and at the same time he called attention to the impious statutes contained in the popish jurisprudence. Life of Luther with several introductory and concluding chapters from general church history 2012-01-12T03:00:13.267Z
And amid all this the unbelief of impious nations rages against the Church of Christ, which works out victory by patience, and by preserving unshaken faith against the cruelty of opponents. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z
Be assured, while you have the protection of the Almighty, these impious vile wretches will not, cannot, prevail against you. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z
The pride which, if I considered it at all as an error, I accounted the 'glorious fault' of noble minds, was reprobated as an impious absurdity. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z
Immediately Khayyam, irritated, improvised this impious quatrain, addressed to the All-Powerful: �Thou hast broken my pitcher of wine, my God! The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z
It would also be an impious assertion, to say that Christ's flesh profiteth nothing. Life of Luther with several introductory and concluding chapters from general church history 2012-01-12T03:00:13.267Z
To speak the Truth, will not a Man in all the Christian Countries, that is notoriously impious in Word or Deed, will he not be taken to Talk by the Consistories, and by the Law? The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-07T03:00:17.127Z
To the Hebrew prophets the cult of Baal-peor was not so much a false as an impious creed. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z
But also I have really got hold of an old Epicurean so desperately impious in his recommendations to live only for To-day that the good Mahometans have scarce dared to multiply MSS. of him. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z
Johanna Southcote had twenty thousand followers in this country—she was encouraged in her impious and indecent conduct—whilst the publisher of "The Age of Reason" is prosecuted, but not allowed to be defended. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z
The belief of such impious absurdities shows that the unbounded credulity of man is the safety of the priest. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z
God, acting always through Nature, always by universal and self-evident laws, would not permit a thousand sects of ignorant, profane, impious, blaspheming Priests, to mislead, impoverish, and barbarize the people. The Character Of A Priest 2011-12-24T03:07:58.807Z
All discretion was at length thrown to the winds and doctrines irreligious and impious began to be taught openly and without reserve. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z
The monks united against this work; they declared it to be impious, injurious to the ecclesiastical state, and the author suspected of all the heresies of those who speak with contempt of mendicant friars. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z
The impious will not see the glory of Christ, whom they had before despised in life, but they will then see him awful whom humble they had contemned. 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
For who would not detest that insolent and impious assertion, ‘That man can live without sin of his own free will, and not through the grace of God?’ Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z
In her agony she called upon the captain to fire the powder on board, and to let her die with her friends, rather than that those impious hands should touch her. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z
Not content with forcing its impious books into the public schools, it proposes to lay hands upon private schools as well, and to so trouble them with surveillance so as to compel their dispersion. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z
She hungered and thirsted for righteousness; and was the most impious creature in the world. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z
We will also relate to you concerning the end of the impious adversary of God, Julian. 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
He, therefore, commanded them to be attacked first, and then destroyed the rest of the impious army, not without great loss of his own forces. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z
He drew lurid word-pictures of the terrible consequences to the Church throughout Europe should the impious rebels succeed in their object of setting up a Puritan republic in England. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z
The faithful should remember the fate which follows those impious sects which permit themselves to be bound by a yoke, for they have themselves with cynical audacity proclaimed their motto: "Decatholicise France!" The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z
It had been proclaimed aloud that I had called them all thieves, retorted against my mother with scandalous and impious audacity, and betrayed my determination to make myself the tyrant of the household. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z
Of three impious sins we have heard,—the unholy celebration of his birth-tide, and the giddy dancing of the maiden, and the father's presumptuous oath. 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
He had enjoined Claes also to leave the bosom of our Mother Holy Church, and uttered other impious words to which Claes made answer only with these words: ‘Cruel murderers! my poor brother!’ The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z
There was in the imaginary portrait of the Author of Evil still an awful and impious defiance of the Forces that controlled all nature and him as a part of nature. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z
It was only natural, therefore, that the impious spirit of 1789 should fasten its fangs upon this order of men and women and do them to death. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z
"I wish to say nothing in the least impious; but if it is to be in good time the answer must come now; before Cloverlea is sold, and you are homeless." A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z
He destroyed the murderers, because he fiercely slew the impious persecutors, as we read everywhere in the passions of the martyrs. 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
Or perhaps he sits comfortably in his rooms discoursing lightly of the impious philosophies that are the studies of the classman, and writes Horatian verse for the "Isis" and the "Oxford Magazine." An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z
But God, who is just, did not listen to the impious prayer of the unrighteous, praised be His name for ever. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z
Referring to these manifestations the impious one wrote: "My entry into Paris was more triumphant than that of Jesus into Jerusalem." The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z
Men however are not shocked by these impious propositions. Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul 2011-11-24T03:00:45.230Z
The gentle sheep then baptized the impious Saul, and made him the pious Paul. 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
Vena being an impious and tyrannical prince, was cursed by the Brahmans, and, in consequence, died without issue. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z
Such revelation had been less difficult than spoken words; for all words on a subject that had now become so holy appeared to her impious. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z
It was highly acceptable to a social order, at that time immoral and impious to a degree; but its venom gradually overflowed to the masses, ever eager to imitate the excesses of the great. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z
Divide into syllables, indicate the accent, and pronounce the following: expand volume defect interesting mischievous    usually incomparable    theatre exquisite tedious hospitable generally column inquiry    impious In the following words the meaning changes with the accent. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z
Roman men, heard ye the comfort of the devils to this impious, who dreads not our irritated gods, nor the devised torments? 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
For that art, the pursuit of which is unquestionably not impious, nor offensive, nor mean, we may esteem honourable. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z
The ecclesiastics, who declared that it was impious to assert that the earth is a globe, are vexed that they have been found wrong in their arrogant statements. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z
Praise God and pray, Walk seventy times, not seven, the Temple round— And impious remain! A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z
Madeleine had, by degrees, sanctified all the seats in the garden; had taken the impious chill even off the iron ones, by reading her little manuals on each in turn. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z
Saul the impious scourged the christians, but after his conversion the pious Paul for the name of Christ was often scourged. 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
The booty of the soldier, however, is frequently impious, because in the fury of the fighting he seizes all goods, sacred as well as profane. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z
