| 单词 | obloquy |
| 例句 | Yes, the presidency was a thankless job, “a most unpleasant seat, full of thorns, briars, thistles, murmuring, fault-finding, calumny, obloquy.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z A great deal of obloquy fell on Lawrence and his colleagues at the Rad Lab, who had stood united, and virtually alone, against Oppenheimer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Western intellectuals deserve their usual share of the obloquy. Martin Amis on Lenin’s Deadly Revolution 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z As a result, she became an unwilling media figure and victim who, long after her father’s conviction and imprisonment, was subjected to obloquy and harassment. The Phony Sexual Transgressions of Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle” 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z And Falstaff sentenced to a world of obloquy. “The World Is, of Course, Insane”: An Interview with Errol Morris 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z With exemplary courage, in the face of almost universal obloquy, both men sought to explain, defend and celebrate their passionate inclinations. Heroes and Exiles: Gay Icons Through the Ages by Tom Ambrose | Book review 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z That’s a shame, because the airline’s 11 outside directors are arguably the guiltiest of the guilty parties in the company’s recent fiasco, the most deserving of obloquy. Column: The guilty parties escaping blame for the Southwest meltdown are its board members 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Moreover, their statements came after they had sustained public obloquy for their silence. Column: 100 CEOs met to discuss opposing anti-voting laws. Don't expect them to do anything 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z Whatever their motivations, none of them deserves credit for abandoning Trump now, when he’s facing a tsunami of obloquy and the constitutional end of his term at noon on Jan. 20. Column: The rats fleeing Trump's sinking ship don't deserve to be praised 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z Barnes is seeking “damages in an amount not less than $15,000 but not more than $50,000 against each defendant” because his clients were “subjected to public hatred, contempt, scorn, obloquy, and shame.” Following CNN-Sandmann settlement, beef erupts between Covington students' lawyers 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Huang’s essay provoked predictable obloquy in the entertainment industry, but Wu told me that she felt it was important to stand up for him. Constance Wu’s Hollywood Destiny 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Connolly’s judicious reading of Ono’s career stands as a welcome corrective to the often sexist and racist obloquy she received for years as the woman who putatively “broke up the Beatles.” Review | Lennon’s talents, contradictions and self-inventions 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Not content with his role in that obloquy, he now seems determined to shame his state by clinging to office. In one state, the 2016 election is still not over 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z They also point out that “obloquy” — a noun — means “strongly condemnatory utterance,” “invective” or “abuse.” Hillary Clinton won’t hold a press conference, but she will hold a fundraiser 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z After 15 years of grinding war with no obvious end in sight, U.S. military operations certainly deserve such obloquy. Endless war, endless greed: The Pentagon is lining its pockets with taxpayer dollars 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z While Jacobs went on to enjoy a distinguished career as author and urbanist, Moses descended into increasing obloquy. Story of cities #32: Jane Jacobs v Robert Moses, battle of New York's urban titans 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Small-town dramas, these, but for a child, epic: seeing one’s father publicly disgraced, living with the obloquy – not to mention the sudden poverty – can only be character-forming. Crime, social climbing, shotgun weddings: meet the Shakespeares 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z In Touch’s publication exposed Mr. Shelton to contempt, ridicule and obloquy, and tarnished his personal and business reputation.” Blake Shelton, often at war with the tabloids, finally reaches his breaking point 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Or nonpartisan obloquy, depending on one’s reaction to the court’s legalization of same-sex marriage and its upholding of Obamacare — but nonpartisan either way. Is the Supreme Court headed for ‘Bush v. Gore’ II? 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z For Mr. Kozlowski, the path to equanimity went through disgrace in court, obloquy in the media, and loneliness in prison. Dennis Kozlowski’s Path From Infamy to Obscurity 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Yet these works are supposed to have done so much good that obloquy attaches to any one who would seek to diminish the respect paid to them by the public at large. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z In the hope of alleviating the sufferings of the people, Bernard devoted himself to the cause for years, incurring obloquy, persecution, and ingratitude. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z Prince Rupert is now in general obloquy with all sorts of people, except Will Legge, and some few others of that stamp. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z The obloquy that has fallen upon that Convention was merited. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z He exposed himself to considerable obloquy by his exactions and appropriations of confiscated landed property, though the accusation brought against him by John Lilburne was examined by a parliamentary committee and adjudged to be false. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Ferdinand understood the weight of obloquy which, rightly or wrongly, would rest upon him, and sent to Cadiz immediately to release him. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z The honorable name he had made through forty years of self-denying wisely directed public service, was blotted out, for generations it was a mark for obloquy. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Let your voice be heard there, where all you will gain for yourself will be obloquy and black looks. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z But to do so at the eleventh hour would not only expose him to obloquy and injure the cause, but it would condemn him to an inaction from which he shrank. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z We at last love what is praiseworthy more than praise, and will endure perpetual obloquy rather than abandon it.49 To this process, it is said, all our moral sentiments must be ascribed. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z He implied extensive moral obloquy by a movement of his head. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z For over a century, calumny and obloquy were poured upon him. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z Every religion, church, and sect, that exists or is defunct, in Europe and in Asia, from the earliest record, has had at its origin, and through its infancy, to encounter obloquy and persecution. The Trial of Henry Hetherington 2012-03-06T03:00:21.680Z This brought upon him a storm of obloquy, under which his health gradually gave way. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Of course, he brought upon himself much obloquy; was declared to be a "Britisher," and lover of monarchy, a charge to which he must have grown accustomed in later years. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z Much obloquy has been heaped on Athens on his account; much ink has been spilt, and much fine writing wasted thereanent, concerning the ingratitude of that state in particular, and of democracies in general.... Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z His charm as a writer has been the occasion of the obloquy attached to his name by bigots. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z The only consequence of Thomas Morton, of Clifford's Inn, gent., is due to the effort to cast obloquy upon the Pilgrims. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z In his lifetime, Defoe, as not belonging to either of the great parties at a time of the bitterest party strife, was subjected to obloquy on both sides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z The mind of Clovis had been much exercised in the matter, and he dreaded failure for himself and obloquy for the prophet. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Was he destined to achieve perennial fame, or doomed to eternal obloquy? My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z To accomplish that, I should have to brand with obloquy my mother's fair fame, which in the world's eyes is spotless. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z It is not many years since Ireson was alive, broken in spirit under the obloquy of his hideous ride. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z It's due to her as well as to yourself to keep yourself free from obloquy. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z He would be ostracised, undone, held up to merited obloquy. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z She was held up to obloquy as a Jacobin, one of the anarchists steeped to the lips in crime, ready to destroy by false witness the family to which she owed everything. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z It was a bitter thing to think of the proud name being held up to obloquy. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z The sentence, if somewhat harsh, must stand, he said, for 'twas a grievous crime in a vassal to hold up to obloquy his feudal lord. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z This exposed him to much obloquy, in part perhaps deserved. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z He said that he thought obloquy too harsh a term to apply to his language on that occasion; nevertheless, he should not disown anything he had said. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Napoleon performed another act at this time, which drew down upon him a very heavy load of obloquy from the despotic governments of Europe, but which must secure the approval of every generous mind. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z If it must take place, it must; but she agreed with Terence that eternal obloquy would be the portion of those who were responsible for the end. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z They were generally objects of public obloquy, and their function was not understood. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Words are altogether inadequate to describe the degree of obloquy which Mr. Willoughby earned for himself by this unheard-of exhibition. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z In a storm of righteous and unaffected wrath he rushed into the fray, separated the combatants and treated them to such a torrent of obloquy as they had never heard even among their own associates. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z Wittier condemned him to everlasting obloquy in a lofty lyric, which from its very title of one word throughout was reprobation more stinging than the world-known lampoon of Catullus against Julius Cæsar. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z I go without more obloquy than I brought hither with me; I was accused, before; I could stand further accusation, for thy sake! Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Clipping such trees does not merely deserve "obloquy"; it is worse than idiotic, as there is a sad reason for the idiot's ways. Garden Design and Architects' Gardens 2011-10-05T02:00:19.627Z They did not believe in lonely captivity but in public obloquy for criminals. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z No girl was ever supposed to fall in love with him, and a young man who was seen too intimately with him received a sort of reflected obloquy. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z It is cheering to a faithful southerner to receive such sure proof that the day must soon come when all obloquy will be lifted from the fame of Calhoun, Toombs, and Davis. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z "But is it not just, then, that Saul be overtaken, who hath cast obloquy on Israel, having shed innocent blood and made Judea to be fled by the righteous?" Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z They have no rights, Pauline, and yet they would overwhelm me with obloquy! The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z We learn from Judge Sewall all of the public obloquy and hatred of a suicide in Massachusetts. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z A London journalist recently held up to public obloquy as an "ignorant Americanism" the word program, although he would have found it set down in Professor Skeat's Etymological Dictionary. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z The press, which, at my home-coming, had lavished praise and glowing panegyric, now, as promptly, swung completely around and heaped upon my head terms of opprobrium and obloquy. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z His doctrine was no longer the theme of obloquy and outrage. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z You know, Gentlemen, the obloquy then and since cast upon those of us who opposed this “experiment.” The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z I could not go with them; but I had to face as much obloquy among my people by staying in the army as they had to face in going out. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z There are flatteries and intrusions beside which censure is sweet and obloquy would be welcome. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z But has not the bully been somewhat put upon, misunderstood, and subjected to unjust obloquy? 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 A few scattered believers were all it numbered then; persecution and obloquy greeted its defenders at every step. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z In the Bible Class and in the Sabbath School, she maintained her religious tenets, and among her kindred and friends, defended herself from the obloquy of her husband. Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity 2011-07-04T02:00:24.763Z But we may also refrain from casting unmerited obloquy upon those, who were likewise struggling for every thing dear to them in life. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z Her calm smile at the nickname looked like conscious superiority to dread of the obloquy—a fear that infects all classes of her sex. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z There is perhaps too much obloquy bestowed upon the toady and tuft hunter. 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 This was Columbus, who was very generally regarded by the multitude as a visionary schemer, and who necessarily shared in that sort of contemptuous obloquy that attaches itself to the character. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z Did any of us shirk obloquy then, and do you really think we are less ready to face it now? H. P. Blavatsky A Great Betrayal 2011-06-12T02:00:09.327Z In other words, he had held the holy Priesthood on the earth and had officiated therein; he had been subjected to all the obloquy, contumely and reproach which the Prophets of God generally suffered. An Examination into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 2011-06-06T02:00:07.650Z All these, and such as these, treat with extreme contempt and cover with obloquy “the Father of the modern Witch-advocates,” “the Gallant of the Old Hags!” Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z That party feeling here, as elsewhere, ran extremely high, engendering very much animosity, and thus a good deal of obloquy and unjust reproach was heaped upon the head of the poor drunkard. 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 But he acted as he did regardless of obloquy and people's prejudices, simply to satisfy his strange whims, and from frugality and excessive carefulness: all this, however, will be much clearer later on. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z “Can’t you understand that love without confidence is a worthless thing—and that had you trusted me I would have borne any suspicion or obloquy with you?” The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z O'Reilly, who was the real deviser of this same attack, whose heart suggested, whose head invented, and whose coffers paid for it, will reap all the obloquy he hoped to heap upon another. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z Every day this victim of science experienced the effects of popular obloquy. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Whatever the cause of her imprisonment, the King, says the historian, sustained great obloquy for it, "which, nevertheless, was somewhat sweetened to him by a great confiscation." Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z On the Vinayakachaturthi day in the month of Avani, no man is allowed to look at the rising moon, on penalty of incurring unmerited obloquy. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z Were there on this earth a judge who should pronounce sentence upon a person on account of his religious belief, mankind would brand the name of that judge with the deepest obloquy. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z Many would gladly repose on the rewards of their victory; many would shrink from the obloquy their reappearance would inevitably excite. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z It is glorious to remove from the darkened name of a writer, unjustly condemned, the obloquy of two thousand years.—“Theory of the Earth,” translated by Professor Jameson, 76. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The husband, it is true, gets less money; but then he has no obloquy. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Am I held up to obloquy because I came into the world at a certain year, or because I was one of the counsel for Wolfe Tone? Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z Terrified by the storm of obloquy which he aroused, he fled from office. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Thus public men are content to leave their reputation to posterity; great reactions take place in opinion; nay, sometimes men outlive opposition and obloquy. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z Nevertheless Byron's marriage ended their comradeship, and the friends did not meet in the months when Lady Byron's unexplained departure and obdurate silence loosed a storm of obloquy on her husband. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z Much undeserved obloquy has been thrown upon Mr. Clay, for this supposed abandonment of his section. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z A man who ventured in a straw hat incurred the risk of obloquy. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z They have the benefit of the obloquy which falls on me, but I have the vexation and the enmities which ought to be their share. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z In the interview, he also compared the obloquy directed at WikiLeaks by the Obama administration and other critics with the “persecution” endured by American Jews in the 1950s. Under ?High-Tech House Arrest,? WikiLeaks Founder Takes the Offensive 2010-12-23T04:10:19Z His memory is "by no means deserving of oblivion, still less obloquy." Dorothy Payne, Quakeress A Side-Light upon the Career of 'Dolly' Madison 2010-12-20T17:12:10.847Z He feels obliged to do something to escape the obloquy which naturally comes upon him. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z It may be that, as 2012 approaches, Charles van Commenee, who comes from the Netherlands, will be subjected to his share of obloquy. European Athletics Championships: golden but unknown 2010-08-02T23:06:00Z But the great mass of philosophic preachers had to face a great deal of obloquy and vulgar contempt. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Moreover, the necessity for invoking public obloquy upon the dens had passed away with the revision of the laws for debt. In Jail with Charles Dickens Like Wolfe, Braddock was mortally wounded on the field of battle; he was defeated, and obloquy was heaped on his name. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical In its history, tragedy and comedy are equally blended; and martyrdom and obloquy are alike combined. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days Then suddenly she poured forth a volley of obloquy, and with an hysterical scream caught up her glass evidently intending to hurl it in the direction of her abuse. Sinister Street, vol. 2 In the meantime, whilst carrying out the designs of Providence in relation to the negro race, we must rest for a while under a cloud of obloquy and abuse. The Alternative: A Separate Nationality, or The Africanization of the South They fasten upon those who continue to practice it the obloquy of history, and the scorn of mankind for all time to come. The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters He mentions Xenophanes and Pythagoras in terms of obloquy. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy He was as unflinching as the Fates themselves, and, regarding himself as the embodiment of a good cause, he cared little for the obloquy his opponents ever heaped upon his head. Fragments of an Autobiography "I don't see anything to giggle at in such a question," Michael grumbled, and simultaneously reproached himself for a method of obloquy so cheap. Sinister Street, vol. 2 "Much they care for all the ridicule and all the obloquy you can throw on them," replied the reader. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience His acquittal exposed Washington to the obloquy of having attempted a measure which the laws would not justify. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Only, do the thing quietly, so you will escape the obloquy of posing as scare-mongers and yet not give it away to the natives that you’re funking them. In the Whirl of the Rising It may therefore have seemed good policy to offer her clemency on such conditions as would have relieved him of her presence for ever, with as little obloquy as possible, but other counsels eventually prevailed. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History Thus it would seem that the obloquy which has fallen upon the ingenious lady is not altogether undeserved, and that for the sake of a telling story, she has been indeed "telling a story." The Romance of Natural History, Second Series Too often do we find writers stopping at nothing to cover the foe with obloquy. The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde The vilest culprit, however, shrinks from sustaining the obloquy of his crimes. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools When the war was over, those who took up arms on the loyal side found themselves in a hopeless minority, loaded with obloquy, and subjected to indignity at the hands of the victorious republicans. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 Accordingly we find him using all his strength to carry the project through, devising expedients for raising the episcopal revenues, and thus occupying a position which exposed him to general obloquy. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 At all events, when they develop into the eccentric beings which they are, you are the last people in the world who have any right to punish them with legal penalties and social obloquy. A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists Rather conviction at once, death, dishonor, and obloquy. The Doctor, his Wife, and the Clock Well, there was never a more captivating youth than he—at least we must say so, to save ourselves from the obloquy of falling in love with such a scamp! Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 The very first moment any turn of fortune gives France an advantage, he 'll make peace, and leave us all the obloquy of a reluctant assent. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Notwithstanding Granvelle's constancy, and the countenance he received from the regent and a few of the leading councillors, it was hard to bear up under this load of obloquy. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 He is fearless,—morally fearless; for he permits no obstacle, no obloquy, no powerful antagonism, to check him in the expression of unwelcome thoughts. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 He would drag out his own life in misery and obloquy, indeed; but what of that? A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June Warburton states that the object of the proviso was to relieve him from the obloquy he might incur by reproducing offensive strokes of satire. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition That young man had a good private character, but Joseph, the king's jackal, who took every advantage to take away all the property of others, can be held up only to obloquy. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 In fine, these meetings, notwithstanding the occasional licence of the preacher, seem to have been conducted with a seriousness and decorum which hardly merit the obloquy thrown on them by some of the Catholic writers. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Fortunately there are men and officers, companies and regiments, who, recognizing their mission, have conscientiously performed their duty and redeemed the service from greater obloquy. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. If all Kilbeggan rejoiced, as they did, at my father's downfall, a very considerable share of obloquy rested on me,—a species of judgment, I honestly confess, that I was not the least prepared for. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas The dockers roar abuse at the truckmen, the truckmen—in intervals of argument with their fellows—return the dockers' obloquy with added embellishment. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The King's grace releases the headsman after a thirty years' service, and a Royal decree ennobles him after a thirty years' obloquy. Pretty Michal The torrent of popular sentiment in favour of war 610 was, however, irresistible; and Cobden and Bright were overwhelmed with obloquy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Harriet Martineau was the object of rather absurd obloquy from Conservative critics as an advanced woman in her day, and of still more absurd eulogy by Liberal sympathisers both in that day and since. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Never, perhaps, did he incur so much obloquy as in defending, almost single-handed, the British position in the Venezuelan affair. Studies in Contemporary Biography Mr. Clayton went on at considerable length to review the policy, both foreign and domestic, of the late administration, and to vindicate it from all the slanders and obloquy heaped upon it. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 This is the real history of a transaction which, by frequent misrepresentation, has brought undeserved obloquy upon a generous man. A History of the English Church in New Zealand The Abolitionists have sympathized with this gentleman in the obloquy he incurred, in common with themselves, for holding opinions unpalatable to the slaveholders, and for maintaining the constitutional rights of Congress. 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. Sensational articles appeared in the papers, and novels were written to hold up those connected with the care and treatment of the insane to public obloquy. Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles This term, the denunciation of the pious, the convenient obloquy of the ignorant, being equal in its sweeping persecution, to the horrible word craven, demands a brief and modest exposition. On the Nature of Thought or, The act of thinking and its connexion with a perspicuous sentence He bore up under a storm of obloquy and misrepresentation. Home Life of Great Authors If the President could only see the necessity of placing this city under the command of a native Southern general, he might avoid much obloquy. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital The historian of this minister observes, that his magnificent building at Houghton drew on him great obloquy. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 But if all of us had been ever, or ever would try to be, like Roger Ascham, our class would never have deserved, or would victoriously wiped off, any obloquy. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing The queen was, however, increasingly the object of especial obloquy. Maria Antoinette Makers of History Much ridicule, and even obloquy, did the staunch poet of Rydal incur for choosing such a character, when he might have taken Laras and Conrads by the score, and been praised for his choice. Old Roads and New Roads The Duke put himself forward, and encountered all the obloquy and reproach to which he knew he exposed himself, and having done so, cheerfully offered to resign the power to another. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II So Grafton tells us, to the eternal obloquy of this arch-jacobin, who “was a crafty fellow, and of an excellent wit, but wanting grace.” Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 “The state owes it to this defendant to absolve him before the public of the obloquy of this unfounded and cruel accusation.” The Bondboy She was pale after the night’s strain, although apparently unconscious of the obloquy of her neighbors. Claim Number One The church, by holding with the state, was partly involved in the same obloquy. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Their more obvious rewards were obloquy and death. The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 From the first opposition to the decorous ceremonies of the national church, by the simple puritans, the next stage was that of ridicule, and the last of obloquy. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 The admissions of the son did not, however, screen the father from obloquy, and the reaction of public opinion affected his fortunes and his health. Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches How could she at the first unsupported obloquy of a stranger turn against them? The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards But Falstaff has a kind of Military free-thinker, and has accordingly incurred the obloquy of his condition. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare Not long ago they treated it with obloquy and contempt, but now they endeavor to use it as an argument for their faith, and in doing so they distort language as only theological controversialists can. Arrows of Freethought Yet in England, the classic land of mental timidity and compromise, Agnosticism is almost fashionable, while poor Atheism is treated with persecution or obloquy. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Very few men have passed through so much obloquy with a heart so entirely unsoured, and have retained amid so much adulation so large a measure of deep and genuine humility. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 He has been true to a great purpose, at the cost of obloquy sometimes, and to the detriment even of old friendships. A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer Purest praise, to such as he, Were as basest obloquy. Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) But behold the picture of an aged father, wounded and insulted in his best affections—a noble family dishonoured—the only scion of that family reduced to the lowest state of obloquy and shame. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. It was easy enough to sneer at such people, to call them "cranks," but indisputably they had the heroic spirit, the will to endure obloquy for their opinions. Changing Winds A Novel Suffer as he did, if need be, derision and obloquy. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V The advocates of the rights of all women stood up boldly for those of Utah, notwithstanding the scoffs and obloquy cast upon them. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV His humble and forlorn appearance did not produce a favorable impression on the people of this city and he was driven out with obloquy. Japan And there’s the insolence of mastery, and the obloquy of poverty and situation that I hope you’ll never feel. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek He did not believe that he could endure the odium and obloquy which some of the Conscientious Objectors had borne. Changing Winds A Novel The age remembers that many of those poets it now delights to honor, were at first received with obloquy or neglect. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. The sacrifice of suffering, of doubt, of obloquy, which has been endured by the pioneers in the woman movement will never be fully known or understood.... The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV The king co-operated cordially with his minister in these rigorous acts of reform, and shielded him with all the power of the monarchy from the storm of obloquy which these measures drew down upon him. Henry IV, Makers of History Our prisoner, as an added mark of obloquy, was to be crucified between them. The Centurion's Story While the poor are left to obloquy—no matter who the rich may be—all will be designated by one common term of reproach. Suggestions to the Jews for improvement in reference to their charities, education, and general government Friday, the sixth day of the week, has for ages borne the obloquy of odium and ill-luck. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose The obloquy heaped upon them was the work of designing men who desired to continue their impositions upon the people. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses See all such malice, obloquy, and spite Expire e're morn, the mushroom of a night! An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad Only Her Imperial Highness doesn't see the obloquy,—sarcasm, cynicism and disparagement being royalty's every-day diet. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess I have an instance in view; two men I know took part in an action on the Indian frontier, and one gained a reputation for courage, and the other obloquy. Blake's Burden At any rate, Parliament, by substituting the Board of Trade as an initiating body of enquiry, had created a responsible tribunal, and freed us from the chance of obloquy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 For good or for ill, they were committed to an enterprise fraught, it might be, with success and glory, fraught also, it might be, with obloquy and death. The Wild Geese He lacked tact, and for the lack he paid the penalty of obloquy; there was little of the compromising or conciliatory in his nature. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Sometimes it is the resistance of evil maxims and practices of a lying world; vindicating the honor of Christ, in the midst, it may be, of taunt, and obloquy, and shame. The Mind of Jesus But I past such dim mourners can descry Thy fame above all clouds of obloquy, And like the sun with his victorious rays Charge through that darkness to the last of days. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II We heap upon them moral obloquy more atrocious than that which the master heaps upon the slave. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject She suffers every obloquy in her husband's home, is deprived of her jewels, has her head shaven, and is clothed only with a coarse white cloth. India, Its Life and Thought They rested, but in this rest there was action which has covered them with obloquy for all time. The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election "What ignorant people these are!" she exclaimed haughtily, turning to Bernadine, who had dropped behind out of the obloquy. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius We mean want of political courage; of that courage which is proof to clamor and obloquy, and which meets great emergencies by daring and decisive measures. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) We have got to admit that these indefatigable laborers, amid obloquy and reproach, in Church and State, by buffoons and by men, have at last set the under-current in motion. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Innocent as he was, the shame of his position, the obloquy of the Trial, must be a branding shame to them for ever. The Dop Doctor The world’s obloquy in one scale, my love for Aurore in the other—the former weighed but a feather. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West But where there has been so much obloquy, there should, perhaps, be some refutation. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century And when his long public life, so singularly checkered with good and evil, with glory and obloquy, had at length closed forever, it was to Daylesford that he retired to die. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) She has bravely triumphed over all obloquy and discouragement attendant on such a novel experiment, and made for herself an independent living. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I No one has ever dared to contend that I killed my son in order to escape public obloquy, as you have just insinuated. Fantômas In the eighteenth century judges, without any loss of caste or popular regard, openly maintained establishments that in these more decorous and actually better days would cover their keepers with obloquy. A Book About Lawyers In order the more effectually to accomplish their objects, they had seized upon every act of the Administration, and held it up to obloquy. Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 He had at length gone down to his grave in the fulness of age, in peace after so many troubles, in honor after so much obloquy. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) He shrugged his shoulders as if the obloquy were a tangible load that could be shifted. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life Among other libellers in the service of the new Ministry Swift employed his great talents to cover her with ridicule and obloquy. Political Women, Vol. 2 Hence the really honest and useful practitioners of the law endured a full share of the obloquy caused by the misconduct of venal justices and corrupt officials. A Book About Lawyers There is a sword more keen than the executioner's knife; it is the envenomed tongue of obloquy and abuse. The Faith of Our Fathers Let him not marry beneath him; let him not unite himself to one whose family contains a single member deserving obloquy or reproach. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf You and I are now both marked down as victims, because both of us are in possession of certain knowledge which would, if exposed, bring obloquy and prosecution upon an exceedingly wealthy man. The Stretton Street Affair And I know what scorn and obloquy and denunciation await that man who stands unawed before it, seeing in it but an ugly little idol. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature But as his object was constantly to throw obloquy on the Bourbons, he placed his fears to the account of their treachery. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 A storm of obloquy and persecution was raised against Garrison. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) But their recompense is in heaven, when their work is done; and future generations delight to rescue their reputation from the feeble obloquy with which malevolence and folly had endeavoured to hide or defame it. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) Perhaps the ministry shrunk from provoking the storm of obloquy which must have resulted from placing the vast patronage of the company in the hands of the crown. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) "Dr Ward," he says, "rid out of this storm,"—the storm of obloquy which broke out on him and Wilkins as being "mere moral men." The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham college, Oxford; master of Trinity college, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester Let them go on and pour forth their malice, give full vent to their venom, and pile obloquy, mountain high; we regard it as the idle wind, that passeth by and harmeth not. Nuts for Future Historians to Crack Abuse and obloquy were heaped upon the Ministers from every quarter. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Few people recover from the neglect or obloquy of their contemporaries. Pearls of Thought The character of King William has been drawn with all the exaggeration of panegyric and obloquy by opposing partisans. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Unhappy memories and wretched degradation would close his unhappy days and shroud his name with an unmerited and unjust obloquy. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution ‘In spite of the obloquy of a poor man paying court to wealth?’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster But the least shade or coloring of this odious foible brings certain and indelible obloquy on the most elegant accomplishments. Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World More than his fair share of the obloquy incurred had fallen to the unfortunate courtier. Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History When they talk about there being no difference in political names,—there is a difference; those who have contended for Liberal principles have their names covered with obloquy. Wilmot and Tilley Efforts were made to bury the Chief Justice in obloquy. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage He was a Whig Radical, and more, when the slightest suspicion of Radicalism exposed an Englishman to contumely, to obloquy, to poverty, to fines, to stripes, to gyves, and to the jail. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 In the silence of a sick chamber, in the obscurity of some country parish, amid obloquy and hatred, you are doomed to spend your slowly-moving years. John the Baptist I dare say, in spite of all the obloquy it may provoke, we were extravagant in both. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. “Like yourself I was curious to see a nation who seemed determined to court their own shame, and to deify the being whose career is signally marked by obloquy and disaster.” The Mystery of a Turkish Bath I am certainly willing to bear the obloquy of never having been struck by what is nevertheless obvious enough. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti But the war and King Albert's part in it saved Belgium from that unmerited obloquy. The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days Scenes In The Great War The conduct of Lucretia Borgia has been the subject of much obloquy, which her defenders maintain rests chiefly on inferences from her living in a flagitious court, where she witnessed the most profligate scenes. Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom At once the opposition press heaped obloquy upon the administration, for having attempted what they were pleased to call an unlawful measure. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. Economic distress, political pressure, and social obloquy have already driven us from our homes and from our graves. The Jewish State Like his predecessors, the author drew down obloquy and anathemas from the clergy, sarcasm and vituperation from the laity, and a host of replies from writers of all grades. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 She had not yet acquired the full flavor of that obloquy which waits upon those who outrage social conventions; scarcely a soupçon of its bitterness had troubled her palate! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 After Ralegh's execution he was stung by the obloquy he had incurred into the publication of a formal indictment of the memory of the dead. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography Her husband had ruined himself and disgraced his family, and she did not care to meet the obloquy which awaited her in the midst of her friends. Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World For it he cheerfully accepted hardship, obloquy, peril. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement Alas!" said Mrs. Gaunt, "'tis more than obloquy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 But he did not desire a radical reformation, as Luther did, and always shunned danger and obloquy. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges His memory has paid with interest for his escape at first from his rightful share in the obloquy. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography Probably never before were prisoners of war in a civilized country subjected to so much obloquy and vituperation from women and children as our captured volunteers in the South during the past year. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Under imprisonment, indignities, obloquy, long seclusion with the memories of a ruined cause, he bore himself with manly fortitude and dignity. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement No wonder so many speak against her, for she deserves it; she has earned the hatred and obloquy of her opponents by her success in opposing them. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin For these errors of judgment he paid dearly in the obloquy heaped upon him by his countrymen, and his exile from his native land, in which he earnestly desired that his bones might be laid. Tea Leaves Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party) Old man! one moment more, and these my dogs Had, past doubt, worried thee, who should’st have proved, So slain, a source of obloquy to me. The Odyssey of Homer You must back the man who, obloquy enduring, Subconsciousness determines to express; Who, in short, is "elemental," "unalluring," But "arresting" in his Art—or in his dress. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914 We would have our eyes upon that too, so to circumstantiate all our duties, as they may have least offence in them, and be exposed to least obloquy of men, 1 Pet. ii. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning The dean made a tour to the south of Ireland, for about two months, at this time, to dissipate his thoughts, and give place to obloquy. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II It means labor and self-sacrifice, and frequently obloquy and misunderstanding. American Men of Mind The absence of presumptuous self-conceit in Tito made him feel all the more defenceless under prospective obloquy: he needed soft looks and caresses too much ever to be impudent. Romola If they fail to pass it, I shall know that you and Mrs. Percival are willing to stand a little public obloquy for the sake of what you consider right. Jewel Weed Hatred, obloquy, disdain levelled against Rochester affected him as though it were levelled against himself. The Man Who Lost Himself The Saviour of mankind ate and drank with "publicans and sinners;" but He was well known as going among them to save them, though even he did not wholly escape obloquy. The Young Man's Guide But that monarch having been the last of a dynasty ended by a revolution, obloquy on his memory would follow of course from the policy of his successors and their partisans. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry Think of the obloquy you may incur by remaining. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel I always like to think of Tammany when our croakers are holding up everything in this poor little island to obloquy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 10, 1916 It was not strange, therefore, that the little band of Free Soilers in this Congress encountered popular obloquy and social outlawry at the Capital. Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 Kegan Paul speaks the truth when he says, “The name of Mary Wollstonecraft has long been a mark for obloquy and scorn.” Mary Wollstonecraft He thought no more of him, and we were set up as a mark of every kind of obloquy. Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. They nerved the humble artisan to patience and to the cheerful endurance of obloquy and reproach. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 The Liberal newspapers triumphantly pointed to it as concrete proof of the wisdom of their Leader's policy, and held up the names of the men who had thwarted him to obloquy and scorn. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 It was the galling reflection that Calais was lost to the French in a Spanish quarrel that crowned the poor Queen's obloquy. The Reign of Mary Tudor Shidiak returned, after nearly a month's absence, to continue with me for a year, risking whatever obloquy and violence might come upon him. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs Self-love can scarce retrieve me From obloquy forlorn; 'Twas not my fault, believe me, That wealthy I was born. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, March 4, 1893 It included the first planting of the reformed doctrines, and the steady growth of the Reformation in spite of obloquy and persecution, whether exercised under the forms of law or vented in lawless violence. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 For such utterances as these his name throughout the nation became one of obloquy and reproach. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Why, then, has her memory been covered through centuries with scorn and obloquy? The Reign of Mary Tudor Am I to be goaded with insult, loaded with obloquy, and suffer my feelings to be outraged on the most trivial occasions? The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III Accordingly, although he was met with much obloquy, both verbal and written—for controversial pamphlets were published against him as an enemy of Elizabeth Canning—he resolved to bring this popular idol to justice. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 Volume 18, New Series, August 14, 1852 Time and perseverance may eradicate the evil, which is increasing in importance, and which not only has brought obloquy upon our national character, but threatens to involve us in all disastrous results of civil discord. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 There could be no doubt that by such representations as these Mackenzie had been subjected to much unmerited obloquy and annoyance during his sojourn in the old country. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion Would men be so ready as we see them to renounce their principles, if they bore fresh in their mind all the obloquy that follows "a revoke"? Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General But the storm of popular obloquy which covered them proved that the nation as a whole was determined to support him in the defense of American rights. Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. But to convince you of my impartiality, now I have defended the dog from the first obloquy, I will defend the man from the last, hoping to make you think better of each. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection For years he rested under a cloud of obloquy, but Bright was made of stern stuff. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power They needed all the courage of their opinions to support them against the obloquy which official slander had aroused. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion Of the obloquy he has brought upon his own country I do not speak. Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General There was a mystery and an obloquy attached to me, and the master had, by his interdiction, completely put me without the pale of society. Rattlin the Reefer “Then make no objection when he proposes the match a second time; leave all the obloquy on my shoulders,” said the marquis, smiling. Newton Forster The Merchant Service I judge no man's service in the realm worth the entertainment with such a tale of obloquy, or occasion of speech to such men as of evil will are ready to find faults. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Much obloquy has been heaped upon the Excise Board—but on what grounds of justice I have never been able to discover—for the way in which they on this occasion dealt with Burns. Robert Burns Douglas had, in large degree, redeemed himself in the North from the obloquy to which he had been subjected since the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 It was then I did not hesitate to say that I would not expose others to obloquy or suspicions from which I myself shrunk.' The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 But, as Sir Walter Scott has observed, he met with that obloquy which generally follows the leader of an unsuccessful enterprise. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. It is rather that under modern civilised conditions, and among a people governed by sentiments of humanity and equity, the stranger within our gates suffers no obloquy and no despiteful usage for being a stranger. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation The Army, on Kwannon, was rather more used to obloquy than praise. Oomphel in the Sky President Pierce, who had risked every thing for the South, and had received unmeasured obloquy in the North, was naturally anxious that his administration should be approved by his own party. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 It has always been subject to criticism and obloquy. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune The originality of the great musician or painter consists in just such transcendence of accepted formulae; this is why he invariably encounters opposition and obloquy from the learned conventional pedants of his time. A Short History of Greek Philosophy I cared not for obloquy or shame, since he believed me true. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author With admirable temper and self-control, he submitted to indignity and insult in the court-house, which the judge was unable to restrain, and to unmerited obloquy, without arousing misapprehension and misconstruction. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis He possessed the moral courage to stand firm to the end, in defiance of opposition and regardless of obloquy, if he could be sure he was right. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 "Ah, I see—a funeral!" he exclaimed as a mute advanced—assailed from each coach window, as he passed, with indecorous obloquy—to announce that the cortege was ready to start. The Adventures of Harry Revel I have no doubt of incurring much censure and obloquy for this measure. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. No man had suffered more of personal obloquy from the South than he, no one living had received deeper personal injury from the demoniac spirit, the wicked inspiration of the rebellion. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Now, his descendant and namesake was an equally firm adherent of Christianity, a friend and counsellor of Popes, a man who was willing to encounter obloquy and even death in behalf of Nicene orthodoxy. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation His name had at different periods been attended with as great obloquy as ever beset a public man. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Consequently, the French critic was right in insisting that Zola and d'Annunzio are two very different persons, although confounded in an identical obloquy by the moralists. The Child of Pleasure In the prosecution of these objects, he relied not in vain on God; but, in the progress, he was called to endure great obloquy and great opposition. Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) But in spite of obloquy and ridicule, Andersen continued his triumphant progress through all the lands of the civilized world, and even beyond it. Essays on Scandinavian Literature And as their numbers do not decrease, oppression will only render them the dread of one part of their fellow-creatures, while it will make them the objects of scorn and obloquy to others. The Gipsies' Advocate or, Observations on the Origin, Character, Manners, and Habits of The English Gipsies In the play the name of Cade has been handed down in obloquy, and all that he and his followers aimed at caricatured out of recognition. The Rise of the Democracy His stanch friendship was then, as it has been ever since, the delight and comfort of the champions of freedom in strife and obloquy. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 His picture of Kean’s fleeing from ‘the hot pursuit of obloquy’ is exceedingly vivid; and ‘old Mathews’ American ‘trip’ is well set forth. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 It's a hard thing for a woman to do, because she has to undergo so much obloquy before she gets used to it. Can You Forgive Her? Public as the bridge was, open to obloquy and remark as an assault must lay him, Blondel was within an inch of striking the lad again. The Long Night The storm of obloquy that fell upon him made him in his turn bitter and unjust in many things he said; but it never once daunted his spirit or shook his resolution. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters The desire to do something that shall benefit the world, when neither praise nor obloquy will reach us where we sleep soundly in the grave, is the noblest ambition entertained by man. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The same ingenious method of promoting virtue by holding up vice to obloquy is pursued in every other field, the learned German told me. The Patient Observer And His Friends The officers of the 46th Regiment, on leaving the colony, presented him with a testimonial, and an address most gratifying, amid the general obloquy, and showing a feeling most honourable to themselves. Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field Unhappily he slew his antagonist, and himself survived to carry a load of deadly and universal obloquy which would have crushed to the earth almost any other man. The Friendships of Women She could save Amherst only by effacing herself from his life: those about him would be only too ready to let her bear the full burden of obloquy. The Fruit of the Tree It had a precarious political existence and slow progress up to 1851, and the obloquy attaching to it as the penal settlement of Botany Bay was not encouraging to a good class of settlers. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Secondly, the obloquy and desertion experienced by the early Christians threw them back upon a double strength of spiritual faith, and opened to them an intensified communion with God. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life What a storm of obloquy would have burst upon such inept diplomacy in America, or in England, or even in France. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View These categories were not entirely divorced, since the infraction of trade ordinances was visited with something more than mere obloquy. The Customs of Old England Some of the players, as will be seen, are too well known to escape obloquy. My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke When malice had exhausted itself in heaping obloquy upon the name of the dead poet, it was the gentle hand of woman that first removed the odium from his memory. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Hounded by obloquy, accused of murder, when he fled from Richmond Hill after the duel at Weehauken, he sought security and absolution in the sanctuary of la Sainte Alston's house in Charleston. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett "This thing is not going to last long, my men," said Christy, who realized that he should never be able to stand up under the obloquy of having brought out a blockade-runner for the enemy. Fighting for the Right They overwhelmed him with obloquy and mocking laughter, and drove him forth from the city. The Well of Saint Clare He plainly perceived, and was accordingly preparing his mind for, the obloquy which disappointment and malice were collecting to heap upon him. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States I am conscious, that I fear alone to give any real occasion for obloquy, and that I do not dread to meet with unmerited reproach. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Hawthorne takes the license of a sympathetic biographer in speaking of his hero's having incurred obloquy by his conservative attitude on the question of Slavery. Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) But we can forgive much to a man who sacrificed much, and endured the murderous cross of cruelty, obloquy and shame. The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict A storm of obloquy had assailed him at the outset of his labor. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy He had few of the moral or external qualities of Jews; for I suppose there is some justice in the obloquy that follows them so closely. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 It would be to forego repose and domestic enjoyment for trouble, perhaps for public obloquy: for I should consider myself as entering upon an unexplored field, enveloped on every side with clouds and darkness. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States He has thereby incurred much blame, ridicule, and obloquy; nor has he received due credit from those under whom he served. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Their reward was jealous rivalry that reduced them to beggary; injustice that compelled them to renounce allegiance to two crowns; obloquy during a lifetime; and oblivion for two centuries after their death. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark So far from looking for these things, he should rather be prepared for that obloquy which always awaits those, who, by opening up new veins of thought, disturb the prejudices of their contemporaries. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy "You have imprisonment and obloquy, at least, to dread." Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 The journals hostile to his election seized on these scandalous facts, and held them up to public obloquy. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution If he thinks he can intimidate me by obloquy or threats, he has mistaken the man he has to deal with. Scenes of Clerical Life To still further cover his memory with obloquy, the ashes were thrown into the clear, still,Pg 232 little river that we crossed on leaving the town. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland Our Government would be fully authorized at any time to enforce the penalty prescribed in your treaty of 1837, and it incurs great odium and obloquy for not enforcing it. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II Not so are we to exempt great criminals from punishment and obloquy. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 426 Volume 17, New Series, February 28, 1852 I must become her protector, in order to preserve her from obloquy. Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy But the brave man cared little for obloquy or desertion, or even the prospect of absolute starvation, when the cause of practical religion was at stake. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century He had challenged obloquy in vindication of what he deemed right: the cross actually laid upon him was to fill his house with inimical and uncongenial depen98dants on his bounty and protection. Life of John Milton The persecutions instituted by our fathers have been the occasion of ceaseless obloquy upon their fair fame. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader But comparison with a bean involves no obloquy, but rather panegyric. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-01 Whilst Christianity, in the face of much obloquy, was gradually attracting more and more attention, it was at the same time nobly demonstrating its power as the great regenerator of society. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution But the difficulty which had led many orthodox clergymen to join, not without risk of obloquy, in the petition remained untouched. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century He knew there was opposition to this new scheme, that the Parson had come in for a share of obloquy, and that the parents themselves, in some cases were their children's enemies. Secret Bread In his efforts to deal with all these problems Hubert became involved in the storm of obloquy which finally brought about his fall. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) The chief subject of our conversation, when alone, was his marriage, and the load of obloquy which it had brought upon him. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals The city flourished under the Carlovingians, and was in a high state of prosperity at the time of Bishop Hatto, whose name, as we have seen, has been held up to obloquy in many legends. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine And so this modest effort in the direction of "Life and Liberty," which had begun amid obloquy and ridicule, gained strength with each succeeding year. Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences There would, too, be a certain amount of obloquy and gossip to be faced. The Moon out of Reach For the drovers who guide and misguide at will the turbulent flocks of their mutinous cattle his store of bitter words is inexhaustible; it is a treasure-house of obloquy which can never be drained dry. A Study of Shakespeare One day we shall find this schoolmaster leaving most cherished work, and braving all social obloquies, that he may stand closer than a brother to the despised and ignorant of the outcast race. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 So left-handed a compliment prompts the suspicion that, after all, what appears to be eulogy is in reality nothing more than an essay in adroitly dissembled obloquy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-04 Mr. Allardyce spoke of the judge with the most bitter obloquy; he was a cross-grained, dried-up old mummy, said the squire, without a drop of good red blood in his veins. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow Shall a daughter hear with acquiescence the memory of a mother, who would have died for her, loaded with obloquy and falsehood? The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One They had proved to demonstration and overwhelmed with obloquy the incompetence, the imbecility, the untrustworthiness, the blunders, the forgeries, the inaccuracies, the obliquities, the utter moral and literary worthlessness, of previous students and societies. A Study of Shakespeare Facing the obloquy attached to their cause, and braving the trials imposed by the civil and ecclesiastical powers, they must wait patiently God's time of deliverance. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1884 The affectionate memories he has of our family, and especially of my mother and father, redeems him from the obloquy of his race. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest Yet I was loaded with hatred for everything that was withheld, and with obloquy for everything that was given. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) I have struggled through much discouragement and much opposition, much obloquy, much calumny, for a people with whom I have no tie but the common bond of mankind. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) If I were dead, what would it matter to me if obloquy was imputed to my name, if my enemies triumphed, if the world went to chaos over my grave. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. Mutual concessions!—and then to turn it around so that it suggested that an act of kindness might be interpreted as moral obloquy! The Ragged Edge The obloquy which Douglas encountered in Washington was mere child's play, as compared with the storm of abuse that met him on his return to Chicago. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics If one having committed a sin, O king, proclaims it in the presence of Brahmanas conversant with duties, one becomes quickly cleansed from the obloquy arising from one's sin. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 If a king fails to chastise unrighteousness, the gods desert his mansion and he incurs obloquy among men. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 They realise that the judges who oppose the lawless will of popular ministers will have to face obloquy and perhaps direct attack in the Irish Parliament. Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union Remembering the obloquy cast upon the American voice, it is a pleasure to record the views of some of the great singers on this point. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers What laughter, what jeers, what contempt, what obloquy, what scorn would have been heaped upon the woman's head! A Little Book for Christmas They sedulously nursed the Press, published books and pamphlets in every language, and employed the most poisoned pen that could be bought to portray the future ruler of kings in terms of obloquy. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon A wise man who is possessed of intelligence like Vrihaspati, if he incurs obloquy, soon regains his disposition like heated iron dipped in water. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 How little personal relation all this obloquy bore to him, let this stand as evidence: that he not only continued his work, but daily gave it more caustic energy and wider scope. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. Not one man in twenty would dare to face the storm of obloquy, hatred, and calumny which is always ready to fall on the head of a heretical priest. Outspoken Essays Envy, too, has had its share in the obloquy which is cast upon this office. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) For seven years he lived and laboured among his countrymen, from whom he had at times to bear obloquy on account of his Christian fidelity. With the Harmony to Labrador Notes of a Visit to the Moravian Mission Stations on the North-East Coast of Labrador Among the six different colours that Jiva attains at different periods of his existence, he who falls away from a superior colour deserves obloquy and censure. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 His name is venerated in his own country, venerated where not long ago it was a name of obloquy and reproach. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. It is an innovation upon old, established forms, however absurd—and innovators bring down upon themselves much obloquy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 It shared in the obloquy and ridicule with which that people and their religion were treated by the Greeks and Romans. Evidence of Christianity The consciousness of the utter failure of the plan he had cherished for years, and the terrible obloquy to which his crime subjected him, rushed like an earthquake into his mind. Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue If, on the other hand, one does not part with one's wealth, obloquy becomes one's share. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 He looks back over a life scored with literary triumphs, as Karshish over his crumbs of learning gathered at the cost of blows and obloquy. Robert Browning As the people had not been taught better, I could not interfere with them; I would rather bear the obloquy of men. From Death into Life or, twenty years of my minstry Whom dost thou think Thy obloquy most harms, this agèd head Or thine, who hast thus let pass thy lips the crimes I have borne unwittingly. The Seven Plays in English Verse To myself, in particular, it must be a source of great anxiety, and in all probability, for a time —before the circumstances are generally understood—it may bring on me a large share of obloquy. Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 2 When a sinful wretch having slain a woman or a Brahmana does not incur obloquy in assemblies of fellowmen and has not to stand in fear of the king, then danger threatens the Kshatriya ruler. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Even with men who do not take the same view of last year's history as I do, their names and characters will go far to redeem its darkest traces from shame and obloquy. The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 We had obloquy with opposition; and even to my personal friends I could not give satisfactory explanations of these things. From Death into Life or, twenty years of my minstry Were I to do as you desire me—leave home clandestinely, precede or follow you to Paris and join you there, suspicion and calumny would pursue me—obloquy would rest upon my memory. The Missing Bride In order, however, to give every possible information relative to a matter which has been, to me, a cause of so much obloquy, I subjoin my letter to the interim President, accompanying the preceding documents:— Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 2 The effort was a failure and brought upon their heads, and upon Chief Justice Taney in particular, an avalanche of misrepresentation and obloquy. Our Changing Constitution I have encountered ridicule and obloquy; but I do not mind them. Gordon Keith The chief subject of conversation, when alone, was his marriage, and the load of obloquy which it had brought upon him. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time Perikles was unmoved by any of these attacks, but quietly endured all this storm of obloquy. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I The century that has nearly elapsed since Arnold's defection has not served to lighten in any degree the load of obloquy that rests upon his name. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 He had that sublime sanctuary in his pride that made him almost insensitive to what would by other men be considered obloquy. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs They resolved to face public obloquy and even legal prosecution in order to bring to these women knowledge of how to prevent conception, which, in their opinion, would give the relief they so sorely needed. Conception Control and Its Effects on the Individual and the Nation It has been said that I have drawn on Lady Byron’s name greater obloquy than ever before. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time This rule is a guide which the Sovran of the belligerent state follows or abandons at will, and although it cannot be disregarded by him without obloquy, yet it may be disregarded. The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping Then they might drive me forth heaped with obloquy, if they chose. The Last Shot Sweet oblivion has dimmed with denial and forgetfulness the obloquy which hunted her in her last days. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs I knew indeed that those who investigate severely and intimately any subject which men are accustomed to pass by on the other side lay themselves open to misunderstanding and even obloquy. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society Detraction and obloquy are received with as much eagerness as wit and humour. Essay upon Wit To make the tomb of this helpless Innocence the young man braved the curiosity of his comrades—despised the rumor, the obloquy, and, hardest of all, the jests. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 The duke is a brave man, and his army is a brave army; but both will be instantly covered with all the obloquy of all the libelers on earth. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 Perhaps the exceeding brilliancy of his paint and his unconventional manner of putting it on his canvas had as much to do with the obloquy as his theme. Promenades of an Impressionist As such it merits neither ridicule nor obloquy. A Short History of Monks and Monasteries In short, groaning every where under the weight of poverty, oppression, contempt and obloquy. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer I learned to know her as a most fearless and unselfish champion of Truth and Human Good at all hazards, ready to be their standard-bearer through danger and obloquy, and, if need be, their martyr. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II The counsels of vengeance were set aside, in spite of the obloquy which for a time was heaped on the true wisdom which rejected them. Great Britain and Her Queen Thus my time was spent for twelve months, when I suddenly conceived the resolution to seek a union with the ill-fated Laura, notwithstanding all the obloquy the world might attach to the act. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described This term, the historical student will remember, was first used in the days of the Stuarts as one of derision and obloquy. Lord Elgin Field announced that he preferred to be enrolled as a Democrat, and to accept his share in all the obloquy which he laid at the Democratic door rather than affiliate with the Mugwump bolters. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 He, therefore, took every means in his power to bring obloquy and punishment upon the guilty parties. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 "Then make no objection when he proposes the match a second time; leave all the obloquy on my shoulders," said the marquis, smiling. Newton Forster "That whole story is a pernicious malrepresentation invented by the enemy of mankind in order to throw obloquy over a virtuous old telegraph-operator—brand it!" Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great But he was no longer able to bear obloquy and neglect, as he had borne it through the war with the colonies. Burke A careful search, however, has failed to disclose any reason why Mainy should be held up to obloquy; and the passages in question were evidently not the result of a direct reference to the "Declaration." Elizabethan Demonology He even experienced a kind of proud pleasure in enduring the fierce obloquy of his later years. Famous Americans of Recent Times "On me and on my colleagues," he had said, "he all the obloquy of the act!" Cavour As soon as the crime was known, all fingers were pointed to Bothwell and the queen as the murderers, and Protestants everywhere hastened to cast obloquy upon Mary for it. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters So for the sake of your reputation for consistency you will make a very unhappy woman bear shame and obloquy which she might easily be spared? Witness for the Defense Therefore, I apologize in that I have not held him up to a just obloquy because of his crimes, and I ask indulgence for his turpitudes because of the laughter which they provoke. Castles in the Air I have not earned at your hands mistrust and obloquy like this, Miriam; but, for the sake of the past, I shall strive and bear with the present. Miriam Monfort A Novel The Reverend Paul Stoddard was so simple, unaffected and manly a fellow that I shrank from the thought that I must appear to him an ungrateful blackguard whom my grandfather had marked with obloquy. The House of a Thousand Candles Fillmore was only an accidental President, dominated, no doubt, and dwarfed in the perspective by greater men, while the part he played in a great crisis brought upon him obloquy with many good people. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe How, in the name of all that is natural, probable, possible, should the spirit and energy of any human creature support itself under such an accumulation of injustice and obloquy? Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 He was capable of repudiating the daughter altogether who was bringing such obloquy upon herself and would henceforth be of no use to him as a society star. Castles in the Air The standard of legal acquirements was higher than it had been in his youth, and the obloquy which rested upon him excluded him from the respectable departments of practice. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 The obloquy attached to the calling naturally brought within its pale such as cared little for social repute. Bushido, the Soul of Japan Thus has opinion changed in sixteen years, and all the obloquy poured on us is seen to have been the outcome of ignorance and bigotry. Annie Besant An Autobiography And to this conviction, from the very budding of her womanhood, she was true; not the fear of poverty, obloquy, or death could induce her to smother it. The Grimké Sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimké: the First American Women Advocates of Abolition and Woman's Rights Baboeuf, it is true, was for dividing up all property, and Chaumette was an aggressive atheist; but these were mere nuances, not material to the purposes of obloquy. Studies in Literature It will be a kind of St. Crispin’s Day to the whole of the long-eared race—a day of emancipation from forty centuries of obloquy and oppression. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's Being known as a "Methodist," and refusing to work on the Sabbath, when ordered to do so, or leave his situation, he came in for a considerable portion of their obloquy and contempt. The Village Sunday School With brief sketches of three of its scholars He has borne obloquy from without, suspicion and unkindness from those he served, and surrounded by temptations to betray the people, he has never swerved from his integrity. Annie Besant An Autobiography Discouragement, obloquy, scorn, they get in plenty from others, but they are always sure of her,—do you hear, my original Grizel?—those other dogs are always sure of her. Tommy and Grizel In her appropriate and interesting communication, she dwelt principally upon his efforts in behalf of the colored people; for whose sake she also had encountered obloquy. Isaac T. Hopper The native Christians everywhere were subjected to much obloquy and sometimes to imminent danger, charged with being under the influence of foreigners and employed by them to distribute poison. Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. But we believe he acted from the highest convictions of duty, and he certainly exposed himself with unflinching courage to obloquy and misinterpretation when silence would have been easy and safe. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 His arrival brought much obloquy on Kirby, whose shameful desertion was now made known. The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago He supports her, and she has escaped the obloquy of old-maidism. Not Pretty, but Precious She sat in judgment on my well-hung skirt and the rings on my fingers and the wickedness in my breast, and condemned me to everlasting obloquy. Sacred and Profane Love The ridicule and obloquy with which they meet, if indeed they meet with any, is not a tithe of that to which the native convert here is exposed. Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. The Episcopal Church in America is free from the violent factions that have distracted and thrown obloquy upon the sister church in this country. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada The advocates of abolition are no longer consigned to unmitigated contempt and obloquy. The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 4 of 4 And now their rifles have been ta'en away, Their side-arms are removed, and they themselves Are mocked in obloquy and sunk in scorn. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 22, 1919 After one's grave is filled up, one can have a large three-cornered chunk of obloquy put on the top of it to mark the spot and keep medical students away of nights. Comic History of England If an agent aims honestly to put the law in force, he must expect to encounter obloquy. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Speculators, one and all, are forthwith consigned to an abyss of obloquy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 No one has told the sorrow of their failures with more sympathetic rage, or has poured so burning a scorn and so deep an obloquy upon their oppressors, whether in treacherous Church or alien State. Essays in Rebellion His name undoubtedly stands very high in the present age, and will in all probability go down to posterity with more or less of renown or obloquy. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits He was buried in the usual manner, and a large amount of obloquy heaped on him. Comic History of England He fearlessly supports American principles in the face of all Europe, and braves the obloquy and intrigues against him of all the European powers. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. The introduction of stage-coaches, like every other public improvement, was at first regarded with prejudice, and had considerable obloquy to encounter. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain And when his long public life, so singularly chequered with good and evil, with glory and obloquy, had at length closed for ever, it was to Daylesford that he retired to die.” Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance He thus reaps the credit of independence, without the obloquy; and secures the advantages of servility, without incurring any obligations. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits But the utility of these things to the possessor is commonly due less to their intrinsic beauty than to the honor which their possession and consumption confers, or to the obloquy which it wards off. Theory of the Leisure Class If the final result of his enquiries lead him to an opposite judgment, to how much obloquy will he be exposed! Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author These unscrupulous acts occurred in Jefferson's second term; and, failing in his conspiracy, Burr deservedly brought upon himself national obloquy, as well as prosecution for treason, though nothing came of the latter. Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch Why should he die, for he felt that he could not live, under such a weight of obloquy? The Warden Oh, bury them deeper than the sea In universal obloquy; Forget the ground where they lie, or write For epitaph: "Too proud to fight." Poems There are multitudes of slaves temporarily owned, and sold again, by merchants in northern cities; and shall the whole guilt or obloquy of slavery fall only on the South? Uncle Tom's Cabin Who would not, when there was the pretext of casting disgrace upon him, confound his whole life and the truths he had espoused, in one heap of obloquy? Middlemarch Surrounded by inducements to prove false to his innate convictions, he nevertheless chose to encounter obloquy and persecution for what he knew to be the cause of truth and justice. Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 From the obloquy which the appearance of submission to the usurpers brought upon him, his biographer has been very diligent to clear him, and, indeed, it does not seem to have lessened his reputation. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 His secession from the Whig ranks cost him a great deal of obloquy. Poetical Works of Akenside It is surprising, therefore, that this philosophy, which, in almost every instance, must be harmless and innocent, should be the subject of so much groundless reproach and obloquy. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding This atmosphere of adoration was very pleasant to one whose reward in France for the production of masterpieces, seemed sometimes to consist solely in condemnation and obloquy. Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings I have proved to Clifton that it was not fear which made me submit to obloquy, which in his opinion could only be washed away in blood. Anna St. Ives Complaining as he did, in a half-menacing strain, of the obloquies raised against him—'That if he were innocent, he should despise the obloquy: if not, revenge would not wipe off his guilt.' Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 Knowing himself innocent; seeing Hamish, the real culprit, basking there in their love and respect, as usual; the unmerited obloquy cast upon him was almost too painful to bear. The Channings She longed to follow even to the stake those devout men and women who had borne obloquy, poverty, hunger, thirst, wretchedness, and the agony of a martyr's death for the sake of Jesus. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene The word came very hard, but in his acridity he felt like not sparing himself; he wanted to get accustomed to the full obloquy. Thoroughbreds I will live under the supposed obloquy; and leave the tenor of my life to shew whether living be the act of fear, or of reason. Anna St. Ives Our historian, with all that glory of language for which he is so remarkable, has covered the poor orator with obloquy. The Life of Cicero Volume One To the prison, to the scaffold, down to the very depths of obloquy and scorn, a loving mother clings to her son. The Channings The confidential advisers of the Emperors acted as a sort of Committee of Public Safety, silent and active, while the credit or obloquy was all heaped on a single person. Latin Literature His fame would have been saved from the degrading incidents of the contention with Salmasius and Morus, and from being tarnished by the obloquy of the faction which he fought, and which conquered him. Milton To the destruction of hope has been added the assault of insolence, accompanied with a portion of obloquy which heart scarcely can sustain—Oh, this Clifton!—But—Patience! Anna St. Ives Could something be done for the sake of Rome, for the sake of the Republic, to redeem the courts of justice from the obloquy which was attached to them? The Life of Cicero Volume One Meantime, appalled by the shadow of their father's memory, George and Antoine decided to remain celibate, a pair marked out for solitude and obloquy. East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne He simply saw what would relieve him from the insupportable load of obloquy under which he groaned, and awkwardly hazarded the pity he had excited, in asking for it. The Story of Kennett Dismissed from his high command by a scandal, the truth of which he persistently denied, when a life of ease was open to him he chose, in spite of obloquy, to return to the ranks. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 I am very much offended at his scandalizing words and contumelious obloquy. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 They may hardly hope for recognition before they are fifty; some few cases point the other way, but very few—the rule is thirty years of neglect and obloquy. Modern Painting France also comes in for her share of obloquy. Wanderings in South America It would be to forego repose and domestic enjoyment for trouble—perhaps for public obloquy; for I should consider myself as entering upon an unexplored field, enveloped on every side with clouds and darkness. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched Military experts and the majority of Congressional opinion were at one in this matter, though Congress put upon the President the responsibility of making the final decision, together with whatever obloquy this would entail. Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him In the newspapers there was far more obloquy than praise. Ghosts The fate of all great artists in the nineteenth century is a score years of neglect and obloquy. Modern Painting The statues, like everything else about the old Lord, fell under the suspicion and obloquy that overshadowed him in the latter part of his life. Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey And he is conscious that this endeavour gains him undeserved obloquy. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Yes, she's invidiously, cruelly foreign," Vanderbank agreed: "I've never indeed seen a woman avail herself so cleverly, to make up for the obloquy of that state, of the benefits and immunities it brings with it. The Awkward Age Nevertheless it must be said that if men ever deserved to endure perpetual obloquy those fellows did. Equality It seems that the South in a measure suffers the obloquy that rested of old upon Nazareth, from which the Pharisees of the metropolis maintained that no good thing could come. Poets of the South His name is venerated in his own country—venerated where not long ago it was a name of obloquy and reproach. Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 He could afford to say it, since the object of his obloquy was alive. We Can't Have Everything Could there be a more ridiculous assumption than that a man who braves obloquy, social ostracism, and imprisonment for his principles, is indifferent to the interest of society? Prisoner for Blasphemy The conditions accorded were so favorable that public opinion in England accused the negotiators of it as a crime, of which the obloquy weighed some time on Sir Arthur Wellesley. World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France I knew my own intentions, but the world did not, and I came in for a full share of obloquy and persecution. The Infant System For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, from One to Seven years of Age I understand that I am exposed to some obloquy on this account—I am charged with inconsistency. Indian speeches (1907-1909) "That is, neither will insist on nobility; but will either consent to share the obloquy of a union with an hereditary executioner?" The Headsman The Abbaye des Vignerons They appear to be held in considerable obloquy by the Moslems. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain She had lived remote from the world, but she had read the papers diligently, and she knew how often the splendour of commercial wealth has been suddenly obscured behind a black cloud of obloquy. Phantom Fortune, a Novel |
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