I did many a penance that week before I felt myself absolved from my impious frivolity. A Tale of the Kloster A Romance of the German Mystics at the Cocalico 2011-11-11T03:00:32.153Z
Bridle thine impious tongue, Merodac; what the dweller in immortal fire hath decreed, will be accomplished, though by weak and worthless creatures such as these. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z
Oh impious! some Judgment cannot be far off. The Old Debauchees. A Comedy (1732) 2011-11-06T02:00:14.457Z
Longsome would it be to recount the ends of all the impious persecutors, how sternly the Almighty God avenged on them the sufferings of his saints. 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
Shade of Crebillon, pardon this impious archæologist, who thus, with ruthless hands, destroyed "at one fell swoop" the brilliant scaffolding of your vanity! The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z
They fulminated excommunications; and published dreadful threats of punishment hereafter for the crime that had been committed by placing an impious hand upon wealth which they asserted belonged to God alone. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z
Since these impious and detestable Saxons have disdained to keep faith with me, I, to keep faith with God, will endeavour to revenge the blood of my countrymen this day upon them. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z
Looking at the question from the religious standpoint," she said, "it is impious to suppose we can take the Creator by surprise or defeat His ends. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z
The righteous will afterwards dwell nowhere but with God in the kingdom of heaven, and the impious nowhere but with the devil in hell-torments. 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
Profane impious wretches!" he cried, in a voice of appalling harshness, "is it thus you do penance for your sins? The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z
Tyrants, in outrage to nature, continue to burn an impious incense on those Altars! Considerations on Religion and Public Education 2011-10-19T02:00:19.747Z
The people were everywhere unable to resist: some of them were driven by the impious wretches over the sea into Gaul. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z
The humanity of Englishmen would have rejected, with horror, such impious wit. Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z
All creatures acknowledged their Creator's advent, save only the impious Jews. 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
“How now, ye impious violators of the tomb! ye worse than famine-stricken wolves, that rake up the dead in churchyards!” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z
This was truly an impious command to give, for the Persians hold fire to be a god, and never by any chance burn their dead. 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
Auricular confession and the forgiveness of sins by man they rejected as impious. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z
This unreasonable, unscriptural, and impious doctrine, is inculcated especially in the confessional. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z
He knew with certainty the number both of chosen angels and of chosen men, and also of the haughty spirits and impious men, who through their impiety perish. 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
He therefore, though a God, induced his disciples and prophets, with whom he ate and drank, to become impious. Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix 2011-10-12T02:00:42.117Z
Tertullian writes:—“That impious custom continued in Africa down to the times of Tiberias.” 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
I would go further, and ask, Is there any thing in Paganism equally impious or more revolting to God or man? Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z
On those deep walls the heathen Dane Had poured his impious rage in vain.’ The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z
The pious one was heard, and the impious justified. 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
They likewise suggested to him, that the ancestors of the Jews were driven out of Egypt as impious and hateful to the Gods. Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix 2011-10-12T02:00:42.117Z
The man who ventured to exercise his judgment was charged with being a weakling, or opened himself to the impious accusation in a democratic community that he regarded himself greater than his party. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z
Monstrous, horrible, and impious, as these absurdities are, I once believed them myself. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z
There are family customs, which it is almost impious to neglect. Three Hours after Marriage 2011-10-10T02:00:20.823Z
With that word he manifested that more of the Jewish elders meditated the slaying of Christ; but it befell them very rightly, that they with their impious lord all perished. 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
Come, lead away This wicked crew, this impious horde. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z
Nor threats nor promises my mind can move; Your furious anger, nor your impious love. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z
And the English make mock of me, spreading broadcast the most shameful pamphlets which assert that I am being bribed by the Pope to afflict their country with every kind of impious burning and persecution. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z
God had been very good to him: disloyal and impious to anticipate aught but goodness at His hands. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z
Ye sticklers for upholding the present impious system of church government, what say ye to this? Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z
Michael: What, then, doth move God's Stadtholder thus to oppose himself Against God, as the impious head and chief Of mad conspirators? Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z
The love of you can never impious be; You are so pure—— That in the act 'twould change the impiety. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z
He scolds the Alexandrians that petition him to rescind the decree of banishment: he reviles Athanasius himself; he calls him an impious villain, a vile Manich�an. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z
You would be charged with having, thanks to such diabolical jugglery, deceived the people by holding yourself out as inspired by God, whom you would be outraging in a most infamous, abominable, impious manner! The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z
The Crew thought themselves lost, and in a Moment the most impious Expressions were chang'd into those of Devotion, which continu'd till the Hurricane left us. The Travels and Adventures of James Massey 2011-09-13T02:00:31.293Z
The fairest e'er seen by Thine eye Oh I keep the Archangel e'er in Heaven; Let him atone this impious deed. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z
The Brazen Age came next; men grew fierce and warlike, but were not as yet altogether impious. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z
"It is shameful," writes the Emperor, "that the impious Galileans should support our people as well as their own." Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z
Turning to Joan, the Bishop asks: "Do you confess having wickedly sinned in that, and of having been impious and sacrilegious?" The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z
They looked on it as a kind of orthodoxy which it had come to be almost impious to challenge. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z
The impious wretches!" cried Apafi indignantly, "to turn such precious masterpieces of art into lime. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z
The impious prince had just received an ambassador from the Molossians. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z
This hypothesis seemed so impious to the Roman Church, that she made God's Omnipresence, even in the smallest fragments of the Eucharist, an article of Faith. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z
Smite Thou my debtors, Lord, wither them, crush them; do Thou as I would do, and Thou shalt have my worship: this was the impious tower of stone she built up to scale heaven. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z
Many an impious offender was caught in this way, to wit, renegades, traitors, saracens, cannibals, highwaymen, and spies. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z
Cornelius was inclined to accept the drought, as the unenlightened Boer accepts scab and other evils, as a visitation of Providence which it would be futile as well as impious to attempt to evade. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z
The indignant Dryades went to Ceres in mourning garb, and invoked vengeance on the head of their impious foe. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z
I heard his discordant voice break quaveringly into sudden vehemence and volubility; now croaking—now shrieking, as he oscillated between protests, threats, and impious appeals to the God who will "judge the secrets of men!" In a Glass Darkly, v. 3/3 2011-08-25T02:00:28.717Z
White soul, what impious voice hath dared to blame With virulent slander thine unsullied life? The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z
The rocks, hurled one upon another, split asunder, discovering bottomless abysses, and the mountains, hitherto so still and peaceful, hurled flames and burning stones into the sky in impious anarchy. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z
Whence I shall draw an argument from examples, which, to condemn, were impious, and, to deny, were most impudent. 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
The whole nation regarded Socrates as an impious innovator, and would have put to death Anaxagoras, but for the strenuous intercession of Pericles. 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
To believe these to be religious virtues is impious. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z
Reader, do not be offended at the title of this short article, and call it impious. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z
The prayers of the five men appeased the wrath of heaven, and no sooner had the Lord withdrawn His chastening hand, than the impious pride of the people returned to their hearts. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z
And as to this species of monarchy; men are never left at liberty to clothe therewith any inept or impious person. 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
I was satisfied that this decision was in the order of his providence, and, come what might, I could never regret it, or spend one vain, impious wish that I had taken another course. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z
For where with impious hearts Men sin against the all-acknowledged Gods, And yet escape unpunish'd, who can think The altar of a cat will be more holy, Or prompter to avenge itself, than they? The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z
With pious sacrilege a grave I stole; With impious piety that grave I wrong'd; Short in my duty, coward in my grief! Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 83, May 31, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc 2011-07-26T02:00:17.693Z
That was a very impious kind of fraud indeed, but it seems quite clear that it was perpetrated. The Romantic Story of the Mayflower Pilgrims And Its Place in the Life of To-day 2011-07-18T02:00:23.730Z
I have already told you, impious maligner of the holiest of men, that I know where my duty lies. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z
Will you not even now comply, impious man? The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z
And the same Clearchus says that, in olden time, about Trœzen, it was considered impious to try to catch either the polypus, which was called sacred, or that one which was called the rower. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z
I am unworthy of this goodness.—I confess even now I entered this castle with an impious determination to extort by force— Sang. The Castle of Andalusia A Comic Opera, in Three Acts 2011-07-09T02:00:12.740Z
Would we be knights with honour, we must keep faith and promise, even with these most impious murderers; and I have vowed to God and to Our Lady to rule righteously. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z
Who will be so impious as to say that she was spoilt in the making? The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z
“Do ye not fear God, O impious ones, that ye would rob His servant?” said the mûllah, waxing wroth in his desperation. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z
The look which accompanied this impious speech was almost diabolical. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z
I fly, it must be owned, from Aricia, The soul survivor of an impious race. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z
Some say they are words of impious blasphemy; some say they are words of living truth. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z
He ended by pronouncing the direst anathemas upon any one becoming accessory to the impious deed which the woman contemplated. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z
An impious reign of seven hundred years hath expired, and the Moor is at length lowered from his pride; while the cross is elevated above the banners of the false prophet. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z
What those "ends" are one almost hesitates to formulate, so impious and almost insane do they appear. H. P. Blavatsky A Great Betrayal 2011-06-12T02:00:09.327Z
I refused to the impious man the distinguished favour which God had denied to him. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z
To vindicate Shakspeare, at whom this unguarded blow seemed levelled, the historian of our poetry, seated in his professorial chair, flung his lightning on the impious critic. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z
I will lay on him my fierce, fragile hand When I am weary of the impious play; For well these harpy talons understand To furrow to his heart their crimson way. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z
One of its early martyrs was Julius Caesar Vanini, who was burned at Toulouse, in the year 1619, aged 34, as "an impious and obstinate Atheist." Heresy: Its Utility And Morality A Plea And A Justification 2011-05-31T02:00:37.797Z
What avenging God will come to confound this impious prophet who seeks to reduce humanity to the level of a troop of obedient automata!... H. P. Blavatsky A Great Betrayal 2011-06-12T02:00:09.327Z
Honour! 'tis the fiend Who feeds on orphans' tears and widows' groans, And slakes his impious thirst in brothers' blood. The Fatal Falsehood 2011-05-31T02:00:36.033Z
Once with impious temerity he had ventured on questioning 626 the dead! Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z
Is it not even impious to believe it? or could anything less than the fury of cannibals urge to the persecution of sensible and modest men for not believing it?' The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z
But, lo! when the impious goose tried to do likewise, he 66 flapped and flapped and could not stir from the ground. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z
The most impious wars ever made were called—‘Holy Wars.’ Christian Sects in the Nineteenth Century 2011-05-17T02:00:19.317Z
His theory of the state, despite Grotius and Jurieu, rejected as odious and even impious the notion of any popular rights, anterior and superior to his own. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z
Till America comes into this measure, her prayers to Heaven will be impious. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z
The abandonment of the fort of Issy announced in an impious placard by the wretch who surrendered it, was only the first act of the drama. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z
When impious hands destroyed the sacred shrine, the bell was spared and transported beyond the seas, where, wreathed with evergreens, it waited the day when it would again give forth its harmonious notes. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z
The alleged oath is scurrilous, wicked and libelous and must be the invention of an impious and venomous mind. Ku Klux Klan Secrets Exposed Attitude toward Jews, Catholics, Foreigners and Masons. Fraudulent Methods Used. Atrocities Committed in Name of Order. 2011-04-28T02:00:15.077Z
But her aunt had shown such genuine consternation at this impious inquiry, that the girl did not venture to repeat it. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z
Really, there is something almost impious in it. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z
The tragic heroes were not mere stage characters, they considered; they were often ancestors or national heroes, and it was impious to represent them as speaking ordinary language, or sharing the weaknesses of ordinary men. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z
"Monster! the cup of death hath its own bitterness, and needs not thy impious words to drug it." Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z
After all, lefthandedness was impious in religion, subversive to discipline in military affairs and unlisted in business. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z
Some of them were detected with articles stolen from the sacred edifice, and the colonel was requested to have the impious robbers arrested. When the Ku Klux Rode 2011-04-06T02:00:03.767Z
It is a pernicious and impious custom, either seriously or seemingly to argue against the gods.” History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z
Few would care to face their fellows as blasphemers and impious thinkers on behalf of an unsupported theory. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z
Look at this country at present, and remember it when it was even thought impious to doubt the justice of a trial by combat. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z
I don't know; but if he does not, his discipline is not asceticism at all, but folly, and impious folly, too. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z
Let the blood which flows fall upon the head of royalty, it alone has called down this impious struggle! The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z
Now, since the outrageous and even impious conduct of Uncle Franz, the question had risen, who should be regarded as the heir to the business and the name? Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z
Their pretended justification of the impious assumption was as horrible as the act itself, and constitutes the dreadful doctrine of supererogation. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z
I am sure that he will find a medicine to cure thy illness, and in no case will he offend thee by impious expressions.” The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z
"This activity is not just impious and tasteless, it is also immoral as regards the law against unfair competition," it said. Dead lucky? Germany's 'tasteless' funeral contest 2011-03-07T13:27:21Z
That would seem impious, and would inspire you with just contempt for me and for those teachings I have disgraced. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z
Then I shall no longer be your spiritual bride, and it would be impious to become your earthly wife.' Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z
The reverential respect so rendered developed later into the impious practice of martyr worship. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z
Giulia felt herself strengthened by that dream-world of the Bast, everything painful and impious faded away in that mild, softening twilight. Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z
It almost looks as if it were impious desecration of your sanctuary. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z
“The weapon, however,” say the holy fathers, “dropped miraculously from his impious hand,” and for a season the last extremity of vengeance was exchanged for a system of vile durance. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z
I beseech you, urgently, such thoughts are impious, such deeds can alter nothing. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z
An unnamed “local political observer” in Tripoli told American diplomats that Muatassim’s “carousing and extravagance angered some locals, who viewed his activities as impious and embarrassing to the nation.” WikiLeaks Cables Detail Qaddafi Family?s Exploits 2011-02-23T01:50:08Z
She had but one alternative, the fearful alternative of losing him for ever, or of conquering him by impious defiance of law and custom. Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z
This impious boasting satisfied Zâl he could do no good; and he even refused to become regent of Persia in the absence of Ky-Kâoos, but promised to aid with his counsel. Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental 2011-02-22T03:00:06.247Z
He puts this impious doctrine into the mouth of Holy Willie. The Real Robert Burns 2011-02-18T03:00:20.253Z
Reising passed his hand across his brow in order to chase away the impious dreams. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z
Three thousand monks, kept up by importation, three thousand laborers or servants, imported likewise, but no home production of animals—that is considered odious and impious. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z
These were so scandalized at the impious acts that they sent one of their number as a deputy to carry the news to the great prophet. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z
Or dost thou think the impious wish forgiven, Because, when thunder shakes the vault of heaven, The bolt innoxious flies o'er thee and thine, To rend the forest oak and mountain pine? Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z
Suffer me, O man, to undergo punishment, the impious, the cursed, the hated of gods and spirits. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z
As he uttered these impious words, another flash of flame lit up the crowded dusk with unearthly light; the building seemed to rock and crash; the fingers of the storm beat heavily upon the windows. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z
It was not because the ceremony consisted of mysteries, of hidden acts and words, which it was impious to reveal, and which the initiated alone might know. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z
I shuddered as I heard that man distribute the empire of the world among his disciples in the name of such an impious doctrine. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z
Hate conquers love, And love puts impious hate to flight. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z
"Cease, sir," Father Eustace said, interposing himself between Dr. Ashleigh and the sister, now pale and almost gasping for breath; "cease these impious insults!" A Search For A Secret (Vol 1 of 3) A Novel 2011-01-22T03:00:18.233Z
Moshé hesitated; the thought of what his wife would say, again welled up strongly within him; all his new impious daring seemed to be melting away. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z
Ah!" exclaimed Reuben bitterly, "better were it to cause the impious to lose every drop of blood in his veins than to inspire a single evil thought in the just. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z
No cause for the absurd and impious insinuation of the Scribes and Pharisees is assigned by St. Mark: however, he suggests an important circumstance, that they came from Jerusalem to watch the conduct of Jesus. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z
Standing before the gates, �neas is told of the suffering which these must undergo whose souls, by reason of impious lives on earth, are past all reach of cure. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z
May it please Thee so to ordain it that this shall be the last time blood is shed in these impious conflicts! The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z
By heaven, but marriage is an impious thing! Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z
The next reign saw Kildare’s son and successor as deputy in the Tower, and his grandson, Silken Thomas, raising a madcap rebellion which was made impious by the murder of an archbishop. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z
Such men would have considered it sacrilegious and impious to alter or reject any part of it. Breaking with the Past Catholic Principles Abandoned at the Reformation 2011-01-13T03:01:01.257Z
And so far from the assumption being less objectionable or less dangerous because the opinion is called immoral or impious, this is the case of all others in which it is most fatal. On Liberty 2011-01-12T03:00:34.363Z
This impious and desperate tyranny is fostered by the pope's disciples, who here drag in and pervert that saying of Christ, "He that heareth you heareth me." Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z
He would not, could not, do so mad, so impious a thing. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z
It is impious of you to say it cannot be. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z
To write more about it now would be impious. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z
If resistance waits till life is reduced nearly to one uniform type, all deviations from that type will come to be considered impious, immoral, even monstrous and contrary to nature. On Liberty 2011-01-12T03:00:34.363Z
These he must resist, do the very opposite and offend them boldly, lest by their impious views they drag many with them into error. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z
But by instant and earnest prayer—closing his two eyes, with his two hands still holding the sacramental bread—the devout priest had vanquished the impious Devil. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z
Her love in secret long hath grown, And much she fears her parents' ire; She knows her father sets his face Against her lover's impious race, But still, her troth is plighted now. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z
By some he was told that the enterprise was criminal and impious; whilst others, again, applauded it. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z
"They were impious devils!" exclaimed the mayor reprovingly. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z
Out of his one storehouse, his own impious head. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z
Now, tyrant, behold the completion of woe fulfilled on thy impious and devoted head! Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z
Was it not the intervention of the blessed Virgin herself to scare us—the impious desecraters of her holy Church—from our evil ways? Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z
His passion is often impious in its earthiness; his yearning, sacrilege. Paul Verlaine 2010-12-28T03:00:19.670Z
The truce was within three days of its expiration and Garstoff, overjoyed at the success of his impious design, hastened to prepare for its execution. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z
He, therefore, is blind and impious, who dares assert that God does not love all men alike. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z
Is the Simurgh* coming to pluck out my eyes, as a punishment for undertaking this impious enterprise?” Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z
Sister Remigia, shocked by these impious words, which it was sacrilege even to listen to, gathered up her cloak and hastened to depart, motioning to Edith to follow. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z
In these impious words God is humanized vividly, and yet, by the very bitterness of the struggle with His all-goodness, the poet imbues Him with an absolute perfection. Paul Verlaine 2010-12-28T03:00:19.670Z
I was one of those impracticable and defiant spirits who, standing more in need than any other of the chastisements of Heaven, resent its discipline as an outrage, and upbraid its justice with impious fury. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z
For in conformity to the inward principle of corruption, there is now a sort of necessity that the soul should live a perverse and impious life. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z
The gait of those impious personages was haughty and determined. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z
Quite apart from those inhuman figures and graphs, this book that he was contemplating approached—I will risk saying it—the impious. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z
"I hate the impious crowd and stave them off," was the scholar's maxim then. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z
Your contemplating suicide would be—you will pardon the phrase—cowardly and impious. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z
We have daily before our eyes the extreme wickedness of men, their horrid pride, savage hatred, barbarous enviousness, and other impious qualities, with which they tear one another, after the manner of wild beasts. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z
Isabella, who gathered courage from her situation, and who dreaded nothing so much as Manfred’s pursuit of his declaration, cried: “Look, my lord! see, Heaven itself declares against your impious intentions!” Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z
A few moments ago I risked the word "impious." The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z
The believer can scarce earn his food, while the impious infidel is favoured. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments
For even the impious Nestorius, though he divided the divine taking of the manhood from the Lord, and introduced two Sons, did not venture to speak of two Wills. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII
The deed was so cruel and impious, that the very sun is said to have started back in amazement; and the unhappy Thyestes slew himself with his sword. Heathen Mythology
He pronounced it to be an unjust and an impious attempt to support oppression, and to stifle freedom in its cradle. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16
How often have I seen my dearest friend a widow, and her charming prattlers orphans exposed to all the insolence of unfeeling, impious tyrants! Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams
And Augustus, if he may have indulged in impious revels in his youth, which recall the wanton freaks of Alcibiades,2722 had two great characteristics of the old Roman mind, formalism and superstition. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius
The women could not bear that impious act. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII
He is the subject of many rabbinical fables, the Targumists and Talmudists regarding him, as most of the fathers did, in the light of an impious and godless man. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis
This is absurd, and even impious, for Nature is but another term for the Creator of all things, and He is infinitely wise. What a Young Husband Ought to Know
"Are you the impious men who despise the true faith, the madmen who blaspheme the Prophet of the Lord?" he said. Brother Francis Less than the least
The rhetor Aristides, in a fierce attack on the Cynic sect, makes it a reproach that they have much in common with “the impious in Palestine.” Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius
The emperor had learnt that this unhappy prelate had told to others an impious remark concerning the Mother of God, which the emperor had made, and enjoined silence about it. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII
That impious marriage may have taken place already.” The Little Minister
And if God is there, is it not impious to suppose that justice can fail?—that justice which He loved so much, as we have just seen. Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia.
Herod after all was an impious and barbaric tyrant, and resorted to this butchery in order to defend his crown. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster
In her rage Mrs. Hedderwick raised her arm as if to strike the impious suggester. The Gay Adventure A Romance
These unhappy creatures have no religious feeling, and still they never utter here an impious or irreligious word. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6
Blasphemies and impious jests broke out, interrupting the reading. Barbarossa and Other Tales
That Othomar had doubted the existence of God had struck her as impious, but it had not shattered her so much as his disbelief in their right. Majesty A Novel
The spiteful, impious and fiendish wife of Procurator Engelhardt had made my life at Spires a misery, but at Worms I suffered hunger and thirst and all the wretchedness of downright distress. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster
Next that letter of Nestorius was produced, which Cœlestine had pronounced blasphemous and impious. The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries
Fond impious man, thinkest thou yon sanguine cloud, Raised by thy breath, has quenched the orb of day? Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16
"Oh, father, the impious people of this community little dream at this hour that the punishment of heaven is ready to descend upon their heads!" The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter
This temptation was the bad example of the impious, idolatrous courtiers with whom the young physician associated. Mary, Help of Christians And the Fourteen Saints Invoked as Holy Helpers: Instructions, Novenas and Prayers with Thoughts of the Saints for Every Day in the Year
But side by side with greed and violence there was the moral revolt against "the fables, the absurdities, and the impious lies" of the pulpit, and against the vices of priest and monk. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster
Finally, the sentence pronounced by the Council, is written to the most impious Nestorius: 'The holy Council to Nestorius, another Judas: know thou hast been deposed by the holy Council. The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries
She lay there, giving full vent to her impious rancorous thoughts, wilfully destroying the last links that bound her to her fellow-creatures. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales
Years ago Father Knickerbocker had convulsions when it was proposed to lay impious rails on his sacred thoroughfare. Last Words
She was perfectly shocked at hearing of hospitals, and regarded the whole of the medical fraternity as impious. The New Gulliver and Other Stories
I am bound to remember that God has entrusted me with the punishment of gross and impious excesses. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster
It seemed to him that these young men had laid their impious hands upon his mother herself. Stories from Tagore
The offended god was supposed to take up his abode in the body of the impious eater and to generate there the very thing which he had eaten, till it caused his death. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II
Then he went into the post-office corner and laid impious hands on the United States Mail. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus
"What! you think, my lord, that we are capable of such an impious crime?" exclaimed Louis, who was astonished at Rinaldo's assurance. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century.
That, Sir, is scorn’d—it is the impious stain You’ve brought on Stella, to the end of life, And robs her all the comforts of a wife. An Address to a Wealthy Libertine or, the Melancholy Effects of Seduction; with a Letter from an Unfortunate Farmer's Daughter, to her Parents in Norfolk
The heart of him must be calmer or more impious than mine, who, only for a moment, can see with indifference between himself and destruction, nothing but a quivering plank. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise
Perhaps, though this is not mentioned by our authorities, it would have been deemed impious to shed his sacred blood in his native land. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II
Had she been fair, and not so virtuous, This deed had not been half so impious. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15
And to think," continued the Pope, "that the Emperor, instead of fighting against the Crescent, encourages the enemies of our holy religion by his own impious struggles against the Apostolic See. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century.
The impious toy was introduced to the Holy of Holies, and the Dalai Lama walked round it uneasily as it emitted the strains of English band music, and raucously repeated an indelicate Bhutanese song. The Unveiling of Lhasa
Glory be to the Lord, who drowns impious wretches in the cataracts of his wrath! The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess
Hence an angry priest knocked the proud and impious king on the head, and the blood of the slain monarch flowed into a neighbouring stream, where it was drunk by a great fresh-water eel. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II
Honor! ’tis the fiend Who feeds on orphans’ tears and widows’ groans, And slakes his impious thirst in brothers’ blood. Lives of Celebrated Women
It is a bad custom, an impious custom! Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century.
Despite, however, these sceptical and impious opinions, Sandara could not prevent himself from feeling high admiration of the Christian doctrine.  Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2
My son owed his fortune to an impious ambition ... and the fortune came near being fatal to him. The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess
This conduct is regarded as impious, and as an awful example to be avoided, in Maori pahs. Custom and Myth New Edition
The spirit of God can do wondrous things when not thwarted by the impious hand of man. Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York
Yes, madame," he said, "it is an irreligious, an impious act. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century.
So he lay there and said curt, impious prayers to Chance that the God of Whimsy would help him to his own undoing. Shadows of Flames A Novel
"Glory be to the Lord, who drowns impious wretches in the cataracts of his wrath!" The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess
The impious, whoever he may be, ought not to go unpunished. Custom and Myth New Edition
"The humour of the situation appealed to me—it proved irresistible—but the bargain in no way binds you seeing that it was I who had been impious enough to lay hands upon your daughter." The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel
The ecclesiastical spirit is less and less valued every day; the liberty of the Church no longer exists except in name, and her property is at the mercy of impious hands. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century.
I strove, likewise, to demonstrate the cruelty and fierce anger of the impious Tyrant, who stands on the upper level of the court to behold his vengeance and the death of S. Gismondo. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 10 (of 10) Bronzino to Vasari, & General Index.
This fresh proof of the omnipotence of the Lord will serve to edify, comfort, console and delight all pious, and terrify the impious. The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess
He hath become their God, one impious and profane, But strong and unreproved, ascendant on Thy wane. Satan Absolved
How can you expect a blessing to follow such impious conduct, Captain Williams? Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II.
"Holy Father, are you then decided to allow yourself to be made prisoner by these impious men?" asked the good prior, with an emotion which touched his hearer. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century.
Let impious grief be banish’d, joy indulged; But chiefly then, when Grief puts in her claim. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes
For this, and his attacks on the priesthood, and his frequently putting piety in antithesis to morality, he was at last accused of being an impious and irreligious man. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence
It says:—"Whatsoever impious man violates this sepulchre, may he die the last of his own people!" Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15
Resistance and lamentations were alike useless; even prayers for self-preservation appeared impious. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II.
Ermond the Black, a monk and familiar of Louis the Pious in this impious war, wrote its account in Latin verse. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century
With pious sacrilege, a grave I stole; With impious piety, that grave I wrong’d; Short in my duty; coward in my grief! Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes
When Li Min, in waiting on the table that night, first saw the emerald Buddha his impulse was to seize it at once and remove it from the impious hands of the foreign devils. The Green God
But as they grew tumultuous, and he saw that this impious homage gave offence to his men, he caused the principal leaders to be seized and thrown into prison. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens"
She has flung herself from her proud and happy throne, wounding our faith with impious sacrilege! The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar
I invoke the assistance of the God of Heaven, Christ our Saviour, whom to neglect is impious Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards
On such a theme, ’tis impious to be calm; Passion is reason, transport temper, here. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes
Good Lamas, they say, are incapable of performing such acts, and should not even desire to attain the impious talent. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2]
Ah! these are not like that impious Nazarene, who rails and blasphemes at the most sacred things, when he dares to declare that we need not observe the Sabbath!' The Silver Cross or The Carpenter of Nazareth
After a tedious and impious harangue by a famous preacher, whose false statements she would not listen to in silence, Jeanne consented to sign an abjuration which did not affect the validity of her claim. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10)
And if a man transgresses what the law imposes, he will be impious; or rather he will not dare transgress, for he could not escape. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition
Bitter as such ingratitude was, it counted as nothing in comparison with the profanation of using the holiest things of religion, the sacred ornaments of the Church, to carry out these impious rites. Black Diamonds
At the time of its publication I was still within the fold of the Episcopal Church, and, judging by hearsay, was prepared to find the discourse a tissue of impious and sacrilegious statements. Reminiscences, 1819-1899
I heeded not his atrocious plea, but leaned with all my might on his chest, which cracked under my knee, and, squeezing his throat with my two hands, I strangled the impious one. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels
To my dear daughter: It is among us a custom ancient but impious that sisters shall not share with their brothers in the heritage of the paternal land. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10)
Nor want there others in the hostile band Who draw their swords against their native land; And, headlong driv'n, by impious rage accurs'd, In rank were foremost, and in fight the first. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem
"It seems so unreal—almost impious, Herbert, as though we were acting a sham part in a terribly solemn act," she exclaimed, as we seated ourselves. A Marriage at Sea
Lastly, religion, through the knowledge which it has of what is pious and what is impious, is love’s intermediary between men and gods. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern
"Let him alone awhile," he said: "only pray God for him, and he will of himself find out by reading how wrong the Manich�ans are, and how impious their doctrine is." Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation
The voice of the people rose in wrath against their impious king; it was he who was bringing all this woe upon the land. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10)
He did not think of such a thing, but cursed the gods briefly and then turned off his impious brain and began to wolf down his food. The Buttoned Sky
Gestures render their figures of speech more comprehensible; with the cynicism of dogs, they call everything by its own name, in an impious and obscene parade of oaths and curses. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty
None know on whom they cast their hoary surf; with what ferocity they hover over shipwrecks, looking at times as if they flung their impious foam-flakes in the face of heaven. Toilers of the Sea
Yes, you are right, colonel," put in Sir Arthur, with a touch of his old pomposity; "the government shall know how its representative was delivered from the hands of these impious fiends. Guy in the Jungle A Boy's Adventure in the Wilds of Africa
The impious revel was suddenly and summarily squelched. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade
Once he was on a voyage with some impious men. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12
He was no longer the sinner, the impious presumer, which he had before held himself; he began to think with joy that he was worthy of the love of the innocent Rose. Specimens of German Romance; Vol. II. Master Flea Selected and Translated from Various Authors
Never talk to me again of your impious projects, sir.’ The Woodlands Orchids
Say, to what end your impious arms engage? The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition
The presence of an impious oath breaker was a social danger and he might be devoted to the infernal gods. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law
This dramatist, this impious being was, of all men in the world, the one who had most at heart the religion of the family, though he had no family himself. Priests, Women, and Families
And are those golden vessels, from the shrine And temple of the living God, brought forth, In impious derision? The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2
They held one of their impious festivals only last week. The Woodlands Orchids
Fortunately England and France have taken up arms against the impious crusade proclaimed by the Imperial Pope of Russia. A Treatise on Relics
Dear as the blood ye gave, No impious footsteps here shall tread The herbage of your grave. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906
This would be impious beyond all impiety!—The beautiful is the face of God! Priests, Women, and Families
Schindel, who had overheard him, exclaimed to Christopher, "What means the libertine by those impious words?" Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians
As long as this arm moves, it shall defend itself against every impious man who shall dare to injure its trunk."—"Weak is the protection," replied she, "which a mortal arm can afford! Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors
Of this Godhead, in itself, he alone is not imbecile—he alone is not impious who propounds—nothing. Eureka: A Prose Poem
It seemed like some impious blasphemy that man should fashion this most monstrous and ponderable of all his creations into the likeness of a thing that could float upon the yielding waters. Titanic
While impious Tárak in resistless might Was troubling heaven and earth with wild affright, To Brahmá's high abode, by Indra led, The mournful deities for refuge fled. The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa
Following the mighty wave of revolt which had swept the city, came a great receding wave of religious enthusiasm to atone in holy fervor for the impious act recently committed. Cathedrals of Spain
How the plan, for the execution of which, the most careful preparations were made with truly impious acuteness, proved a failure, is to me utterly incomprehensible. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors
What could be more natural than an appeal to force to put down such impious suggestions! The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance
In the face of these changes it were impious to doubt fortune’s kindness. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25)
They dread the demon's impious might, nor dare Speed their bright chariots through the fields of air. The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa
Sheltered under the sacred wing of religion, how many an impious wretch stalks secure from publick justice, “Whose mem'ries ought, and will perhaps yet live, In all the glare which infamy can give.” Essays on the Constitution of the United States
Must I tell thee, impious man, that thy ruler knoweth nothing of thy affair? Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors
His impious speech scandalized worthy Dame Sarah greatly. Pretty Michal
When the Prince of Hell heard this, he said to his impious officers: "Shut the brass gates . . . and make them fast with iron bars, and fight courageously." Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning
She professed to follow this guidance on such minute occasions, that I had almost said her piety seemed a little impious. Coelebs In Search of a Wife
See where he comes, with visage long and grim, Whining with nasal twang his impious hymn! Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion
It would be impious to attempt it on such a night as this. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1
Scarce had his impious hands the task begun;— Scarce had he ope'd the vast and mammoth thing,— When, from the trunk's interior Phlegethon, Came forth a horrid phantom, with a spring! The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3
Most of the ancient nations possessed myths concerning impious giants who attempted to storm heaven, either to share it with the immortal gods, or to expel them from it. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning
"Our King Chram has knelt down, and the impious man, the cause of all the trouble through his sacrilegious threats, he alone refuses obedience!" The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres
How long, oh Heaven! shall power with impious hand In cruel bondage bind proud Britain's land, Or heresy in fair Religion's robe Usurp her empire and control the globe!— Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion
"Our friend told you that that belief is idolatry, Stumpy," put in Joel with severity; "your fear is impious." The Gold Sickle or Hena, The Virgin of The Isle of Sen. A Tale of Druid Gaul
If he knew more of men than of their legs, perhaps he would be less impious, for, from the foot, he ought at length to arrive at the heart, and finally at the mind. The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. II.
The enemies call it imposture, that is impious. The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. I.
At the impious jest the holy man made a grimace of rage, remembering only recently he had actually officiated as cook, but not in paradise—it was in Vagrery. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres
The old way was the established order of the universe: to change it is fairly impious. Our Southern Highlanders
Ill-fated impious race, That blasphemed the bright lyrist to his face, And did not know it! Life of John Keats
It is really abominable," began dame Barbara, "that the Camelsarts have become so impious, that this year no processions can go to the village, which lies only six leagues from hence. The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. II.
Yet at this distance of time—half a century and more—it is impious to repine. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2)
There was, however, not a soul in sight except the slave who now ran towards him crying: "Seigneur, the impious Vagres who sacked the villa of our holy bishop have fled into the forest." The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres
Mrs. Carlyle, I acquit you of all guilt, save that of impious defiance, of rebellion against your God, whose grace could sweeten even the bitter dregs of the cup you have well-nigh drained.” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part
When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. Cato A Tragedy, in Five Acts
Is the idea that the children will only be sent if the Almighty wishes us to have them, and it is therefore impious to regulate the number? Modern marriage and how to bear it
Purgatorial pains—unless indeed they should prove eternal—are insufficient punishment for the impious man who invented Allegory. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2)
The impious rebel, seized with holy terror bows down his haughty forehead. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres
Of impious blasphemy there was no higher form. Mary Magdalen
An impious error led them to imitate the harmless mystery of the husbandman, the unceasing vegetable round whereby the corn resown in the furrow, brings forth its corn. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages
The suggestion that she had power to drive him away seemed almost impious. Under False Pretences A Novel
To shoot thee there—would be as impious as to have killed a sacred Ibis stalking in the shade of an Egyptian temple. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2)
Remove the cataracts of burning lava, that, in Your wrath at the impious, You are about to shower down upon them, and, perhaps, upon us also, miserable sinners that we all are! The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres
This cannot be disputed, nor will Mr. Jefferson dare to deny that he has, since he has been President of the United States, publicly made the Eucharist a subject of impious ridicule. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880.
These rash endeavours of an impious piety may evoke miracles strange and monstrous. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages
There is something monstrous, something superhumanly impious, in blasting your fellow-creatures with irresistible lightnings like this, as though you were a god instead of a man. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror
Our conclusion is in no wise impious, for though Solomon, Isaiah, Joshua, etc., were prophets, they were none the less men, and as such not exempt from human shortcomings. The Philosophy of Spinoza
"The impious man bowed down his rebellious head!" The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres
The insurrection was suppressed, but no one in Europe denounced the insurgents as bloodthirsty wretches, nor regarded their effort as an impious and anti-Christian rebellion against the powers ordained of God. A Letter to the Hon. Samuel Eliot, Representative in Congress From the City of Boston, In Reply to His Apology For Voting For the Fugitive Slave Bill.
This impious custom I have seen still followed in the South: a son of five-and-twenty chastising his mother when she got drunk. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages
How would his sad old heart have been torn could he have foreseen that in the weakness of senility he would expose to the 'impious vulgar' all the most sacred secrets of his home life! Home Life of Great Authors
The wooden-legged man uplifting the candle was like an impious spirit from the nether world, and it was not necessary to dwell upon the narrow chin, the sneering mouth, the spectral eye. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature
"The Franks respect the property of the Church and the servants of the Lord—while you, accursed pack, you dare to lift impious hands against both the property and the priests of the Church!" The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres
The doctrine of the separation of church and state, the document declared, was impious and absurd. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time
He was the wicked logician who, despising the clerical law, preserved and renewed that of jurists and philosophers, grounded on an impious faith, on the freedom of the will. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages
The common, impious, vulgar of this earth—what has it to do with my life or me? Home Life of Great Authors
A spirit of Conservatism suggested that it would be impious to disturb a status quo connected with Royalty. When Ghost Meets Ghost
How, my friends, do you mean to say that Ronan the Vagre, the impious wretch, dared to commit such a crime? The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres
They are the slaves and concubines of their masters, live and die in ignorance, and every effort to raise themselves above the rank assigned them, is regarded as impious arrogance. The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, January, 1835
What a hateful and impious idea, that my good, kind father, my mother so revered by all, should become the plaything of such a beast! La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages
To the victor of Jarnac he was specially urgent, supplicating him to counteract any leanings that might be shown to an impious mercy. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2
He told him that he had betrayed a sacred trust reposed in him, and acted in a manner at once impious and unjust. Cyrus the Great Makers of History
The forces of “the arch-rebel Benito Juarez” were concentrated in “a horde of impious thieves calling themselves the Army of the North.” The Missourian
The Observation, is but too true; And it is Pity the Ligislature do not contrive some Speedy Method to put an Effectual Stop to such impious Practices. The Covent Garden Theatre, or Pasquin Turn'd Drawcansir
And he makes her coldly say this impious and unclean thing: “When I have done with him, I will pass on to others: the young blood shall fall a prey to my fury.” La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages
No new branch of information was left unused by him for contributing to his impious purpose. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion
These questions were considered by all the curates as, to the last degree, audacious and impious. Shirley
Bereft, forlorn, by passion driven, And blanched with loss, by suffering riven, With impious heart I fled from Heaven ... Ioläus The man that was a ghost
This use We draw from the most impious murder done Since Calvary. The Poets' Lincoln Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President
Exactly as the Makers thought, which is why the statues are always single—" "But it is impious to say there was more than one Maker! The One and the Many
The doctrines of these people appeared so shockingly impious to my Brahman, that I could not induce him to converse on the subject with their learned men.  An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha
And when I speak thus I have no impression that I displease God by my words; that I am either impious or impatient, irreligious or sacrilegious. Shirley
Whereas, he had formerly been atrociously cruel, boastingly impious, and a scoffer at matters religious, his later descendants were generally tender of heart, soft of manner, and of great piety. Carmen Ariza
"No, but one might mend——" Anna stopped, feeling that under some circumstances even the mending of drains might be impious. The Benefactress
I realize it was impious to look up, but I did—I had to see if it were the genuine thing. The One and the Many
Perhaps she didn’t hear that impious remark,” said Fred, chuckling maliciously. That Mother-in-Law of Mine
They are treacherous and of little faith, as they are now swayed by the impious worship of Mahomet. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century
It is impious to suppose that the Divine is affected for good or ill by human things. Five Stages of Greek Religion
Fond,39 impious man, think'st thou yon sanguine cloud, Raised by thy breath, has quenched the orb of day? Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer
The Onists have their beliefs, and so I hate them for their impious thoughts. The One and the Many
To many devout minds it seems impious to speak of Christ's ignorance. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology
They are impious in their necessities with the father, but liberal and charitable to their guests, even when they do not know them; and through that they are greatly disappointed. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century
If the same, there will be no use in making it; if a chaos . . . it is impious even to hear such a thing suggested. Five Stages of Greek Religion
As Kalisch observes, "most of the ancient nations possessed myths concerning impious giants, who attempted to storm heaven, either to share it with the immortal gods, or to expel them from it." Bible Romances First Series
It isn't impious, because if you can think of one being as great as that, try to picture thousands. The One and the Many
The nobles said "Fight!" and the clergy cried "That is impious." Flowers of Freethought (Second Series)
In one verse of the Ode to Liberty the poet exclaims: O that the free would stamp the impious name Of ——— into the dust or write it there. Flowers of Freethought (First Series)
Do not these impious wretches suppose, that God is not able to judge for himself; at least, not able to execute his own judgment? Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers."
The priests have laid impious hands on His Splendor, Altorius, and imprisoned him in the great temple of Poseidon. Astounding Stories, March, 1931
Must Alleghany's sacred summits bear The impious bulwarks of perpetual war? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865
The Black Army denounced his impious teachings from thousands of pulpits. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series)
Sometimes the fiend suggested impious doubts, and at ether times suicide. Flowers of Freethought (First Series)
Such expressions how sought by painters powerless and impious. Modern Painters Volume II (of V)
I would rather believe it was indiscretion on the part of the only person who has an interest for life or death in the mystery, than that it should be the most impious treachery. A Romance of the West Indies
We will find it!’ while others again shouted out ‘Down with the impious priest!’ The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt
That which is sacred in Samoa to-day may be considered impious in Boston. Aztec Land
"A most impious doctrine," he said, with indignant warmth. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848
Of passion generally.observed, that it becomes ignoble either when entertained respecting unworthy objects, and therefore shallow or unjustifiable, or when of impious violence, and so destructive of human dignity. Modern Painters Volume II (of V)
Besides, it is impious to make sins and good works to consist in such matters, where they do not belong; wherefore Christ cannot suffer it. The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained
I am in trouble because I struck the crocodile; it is an impious action, and yet what could I do?” The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt
But to this Beth demurred for they were of Aunt Tillie's blue colonial china set and not to be trusted to impious hands. The Vagrant Duke
Princes, lords, gentlemen, artisans, and peasants rushed into its impious inclosures. Henry IV, Makers of History
According to the Tridentine Council, “the justification of the impious” takes place when “the charity of God is poured forth ... in the hearts of those that are justified, and is inherent therein.” Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise
Yea, he shall surely curse his impious star That dares to question Who or where We are! The Battle of the Bays
The impious shouts proclaim; And forth they led the Son of God To die a death of shame; And passing thence amid’ the crowd, Beneath a ponderous cross He bowed. Hymns from the Morningland Being Translations, Centos and Suggestions from the Service Books of the Holy Eastern Church
And we, O God! with impious will, Have made these Negroes turn Thy mill! The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems
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