| 单词 | opprobrious |
| 例句 | Part of her exploration of femininity ties into the closed societies that women form, especially when under opprobrious circumstances. Seattle choreographer Pat Graney revamps her 'Faith Triptych' at On the Boards 2010-10-13T23:22:00Z He hated the term “black” — back then spelled with a lowercase B — which had often been an opprobrious way of talking about the people to whose fight for equality he’d devoted his life. What Thurgood Marshall Taught Me 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z In the summer of 1903, he was charged with assaulting a man who had called his mother “opprobrious” names. The Wales striker with more criminal convictions than caps 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Rand’s most extreme and opprobrious remarks, nevertheless, were saved for her subsequent discussion of Native Americans. Libertarian superstar Ayn Rand defended Native American genocide: “Racism didn’t exist in this country until the liberals brought it up” 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z An opprobrious response to the game's depiction of race and racial struggle, as well as other elements of narrative and structure. Bioshock Infinite – ten features you should read and why they exist 2013-04-16T10:27:00Z He was not versed in school-boy slang, but naturally felt it was an opprobrious epithet applied to himself. A Soldier's Son 2012-04-27T02:00:37.640Z When a writer, using the word mystical opprobriously, prints it in italics, it is usually safe to decide that he knows nothing of metaphysics. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z Language has no epithets sufficiently opprobrious with which to stamp this atrocious deed of Colonel Proctor. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z The opprobrious words in use among French boys would not strike the boys of New York or London as being very exasperating. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z As he was going across the yard to see Dr. Page, the head master, the boys yelled at him from their windows, calling him Yankee; doubtless, deeming it the most opprobrious of epithets. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z The sect disappeared, melting away into the church or the synagogue, and we now read of them loaded with the opprobrious slanders of Irenæus and Epiphanius. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z The Iroquois had conquered them, disarmed them, and forced them to adopt the opprobrious name of women. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Kirtland having called his wife an opprobrious name she took up a chopper, and said that if he repeated the offensive expression, she would chop him. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Well, that rather opprobrious term would cover me, I presume. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z It was only when Badelon had twice summoned him with opprobrious words that he awoke to the relief of action. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Have we not seen inoculation and vaccination branded with the most opprobrious epithets, merely because their introduction tended to diminish professional lucre? Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z This is not hair-splitting in the opprobrious sense of that term. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z And you, the base abettors of the doom, That sunk his blooming honors in the tomb, Th' opprobrious tomb your harden'd hearts decreed, While all he asked was as the brave to bleed! The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z We have seen that villains discharged from the192 most onerous and opprobrious duties of their class rise at once in social standing, and mix up with the smaller freeholders. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Mr. Rock hurled at himself many contemptuous and opprobrious epithets when he recollected the career which he had once offered for the grateful acceptance of Andrew Hayes, Esq. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z The clergy called Lyell an Infidel, a blasphemer, but the facts seemed to care nothing for opprobrious names. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z This trade, then not much opposed, naturally led to a common use of slighting and opprobrious names, such as Yorkist. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 102, October 11, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-07T03:00:08.550Z When he drove forth into the city few people took notice of him, none did him reverence, a few eyed him askance, and once or twice he was assailed by some opprobrious phrase. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Rail′er, one who rails: one who insults or defames by opprobrious language.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z There was a storm of hisses and opprobrious cries. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Of usury, in the opprobrious sense of the word, the taking of excessive and unlawful interest, this great man speaks in his tract on Riches, ii. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z I can't stay there any longer, for I hear everything; I can't help hearing every word—honest old woman, and all—opprobrious. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z No one had scribbled opprobrious comments across the Secretary's notice. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z He who forsakes opprobrious speeches and calumnies, and injurious scoffings, and busies his mouth with the praises of God and with prayers, speaks then in new tongues. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z Still another group earned for themselves the supposedly opprobrious but decidedly vague title of "Dualists," by rejecting what they conceived to be the pantheism of Hegel. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z “Certes, during these days, evenings and nights, they talked opprobriously of the mass, of confession, of indulgences, and of His Royal Majesty....” The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z He drives the cat away with every opprobrious epithet for she wakes in him "each bestial sense" and makes him what he "would not be." Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z I don't think you can exactly call him that; there was nothing in the opprobrious sense foxy about him. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z A torrent of abuse was on her tongue, but she only managed to hiss out an opprobrious epithet at the girl, at the sound of which Sally faced her like one transformed. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z Remember his expulsion of the money changers and traders from the temple, and the many opprobrious words he used of and to the Pharisees. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z One day the Pole was riding out on his bicycle when he passed a couple of students, who shouted opprobrious epithets at the 'Englander' and his preposterous vehicle. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z Indeed, he was the first emperor to whom the epithet “Byzantine,” in its common and opprobrious sense could be applied. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z In Boston he had taken on himself every opprobrious epithet. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z Can you bear the following opprobrious language applied to you by the Jesuit, now the Boston Pilot, the organ of the bishop of that city. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z And there is no doubt that throughout these days and nights they were speaking together opprobriously of the Mass, of the confessional, of indulgences, and of the Royal Majesty....” The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z I am not sure as to the meaning of the term but I conceive it to be something opprobrious. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z He found that all these men, whom his fellow-countrymen lumped together indiscriminately in the opprobrious epithet of devils, marched separately. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z It could not be agreeable for her to know the opprobrious things that were being said of her in connection with the man. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z He gives the opprobrious title of Nakhazeen to Mohammed Ali's party. Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z He spoke in the most opprobrious terms of the Jews, who, out of the wickedness of their unregenerate hearts, desecrated this most holy day, and kept Saturday as a day of devotion in its stead. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z As opprobrious words with the populace indicate their furious acts, scandalous scenes soon followed. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z To form this connection in extreme youth, before time had unfolded and modelled the characters of the parties, was, in her opinion, a proof of pernicious and opprobrious temerity. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z I shall be grieved for the fatal issue of my experiment; I shall mourn over thy martyrdom to the most opprobrious and contemptible of all errors: but that thou shouldst undergo the trial is decreed. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z Bartley standing up on edge of scrimmage, pointed accusatory forefinger at him, was saying something, probably opprobrious but at the moment inaudible. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 5th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:09.440Z It pleases us to observe that the shocking habit of hurling opprobrious epithets at each other has been abandoned by the venerable editor of the Journal and the venerable editor of the Tribune. Hoosier Lyrics 2011-05-20T02:00:38.353Z He uttered this opprobrious term with great bitterness, and crossed his legs, as though to emphasize his permanence upon the boulder. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z Yet this avenue, opprobrious and disgustful as it was, afforded the only means of escaping from the worst extremes of famine. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z England, for any thing we care, may deserve the opprobrious title of perfidious Albion. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Upon the corpse being brought into his presence, the inhuman monster is recorded to have spurned it with his foot, and to have used opprobrious language to it, and of its dead parents. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z It was not the opprobrious epithet concluding it that had caused the red to forsake her cheeks—leaving them, with her lips, blanched and bloodless. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z In a short time, they both became furiously angry, and they used the most bitterly opprobrious language toward each other. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z Such was the excitement produced by his opprobrious language towards the South, that in many places where he appeared he was greeted with demonstrations of anything but a complimentary character. History of American Abolitionism 2011-03-28T02:00:23.663Z After accomplishing this, he called him many opprobrious names, and threatened him with his foot, as he lay sprawling on the deck. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z I’ve heard him call her a Jezebel, with other opprobrious epithets.” No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z “He called me a —,” answered the girl, reluctantly repeating the opprobrious epithet. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The master hearing this ran in a passion to Fletcher, gave him opprobrious language, shook his cane and attempted to strike. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z It is clear, then, that there is no difference between profit-making in its mildest form, speculation in its opprobrious sense as the middle term, and gambling as the ultimate, except in degree. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z This creed has obtained for the latter faction the opprobrious epithet of Kárra Haïmanót, “the Knife of the Faith,” in allusion to their having lopped off an acknowledged scriptural truth. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z "Well, you are not a dude," added the fair daughter of the planter, as indignantly as though some person besides herself had called him by the opprobrious name. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z Naturally enough, speculation soon fell into very bad repute, and the epithet "speculator" came to be considered the most opprobrious in the whole vocabulary of invective. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z He had, therefore, incurred the dislike of many men, who were wont to apply various opprobrious epithets to him at such times and under such circumstances as made it extremely unpleasant for him. Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters 2011-01-28T03:00:21.780Z A defier of law!” and he poured forth a torrent of opprobrious names, and a full measure of curses, till out of breath. A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z She thought of all the hard names and opprobrious epithets Miss Jerusha called her, and "unjust! unjust!" was the cry of her heart as she wandered on. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z If, at times, he had been guilty of cursing, of calling the blessed Virgin Mary opprobrious names, he only had done so as a mere habit, as everybody else does, quite unintentionally. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z No opprobrious words were used by any one. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z I am no impostor, my lord, nor have I deserved opprobrious language. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z The former, quite as much as the latter, is a departure from Apostolic Christianity, and so merits the opprobrious name of schism. With God in the World A Series of Papers 2010-12-20T17:12:19.523Z I suppose the Dean himself would have been the first to insist that some of his colleagues in the ministry eminently deserved the opprobrious substantive epithet he employed. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time They were vastly touchy and resentful about being called opprobrious or bantering names; often running petulantly to the court about it and seeking redress by prosecution of the offender. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days One of the fallacious and opprobrious inconsistencies that now disgraces our nation is duelling. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution But long before this the young man had got over his dread of opprobrious names, and his fear of those who have nothing harder to hurl. Tom Brown at Rugby The opprobrious epithet seemed feebly to express the infinite contempt in which she—even she—had held him. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories Who are you who, under a name I know not, dare to assault me thus with such opprobrious words? In the Day of Adversity In the midst of all the struggle he had not ceased to cry, "Here, Maurevel!—Maurevel, where are you?" insulting him by the most opprobrious epithets. Marguerite de Valois The system of slavery had made all honest labour opprobrious, and these idle, corrupt, and dangerous parasites had to be kept in good humour by lavish doles and constant amusements. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs Sometimes when we are railing our hardest at Fate, and calling her by opprobrious names, she astonishes us by twisting round her mystic wheel and sending us an unwonted piece of good fortune. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days A person who voluntarily engages in the interchange of opprobrious epithets and mutual vituperation and abuse has been held to license his antagonist to reply in like manner. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman Yet, she remembered, she wanted one other thing—revenge for the opprobrious word he had applied to her long ago. In the Day of Adversity The troops were now removed from the town, which remained in the highest state of exasperation; and this untoward occurrence received the opprobrious and somewhat extravagant name of "the Boston massacre." The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools In about half-an-hour afterwards he saw Williams come out of Bishop’s yard; Williams spoke to witness, and called him by an opprobrious name for having made the seizure. The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812 To Which Are Added an Account of the Resurrection Men in London and a Short History of the Passing of the Anatomy Act Paul had all his life declaimed against nepotism as an opprobrious sin in the head of the Church. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 He would probably have outrun himself, and exhausted the vocabulary of opprobrious epithets, had he not been interrupted. Discussion on American Slavery The men rode away to stables, rubbed down and, as they plied the wisps, said opprobrious things between their set teeth. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade Some have proposed to read paddock, and in the last scene Hamlet bestows this opprobrious name upon the king. Folk-lore of Shakespeare The children seeing her, took up stones to throw at her, calling her “witch” and other opprobrious names; whereat old Catherine cursed them, and especially Mary Ellins, who made herself conspicuous as the chief tormentor. Witch Stories Backwoodsman is another term that they deem opprobrious. Our Southern Highlanders In a new and not in the least opprobrious sense he was "within the realms of Nonsense absolute." A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) It was the most opprobrious epithet he could think of. �lise's rigid figure stiffened visibly. The Blue Goose A very opprobrious epithet was now hurled at the latter. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 At the time of the examination the streets were filled with harnessed men, who spake very opprobrious words to the citizens, which the latter, although two hundred to one, bore patiently. Old and New London Volume I What matter that the plenteous roughs about us were branded with rude or opprobrious names? Our Southern Highlanders The Republics of that day were, for the most part, so governed as to reconcile men with the less opprobrious vices of monarchy. The History of Freedom Instead of these, those of the Reformers and their most prominent adherents were now introduced under opprobrious epithets, with printed caricatures alongside. The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli Would you have your husband appear in public 155 with that most opprobrious badge of the domestic furies, a dishcloth, pinned to his coat-tail? Household Papers and Stories So his well-meaning proffer was met with opprobrious epithets, and indignant defiance. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw Nor has it been only by nicknaming each other by derisory or opprobrious terms that parties have been marked, but they 89 have also worn a livery, and practised distinctive manners. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Such combinations of opprobrious epithets are rarely exhibited. In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House Titmouse, breathless and exhausted, discharging a volley of oaths and opprobrious epithets at the victim of his fury. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. The first of these is the action of Werner Horn, a retired German officer, which gained us for the first time the opprobrious epithet of "dynamiters." My Three Years in America Epicureanism started out fairly well, but its founder was not dead before it earned for itself the opprobrious epithet that it was a doctrine worthy only of swine. Sowing and Reaping Their first weak invention is to attach to a new faction a contemptible or an opprobrious nickname. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 But the common soldiers overwhelmed her with reproaches, and on the march back to Edinburgh poured upon her the most opprobrious names. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters Sir Nicholas, it seems, in his heat applied some opprobrious epithets to Smith, and even called him "traitor"—a charge which the latter repudiated with manly indignation. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 "That foreign madam" was what he called her, in the privacy of the housekeeper's room, with many opprobrious epithets. Sir Tom I flatter myself I know Wilbraham's mentality fairly well—if one may be permitted that rather opprobrious word.” Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings The opprobrious and ludicrous nickname of “the Rump,” stigmatised a faction which played the same part in the English Revolution as the “Montagne” of the Jacobins did in the French. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 As for the pianoforte music, when the Songs without Words are called "hackneyed" we must remember that only compositions of truly popular appeal ever have sufficient vogue to warrant the application of this opprobrious term. Music: An Art and a Language Whenever any of the Haugians approached, they threw a light on their faces, calling out their names with scornful and opprobrious words. Skipper Worse His spectacled eyes blinked keenly behind their flashing lenses; the button of a nose underneath twitched as though it scented battle once again; and the drink with the opprobrious name was suddenly put down unfinished. The Camera Fiend I prayed him with tears to have pity on our unborn babe; but he laughed aloud in scorn and called it by an opprobrious name! Hidden Hand Our editor, probably, was somewhat anxious not to degrade too lowly the anti-monarchical party, designated by this opprobrious term. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Why then do we or they employ, through the press and in rhetorical bombast, opprobrious epithets, fit only for the pot-house or the shambles? Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy I mean, you seem to think I intended something opprobrious. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 He wore a mustache and a chin whisker of that variety designated 94 in the mountains by the most opprobrious of epithets. Nan of Music Mountain Would you have your husband appear in public with that most opprobrious badge of the domestic furies, a dish-cloth pinned to his coat-tail? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 She had not seen Doug's part in the transaction, and being much disturbed in mind and dress, turned upon poor Wetmore and flung at the worthy shepherd the opprobrious words, "You fool." A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties There had been no other provocation than opprobrious words. Patrick Henry The most opprobrious epithet that a Persian can make use of, when in a passion, is to call his antagonist "a dog's uncle." An Old Sailor's Yarns You are the most unenlightened, contumacious, litigious, petulant, opprobrious, proditorious, misanthropic mortal I ever confabulated a colloquy with; by the dignity of my profession you are. The Politician Out-Witted This ungracious word proceeded from the palace of Jerome Napoleon, on whom merciless history bestows a more opprobrious epithet. Pius IX. And His Time Endless ye deem the splendours of this hour, And call defeat opprobrious! Legends of the Saxon Saints The Pahi Town Hall is not to be rashly designated with opprobrious epithets. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand In what less opprobrious sense may barbarous and savage be used? English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Page 48—opprobious amended to opprobrious—"... whatever its precise meaning, is invariably intended to be opprobrious!" The Empire of the East That opprobrious epithet "English" swept all fear and discretion from Scotty's mind. The Silver Maple She could have called me anything opprobrious in that silvery voice of hers and I should have smiled. The Belovéd Vagabond At the outset he is looked upon with contempt, and treated in the most opprobrious manner, as a wild fanatic or a dangerous disorganizer. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Infidel is an opprobrious term that might once almost have been said to be geographical in its range. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions To describe Buddhism as paganism merely shows a lamentable amount of ignorance; nor should I be inclined to include Shintoism in a term which, whatever its precise meaning, is invariably intended to be opprobrious! The Empire of the East Miss Spotted Snake!” the girls from Roselawn heard the children shrieking, and without doubt this opprobrious epithet referred to the one pursued. The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air Prudent people had no mind to have their hero's good name again made opprobrious by fresh scandals, which they could not but dread. Ulysses S. Grant "Now that is young in the opprobrious sense of the word," said Sir George. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius We called them “Algerines,” from which epithet, more opprobrious than probably just, our estimate of their pretensions to civilization may be inferred. Old New England Traits In the American newspapers he had often seen his name coupled with such opprobrious phrases, but never without feeling savagely wrathful. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley The origin of the name "Mugwump" is not entirely clear, but it was well known as an opprobrious epithet, and was applied now by party regulars to the "holier-than-thou" reformers. The New Nation Such theories and battle-cries may serve for a 'nation of shopkeepers'; but that opprobrious phrase has never been true of the great mass of the English people, and it was never less true than to-day. Progress and History To call a trader a lamb is as opprobrious an epithet as it was to call a Norman baron an Englishman. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 Mingled with her shrieks, opprobrious epithets fell fast; the last I could distinguish were: Kaki Spalaki:—ungrateful hound! Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament. The same opprobrious indolence will continue, and in the meantime it is to little purpose, that our country abounds in men and subsistence, if they cannot be called forth for her defence. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. XI As we do not wish to use opprobrious names, we shall characterize these three several schemes of doctrine by the appellations given to them by their advocates. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory Not wanting opprobrious epithets, my steed remained nameless for the first week. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition No; she would not marry him without her father's leave: but she would never own that her engagement was broken, let them affix what most opprobrious name to him they might choose. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite Every essay towards a profounder conviction, a broader faith in the unity of all truth, is branded with the opprobrious name of "rationalism." Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Here, d'ye mean to tell me you never called out "Shellfish" or—or other opprobrious epithets into my door, sir?' The Giant's Robe In fine, language is exhausted of epithets expressive of their scorn, contempt, and hatred of the Yankees, as they are opprobriously nicknamed. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Him Prometheus reviles with opprobrious epithets, calling him a lackey of the Gods, and refuses to disclose anything concerning the matter on which he questions him. Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes One might as well cast the opprobrious text in the face of the moon and stars. The Foot-path Way Begging is quite an honourable profession in Spain; mendicants are charitably termed the poor, and not besmirched, as in England, with an opprobrious name. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia I am almost scared to look up the word in the dictionary for fear of discovering that I am myself no better than that opprobrious thing. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations He has far too great a respect for collegiate foundations to use such opprobrious terms when speaking of any class of ministers of divine service. Notes and Queries, Number 214, December 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. None but the dissolute among the rich speak in opprobrious terms of the vices and follies of the poor. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing Of this, which I believe to be the most signal act of cowardice ever heard of, I forbear to write, lest I should fall into the use of opprobrious language. Athelstane Ford One is the eulogistic word freedom, and the other is the opprobrious word chance. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy He had once perpetrated an opprobrious ode to the overseer, and had answered to the name of Chaucer ever since. Stingaree Had Jenny been born in any family except her own, she would probably have described her as "dangerous," but it was impossible to brand her daughter with so opprobrious an epithet. Virginia Of course the Church refused to sanction the marriage of its officials and called the wife of a clergyman, however virtuous and faithful she might be, by the opprobrious name of "concubine." An Introduction to the History of Western Europe William's enemies were accustomed to designate him by opprobrious epithets, derived from the circumstances of his birth. William the Conqueror Makers of History The careless and ungodly, emboldened by the position of religious teachers, resorted to opprobrious epithets, to base and blasphemous witticisms, in their efforts to heap contumely upon him and his work. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan Sir David Forbes, for opprobrious words against Lord Wentworth, incurred five thousand pounds to the King and three thousand pounds to the party. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 As in old days, "on that opprobrious hill," the temple of Chemosh had stood close by that of Moloch, so now we find the spoliarium beside the fornices—Lust hard by Hate. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 "Don't you call me 'grandma' again, Felix," protested the worthy woman quite warmly; for the Milesian had twice applied the opprobrious appellation to her. Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing As, however, the word tyrannus had none of that opprobrious import which is associated with its English derivative, the latter is not now a suitable substitute for the former. Xerxes Makers of History He called her by the most opprobrious names. Margaret of Anjou Makers of History You try my Temper too far, I neither can nor will bear your insolent contemptuous Way of conversing, or your opprobrious provoking Language. A Dialogue Between Dean Swift and Tho. Prior, Esq. In the Isles of St. Patrick's Church, Dublin, On that Memorable Day, October 9th, 1753 So, they need have no fear that their honour will suffer, or that any one will apply to them the opprobrious epithet—lâche. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea But though the conquerors thus triumphed, they have risen by means as opprobrious as those by which, long before, the Roman freedman overcame his patronus. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics There are many similar references to Schwenckfeld in Luther's Table Talk, and he usually calls him by the opprobrious name of "Stenkfeld." Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries But God did comfort her, and strengthen her too late on that Wednesday afternoon, they thrust another 'witch' into her cell, bidding the two, with opprobrious words, keep company together. Curious, if True Strange Tales In Sicily and in Spain an infant until baptism is called by the opprobrious epithets of Pagan, Turk, Moor, Jew. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology That we did not speak in opprobrious, but rather favourable terms, of His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor; or, 3. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada But no sooner had they got ashore, and out of reach of the old sailor, than they insulted him by hooting his name, coupled with the most opprobrious epithets. The Boat Club or, The Bunkers of Rippleton Jacob Boehme had already set Fox the example of calling the existing Church by this opprobrious name. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries They proved themselves worthy the opprobrious name of Roundhead. Customs and Fashions in Old New England Nothing marks the progress in the elevation of woman, during the last half century, more than the passing away of the opprobrious use of the term “old maid,” which is now rarely heard. The Education of American Girls Bertram would apparently have chosen more opprobrious words if they would kindly have occurred to him. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time Roblado had given him assurance of this by calling the doctor a fool, and heaping upon him other opprobrious epithets. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico While his flesh is crisping and crackling in the flames, therefore, he sings of the scalps he has taken, and heaps opprobrious epithets upon the heads of his tormentors. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States "Matter!" exclaimed Lady Staveley, who could not but feel that the term, as applied to such a young man as Peregrine Orme, was very opprobrious. Orley Farm An opprobrious form of religious imposture—perhaps the most contemptible—which frequently offended the public eye, before the American advent, was the practice of prowling about with doll-saints in the streets and public highways. The Philippine Islands These were the opprobrious words he muttered to himself as he passed out of earshot. Potts's Painless Cure 1898 Day by day the stream of calumny, assiduously fed from the fountain-head at Salonica, grew in volume and virulence; and King Constantine was branded with every opprobrious epithet of liar, traitor, and assassin. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 There was no opprobrious or harsh epithet he did not use. Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents These objectionable designations were regarded at that time as especially opprobrious and were therefore expressive of hateful intent. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern One Campbell, a friar, who was the ringleader, still continuing to interrupt him by opprobrious language; he said to him, "Wicked man, God forgive thee." Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs They are much worse treated than the poor in England, are talked to in more opprobrious terms, and otherwise very much oppressed. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 They couple a few opprobrious epithets with his name just at first, but finally, putting on an air of resolution, declare themselves determined and ready to outdo any decorators in the kingdom. Molly Bawn I recovered my MS. all crumpled and dirty, and I applied to that ostler pretty nearly all the opprobrious names in his language with which I was acquainted. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile In each successive issue of his paper he lashed the whole race of officials, to some of whom he applied the most opprobrious epithets. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion In the course of which, Russel, being a very sensible man, reasoned learnedly against his accusers; while they in return made use of very opprobrious language. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs "Slapped in the mouth" was the opprobrious epithet used to express this insult to the United States. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 But who ever heard the opprobrious term 'fortune-hunter' given to a woman? Molly Bawn It was an awful extreme of wickedness to be engaged, so near their own end, in hurling opprobrious words at a fellow-sufferer. The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion When the neighbors heard of this incident they unanimously pronounced me a fool, accompanying that opprobrious stigmatization with an epithet which my religious convictions prohibit me from recording. The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice In fine, his ears were so assailed by all manner of opprobrious terms, that he could not avoid turning his head, to see who it was that thus abused him. The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians The pro-slavery people called Fremont's supporters abolitionists—the most opprobrious name they conceived they could use. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 Then, when we all laughed, they called us ‘all the hangman tiefs,’ and every other opprobrious name which they could select from their vocabulary. Peter Simple Every word the Knight had uttered, and every opprobrious epithet which he had so lavishly bestowed, had been heard by her. The Seven Champions of Christendom I believe, indeed, he made use of still more opprobrious epithets, with which I do not wish to defile my pages. Ernest Bracebridge School Days But he had scarcely got seated in his canoe, on his favorite fishing-ground, when his ear caught opprobrious strains from his enemy. The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians When he was marched up from the wharf, the sailors were permitted to heap upon him every opprobrious epithet. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 The opprobrious language of Prentiss did not wound Mr. Polk so seriously as did the vote of the House on the resolution of thanks. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 “As you please, señor,” answered George, in nowise ruffled by the Don’s reiteration of the term “pirate,” which in those days carried nothing like the opprobrious signification that it bears to-day. The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer One by one the luckless and dripping Philosophers ran the gauntlet of that fatal debarkation, which was by no means alleviated by the opprobrious hilarity of our two castigators and the delighted yappings of Tike. Tom, Dick and Harry First Ilustrado: Again, in terms opprobrious they mouth Anent our noble elevating sport Where our illustrious citizens do meet And in the cockpit spend a happy hour. 'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts Whereupon the pleasure in the man's face so irritated him, that he sat down again and began to talk of the debt and God's judgment, in words more opprobrious than before.… Brother Copas The senators from the rebellious States had all been expelled at the July session, but without the application of an opprobrious epithet. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 The latter is not necessarily an opprobrious term, and it is applied to all Anglo-Saxons, British or American, and, indeed, in South America, to all Europeans of a fair complexion. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development He had searched all day most indefatigably, and had endured much contumely from the Union ladies, who called him "a thievish250 little rebel scoundrel," and other opprobrious epithets. Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 His enemies could find no opprobrious appellation for him but "Catiline," instead of "Caldwell," which was his middle name—no crime but ambition. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis That night Dr. Rooke called twice at No. 12, and went away both times saying opprobrious things about his fellow-men and women. Under Fire Mr. Lincoln really adhered with unexpected tenacity to the plan of reconstruction which he had attempted, and which, putting aside the opprobrious names applied to it, was called by himself "The Louisiana Plan." Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 But the cad was very thick-skinned; he made not the slightest show of resentment at the opprobrious epithet. On the Fringe of the Great Fight "There's two ladies to take this next-door room," said his garrulous attendant that afternoon, and Stuyvesant thought opprobrious things. Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila He was spattered by it, however, with almost every opprobrious term that belongs to the vocabulary of wrath and abuse. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters Whereupon he went his way and reported that I was a Universalist, that being in Bellingham the most opprobrious of names, in consequence of an ancient feud between the Baptist and Universalist churches. Confessions of Boyhood Colonel Sackville, a member, having, in a private company, spoken opprobriously of those who affirmed that there was any plot, was expelled the house. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. For this offence, he was summoned before the marshal's court; was fined, as having opprobriously defamed the nobleman's crest, by calling the swan a goose; and was in effect reduced to beggary. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell His disciples are called heretics and opprobrious names. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements The opprobrious proverb already mentioned is not the only permanent mark of unpopularity that the Tinkers have earned for themselves at Lisconnel. Strangers at Lisconnel He was afterwards sent back to prison, the soldiers leading him by a circuitous route to prolong his sufferings, and the mob continually following him with opprobrious language. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. In that contemptuous epithet, stripping it of its opprobrious significance, we find the real key to his character. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series Such opprobrious terms as infidelity, irreligion, rationalizing tendencies, naturalism, contempt for the Scriptures, etc., are freely used. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 It now burst upon me in a torrent of opprobrious epithets. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 The usual way to do this is to fling vile epithets, to call opprobrious names, to make shameful charges. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals The name of Jezebel has descended to us as one of the most opprobrious epithets which can be applied to a woman. Notable Women of Olden Time He yielded the point; but in all accesses of anger, or in his drunken fits, he recurred to the old topic, and stung poor Lucy's heart by opprobrious epithets bestowed on her parent. The Last Man We have applied opprobrious epithets and resorted to ostracism. The Vitalized School As they passed out, Cromwell shouted "drunkard," "glutton," "extortioner," with other opprobrious names. The Leading Facts of English History The police did everything in their power to excite the people, hustled the crowd in every direction, used the most opprobrious epithets, and pushed their way along with insulting gestures. Rome in 1860 It was deemed most opprobrious for woman to learn to read and write, to say nothing of other arts. The Women of the Arabs They excommunicated their followers as heretics, branding them with the opprobrious name of Ebionites and Beggars. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 She abused Fraser, called him opprobrious names, and, in a war of words, remained, he admits, mistress of the field. A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 To the term "militarism" we attach an opprobrious meaning; militarism is the more infamous in exact proportion to its efficiency. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe If a Tory wishes to confer an opprobrious epithet on a person he calls him a Radical, and vice versâ; the opposite faction is capable of any enormity? Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow." These opprobrious remarks are only a part of the vileness of which the writer has delivered himself in his first chapter. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation Fortunately their patience endured the strain, being aided by their ignorance of the precise meaning of the opprobrious terms applied to them. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow His opinion of Mrs. Newbolt, her parlor, her ponderosity, and her missing g's, exhausted his vocabulary of opprobrious adjectives; but Eleanor was silent, just putting up a furtive handkerchief to wipe her eyes. The Vehement Flame The opprobrious title by which the Greek professor was known among the students and by which he was commonly spoken of by them had slipped from his tongue almost unconsciously. Winning His "W" A Story of Freshman Year at College It was only when Badelon had twice summoned him with opprobrious words that he awoke to the relief of action. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France The strange ideas I had at that time of serving my country, without the least suspicion that my only reward would be contempt and opprobrious names! American Merchant Ships and Sailors For it is with them, as amongst the Jews, that barrenness is accounted opprobrious. An Account of the Customs and Manners of the Micmakis and Maricheets Savage Nations, Now Dependent on the Government of Cape-Breton "Of a surety, my lord; but all have an aversion to the office, and hold it opprobrious, especially to put churchmen to death," replied the officer. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest He had too lately stood in the place of an individual bearing quite too many opprobrious epithets, to feel very light-hearted. Edna's Sacrifice and Other Stories He shot one, and attributed my bad luck to the opprobrious name I had used. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official One should disregard opprobrious speeches, and never in arrogance deem oneself as superior to another. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 I carry my intelligence to the polls on election morning, and am elbowed aside by an American boor or a foreign drunkard, and, with opprobrious epithets by law officers and rabble, am driven away. What Answer? If you use such opprobrious epithets I will have you gagged. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest They were carted to the vessel, accompanied by animals opprobriously called "crimps," whose unrestrained appetite for plunder was a scandal to the public authority who permitted their existence. Windjammers and Sea Tramps Honor cometh to the female race; no longer shall opprobrious fame oppress the women. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. They were stigmatized by such opprobrious nicknames and epithets as 'Barnburners, 'Free Soilers,' 'Abolitionists,' and instantly and forever ex-communicated from the Democratic party. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy In no normal person does the normal sexual aim lack some designable perverse element, and this universality suffices in itself to prove the inexpediency of an opprobrious application of the name perversion. Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex By degrees, he lost all mastery over himself; he used the most opprobrious epithets, and, but for me, he would have struck her. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 Those which abound with low, opprobrious language about the South and Southerners, avoid. The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) The opprobrious names applied to the would-be and baffled conqueror at this time are curiously similar to the epithets hurled at Napoleon a few centuries later. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Junius but imitated the example of his betters when he fastened upon a foe, guilty or innocent, and heaped upon his head every opprobrious term a heated imagination could supply. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 The loud tones in which I spoke had brought round us all the people who were walking in the garden, and they arrived in time to hear me assail Cornelio with many other opprobrious terms. The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes So after the first dreadful days of seeing his "mistakes," and, in his recoil, calling himself by opprobrious names, he began to get used to his situation and boldly to meet its requirements. The Street Called Straight That thought comforted me as I was writhing a little on my way home, under his opprobrious epithets; for you know that I was always sensitive when addressed with reproachful words. The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) For they call by that opprobrious name all of any nation, themselves alone excepted, who dare to navigate those waters. The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 They put to her searching and opprobrious questions. Flames She "walks always in the light of reason," and decides that "to marry in extreme youth would be a proof of pernicious and opprobrious temerity." The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance Do you remember all those opprobrious words and thoughts and actions? New Tabernacle Sermons Nurse would reply, with a sidelong flash of her charming eyes, a recognition of Larry's age and sex that atoned for the opprobrious epithet. Mount Music His editor, Laing, bids us observe “that all these opprobrious terms are copied from Foxe, or rather from the black letter tract.” John Knox and the Reformation Many a feud leading to a fatal end has resulted from the mere use of this most hated of all opprobrious epithets. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Whereupon, they redoubled their cries, calling each other all manner of opprobrious names, and presently they fell to beating each other with their staves, and charging upon each other with their noses. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II The subsidies which it granted were termed, inoffensively, "subventions," and its promoters protested that these "subventions" were "not in any opprobrious sense a subsidy or bounty." Manual of Ship Subsidies The word has evidently signified, like the Gothic, in the first place poor; then wretched, miserable; and hence, perhaps, its opprobrious sense of mischievous or wicked. Notes and Queries, Number 27, May 4, 1850 His valiant son, a somewhat smaller boy than either Yan or Sam, came near enough to the boundary to hurl opprobrious epithets. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Pictures of generals or royalties are especially liable to defacement with opprobrious epithets. A Librarian's Open Shelf "Let them dare just once more to let such an opprobrious, insulting shout be heard!" The Youth of the Great Elector This he said openly, and in the end he called them heretics, spies, and a thousand other opprobrious names. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 It was, however, subjected to some criticism and ridicule, and gave rise to the expression "bowdlerise," always used in an opprobrious sense. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Then, when we all laughed, they called us "all the hangman tiefs," and every other opprobrious name which they could select from their vocabulary. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 A gang of dissolute vagabonds broke in upon a dervish, used opprobrious language, and beat and ill-used him. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 Still urging for an answer, they used many opprobrious words against the English, threatening to come over to Puloroon with their forces, and to drive us from there and other places. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time It seems that devils were peculiarly sensitive to any opprobrious epithets that chanced to be bestowed upon them. Elizabethan Demonology It is here vilified with the name of a "chest-full of whistles," as the episcopal chapel at Glasgow was, by the vulgar, opprobriously termed the Whistling Kirk. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition By this opprobrious term he designates that distinguished body of men, the Army Service Corps. The First Hundred Thousand Now at first sight this looks like what it was opprobriously called by its enemies, "the philosophy of the pig-sty." Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul I am sensible that the good conduct which I have advised you, and which, I doubt not, you are inclined to preserve, may expose you to the opprobrious epithet, fishing. A Collection of College Words and Customs If one seek to compass possession of ordinary goods without compensation, we at once apply the opprobrious term of theft or fraud. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 So, it was with true chagrin that despite her obdurate snobbery at having to live beside such opprobrious creatures that she should find herself as one of the myriad monkeys. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America "Had she ever heard opprobrious and insulting epithets used by the former or the latter?" "or any threat, implying that the death of Don Ferdinand Morales was desired by the prisoner?" The Vale of Cedars Besides, nobody knew where to lay hands upon Edward Armitage, the author in question, whose opprobrious production, Mordecai Josephs, had scandalized West End Judaism. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People Its very constitution, as a body whose members are elected for a long term, is capable of being rendered obnoxious, and is daily made the subject of opprobrious remark. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style Casey had heard it spoken of with opprobrious epithets by men who had crossed it in wet weather. Casey Ryan The Apaches looked on from a distance, uttering yells of exultation and making opprobrious gestures. Overland "And so this was your doing, Sir Marmaduke de Chavasse," he said, looking his triumphant enemy boldly in the face, even whilst compelling silent attention from those who were heaping opprobrious epithets upon him. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk He keeps with him the young girl who is the daughter of his youth, and whom it cuts him to the soul to have those opprobrious canons imagine his mistress. The Shadow of the Cathedral He is too apt to denounce those whom he considers in error; to apply opprobrious epithets and censure in the strongest terms, and the boldest manner. Isaac T. Hopper In this confession foreigners are designated by the opprobrious epithet of 'little'—that is, contemptible—'demons.' Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. Indeed, so far from it, that, long before he can have had any notion of what is meant by honor, the word liar becomes one of his first and most opprobrious terms of reproach. Lectures on Art "I am surprised, Mr. Plickaman," said I, mildly, but conscious of tremors, "at your use of opprobrious epithets in the presence of a lady." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 When, sir, have I, or any other person opposed to slavery, spoken in stronger and more opprobrious terms of slavery, than this? The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 And Dudhope—even he the representative of Graham of opprobrious memory—disappeared. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII If there was one word in Linda's vocabulary more opprobrious than "nerves," which could be applied to a woman, it was "hysterics." Her Father's Daughter From a neighboring height, his artful rival harangued the camp of the Walamirs, and branded their leader with the opprobrious names of child, of madman, of perjured traitor, the enemy of his blood and nation. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 But the mere truth would be sufficiently opprobrious, and deprive me for ever of your good opinion. Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale But, even here, the beggar knows that he exposes himself not only to refusal, but to the harsh and opprobrious terms in which that refusal may be conveyed. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author They refused to listen to her: They showed her every sort of insult, loaded her with mud and filth, and called her by the most opprobrious appellations. The Monk; a romance Bodies in the same ground do not uniformly dissolve, nor bones equally moulder; whereof in the opprobrious disease, we expect no long duration. Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend But a clamor arose, drowning these protestations, and the most opprobrious epithets could be heard on every side. Baron Trigault's Vengeance Runt, an old cow past breeding; opprobriously, an old woman. Weir of Hermiston She kept on, with hysterical violence, shouting at him an opprobrious, filthy epithet. Of Human Bondage There I was, in the deep woods, sick and emaciated, pursued by a wretch whose character for revolting cruelty beggars all opprobrious speech—bleeding, and almost bloodless. My Bondage and My Freedom It is as uncharitable a point in us to fall upon those popular scurrilities and opprobrious scoffs of the Bishop of Rome, to whom, as a temporal prince, we owe the duty of good language. Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend "He will tell you, it is all pfuscherei, which is his most opprobrious word!" Middlemarch Sir 23:15 The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words will never be reformed all the days of his life. Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha He called the panther every opprobrious name that fell to his tongue. Jungle Tales of Tarzan Indeed, it has been rather long since writers referred to it even in terms of opprobrious sarcasm. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation He could not have thought that frenzy itself would have dared to utter language so opprobrious against a bishop. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor She could scarcely have told when, unless, perhaps, she had fixed the date at the first time she had heard his name introduced at a high tea, with every politely opprobrious epithet affixed. A Fair Barbarian Mekkawys, it is coupled with the most opprobrious and contemptuous epithets. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred They are not intellectual in the opprobrious sense of the word as applied to poetry; they are suffused with warm feeling and their language is simple and natural. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Their taunting voices reached me at length, loaded with all sorts of taunting and opprobrious words—some of them, I dare say, deserved, but not all. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood "Do I play like an old woman in the opprobrious sense of the word?" he demanded, mimicking the Tenor. The Heavenly Twins He argued his case with all the ardor and energy of his nature, but there escaped from him not one opprobrious or resentful sentence towards his former associates. Sketches from Concord and Appledore Very obscure in origin, no doubt proceeding from the opprobrious jests exchanged by the lower classes in mirthful hours, it was at first freely fantastical, composed in dialogue, oratorical, lyrical, satirical, even epical at times. Initiation into Literature How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily! but how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without using any of those opprobrious terms!… Among My Books First Series In the interval, Mr. Hunt was assailed with every opprobrious epithet of liar, scoundrel, base slanderer, and exclamations, 'He cannot produce it, it is all a fabrication,' &c. &c. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 They nicknamed everybody, always opprobriously, often happily in the way of hitting off a salient peculiarity; but they were not in the least aware that they were themselves the best nicknamed people in the service. The Heavenly Twins Feminism seems to me its next of kin; still we may not call the woman who assails the soap boxes--even those that antic about the White House gates--by the opprobrious terms of adventuress. Marse Henry, Complete An Autobiography Feminism seems to me its next of kin; still we may not call the woman who assails the soap boxes—even those that antic about the White House gates—by the opprobrious terms of adventuress. Marse Henry (Volume 1) An Autobiography My mother, however, prevented all the most opprobrious effects of poverty, and all in my power to alleviate his solitude, and console him in his distress, was done. Jane Talbot But when she beheld the letter again, she read again the opprobrious word “faithlessness” in her husband’s handwriting. Filipino Popular Tales To revile with opprobrious speeches the good and courageous props and pillars of the Church,—is that to be called a poetical fury? Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 "Remember, that she has her attachment to plead in her excuse; but dare you say to the world that you still remember, with gentle feelings, the man whom you stigmatize with such opprobrious epithets?" The Pilot This morning my door is covered with opprobrious epithets, and as Mr. Bassett bought paint and brushes at the shop yesterday afternoon, it is doubtless to him I am indebted for them. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day Why must the source of your anxiety be always so mortifying and opprobrious to me? Jane Talbot Mr. Vimpany tore up the account, threw the pieces in the face of Mr. Paul, and expressed his sentiments in one opprobrious word: "Swindlers!" Blind Love Neither defame one another; nor call one another by opprobrious appellations. The Koran (Al-Qur'an) He was sure he would "pluck" half the students on that question and it was beyond a doubt that that opprobrious young loafer Thompson would fail. Toasts and Forms of Public Address for Those Who Wish to Say the Right Thing in the Right Way Yes! with my curses!—I loaded her with execrations, I reviled her in language the most opprobrious, I insulted her even for her confession! Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 3 Why sit I here, endeavouring to give form, substance, and duration to images to which it is guilty and opprobrious to allow momentary place in my mind? Jane Talbot I repeated the opprobrious epithet for the third time and scowled up at the placid moon. Peregrine's Progress The troops were now removed from the town, which remained in the highest state of exasperation; and this untoward occurrence received the opprobrious, and somewhat extravagant name of "the Boston massacre." Life of George Washington — Volume 01 The term Physcon was a Greek word, which denoted opprobriously the ridiculous figure that he made. Cleopatra Some of the opprobrious language I shall soften, for the eternal repetitions of ignorance, absurdity, surprising, etc., are not wanted. A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 The Pharisees, likewise, rode up to Jesus, looked at him scornfully, made use of some opprobrious expression, and then left the place. The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ This opprobrious district among the Asiatics was Phrygia. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 345, December 6, 1828 No language was too opprobrious to apply to them. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12 American Leaders In future, you will not pay any more intention to that foolish little Reddy, who is very well in her way, but unworthy of a great and opprobrious intelligence like yours. The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier Dr. Cheynel is said to have shown himself evidently superiour to him in the controversy, and was answered by him only with an opprobrious book against the presbyterian clergy. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons I cannot think with the Critic, that Sir Philip Sydney was that opprobrious thing which a foolish nobleman in his insolent hostility chose to term him. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia Disgraceful, dishonorable, shameful, disreputable, ignominious, opprobrious, scandalous, infamous. The Century Vocabulary Builder But how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without using any of those opprobrious terms! A Voyage to the Moon Miss Sallianna wound up by saying, that it would be an affair of rare and opprobrious interest; and, as a comedy, would be positively deleterious, which was probably a lapsus linguae for "delicious." The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier They now loudly taxed him with imbecility, accused him of a secret understanding with the enemy, and loaded him with the opprobrious epithets with which Trans-alpine insolence was accustomed to stigmatize the Italians. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 The force was assailed with hoots and yells, and all kinds of opprobrious epithets, but no violence was shown, until it had crossed Thirty-second Street. The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 Every opprobrious epithet will be applied to me. Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 I have twice, Sir, been turned off like a Common footman, with most opprobrious language, without money or cloaths. Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles "Spare him, Alphonso!" cried Miss Sallianna, with a shake of agony in her voice; "spare his youth, and do not take opprobrious revenge!" The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier This opprobrious illustration raised a considerable clamor of abuse from the ruder women; but the Judge's and Burgomaster's ladies silenced them, and repeated their resolution never to give up their faith against their conscience. A Book of Golden Deeds Then he stood up, and asked who had written the opprobrious epithet on the wall. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker The Morpher stock not being of a kind to receive opprobrious epithets meekly, Aristides slowly, and with an evident effort, lifted the shovel in a menacing attitude. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers But breaches were no sooner made than repaired; every scaling-party was repulsed; and the defenders derided the Emperor in opprobrious songs. Medieval Europe Mr. Jinks said that if the paragon of her sex, the lovely Judith, meant to say that he was a gay deceiver, the assertion in question involved a mistake of a cruel and opprobrious character. The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier And here let me ask in sober reason, what language more opprobrious, what actions more exasperating, than those used on this occasion? Public Speaking Like women, who some paltry quarrel wage, Scolding and brawling in the public street, And in opprobrious terms their anger vent, Some true, some false; for so their rage suggests. The Iliad Check him if he uses opprobrious epithet towards his adversary, and never permit improper or insulting words in the note you carry. The Code of Honor, Or, Rules for the Government of Principals and Seconds in Duelling Antichrist has agitated the Christian world from the earliest ages; and his craft has been to mislead the thoughtless, by fixing upon the humble followers of the Lamb his own opprobrious proper name. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 "Nevertheless it's true—dooms true," said Mr. Jinks; "and there are particular days when the rage of the parties comes up in one opprobrious concentrated mass!" The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier This already began to be the opprobrious title, to which he had doomed himself throughout the ages. The Crushed Flower and Other Stories The chief amusement of the children along the route was to shout opprobrious or derisive epithets as they passed, not infrequently accompanied with stones, rotten apples, and now and then the still more objectionable egg. Janice Meredith The effects of his terror are said to have appeared at the bottom of the sack, and to have occasioned that opprobrious appellation by which the non-conformists were vulgarly distinguished. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue He had only a very hazy idea what a coincidence was, but Dan had none at all and thought it must be something peculiarly opprobrious. Rainbow Valley An opprobrious, and perhaps the commonest expletive In the language, amounting to a request for details of the objurgee's female ancestry. The Ivory Trail I, the burden-bearer, the caretaker, the worrier; I, who am opprobriously called "the manager" in this family—I have failed them at this critical point in their household history. The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors Loud cries were sent across the water, shouts of ridicule and opprobrious names which the wind bore along to their ears. The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence These unfortunate fellows are designated by many opprobrious appellations, such as the twelve apostles, the legion of honor, wise men of the East, &c. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue On the next morning all the city papers teemed with accounts of the late forgery, and blazoned Charles Wilton's name, with many opprobrious epithets before the public. Home Lights and Shadows If you make use of another opprobrious epithet, I will communicate the fact to him immediately. The Allen House I have been called opprobrious names by a sergeant of British lancers, out of great jealousy! Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders I have already had occasion to allude to the sealer's readiness in using opprobrious epithets. The Monikins The gardener demanded what, in their opinion, was an exorbitant price, and they with many opprobrious terms refused to pay it. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle At each opprobrious epithet, the lash fell heavily upon the shoulders of Barbesieur, and every blow was answered by a cry of mingled pain and rage. Prince Eugene and His Times The mildness and civility with which the Christian in difficulties always addresses the moneyed Israelite, contrast forcibly with the opprobrious epithets lavished on him when the day for settlement comes. Reminiscences of Captain Gronow One day a well set up, affable, cool young man disturbed him at his club, and he and O'Roon were soon pounding each other and exchanging opprobrious epithets after the manner of long-lost friends. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million These regulations were enforced by severe penalties, and had such salutary effect that, though a vast host of various people was collected together, not an opprobrious epithet was heard nor a weapon drawn in quarrel. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada Inflamed by this reproof, the young nobleman challenged him to play for five hundred pounds, with many opprobrious, or at least contemptuous terms of defiance, which provoked our hero to accept the proposal. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle Slave, I with justice might deserve the wrong, Should I not punish that opprobrious tongue. The Odyssey He could scarcely find epithets opprobrious enough for Magna Charta, which the people considered, and rightly, as the palladium of English liberty. Irish Race in the Past and the Present The boys came nearer, shouting an opprobrious word. Stalky & Co. Once more arrived in presence of the regiment, he attacked the colonel, treated him like the rankest coward, called him opprobrious names, without the other daring to make the least resistance. The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2 Ah! you strapper, what a jolly b— you are!"—"B—!" exclaimed this modern dulcinea, incensed at the opprobrious term; "such a b— as your mother, you dog! The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily! but how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without using any of those opprobrious terms! Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry It was rumoured that he had, at Versailles, spoken opprobriously of the Irish nation; and he had, on this account, been, only a few days before, publicly affronted by Sarsfield. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 The people carry placards around him filled with opprobrious epithets; in changing horses they threw hard black bread into the carriage, exclaiming, "There, wretch, see the bread you made us eat!" The French Revolution - Volume 1 Many of the noble citizens were threatened in opprobrious language; and an artificer seized Carlo Strozzi by the throat, and would undoubtedly have murdered him, but was with difficulty prevented by those around. History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy The rueful governor, rather than expose such opprobrious tokens to the observation and censure of the magistrate, submitted to the expedient. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle The next day the shops were closed; the streets were filled with immense crowds; the multitude pressed round the King's coach, and insulted him with opprobrious cries. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 Every tongue was engaged in loading me with the most opprobrious epithets! The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner "In earliest youth Demosthenes earned an opprobrious nickname by the effeminacy of his dress and manner." Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 Two strangers had come into this peaceful town and had absolutely quarrelled with sticks and whips in the street, calling each other opprobrious names. The Prime Minister "I tell thee I'm not the man for thee," adding an opprobrious name. Mary Barton There is no profanity allowed; and the men are not called by any opprobrious names, which is a great thing with sailors. Two Years Before the Mast And that evangelist among the prophets not only calls his own and Israel’s sins filthy rags, but Isaiah is very bold, and calls their very righteousnesses by that opprobrious name. Bunyan Characters (1st Series) You may call me a 'blue book,' but spare my snobbery the opprobrious epithet of 'directory.' Other Things Being Equal But I did pay the money, and I think your Grace will agree with me that a very opprobrious term might be applied without injustice to the transaction. The Prime Minister "Miserable clown!" he cried, giving him the opprobrious name by which the Royalists insulted the Leaguers. The Hated Son He likewise hurled what sounded like very opprobrious epithets at such natives as did not get out the way quickly enough to suit him. The Land of Footprints The savages went off uttering the wildest denunciations of hostility, mingled with opprobrious terms in broken English, and gesticulations of the most insulting kind. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West The sight of any of the natives put him in an absolute fury, and he would heap on them the most opprobrious epithets; recollecting, no doubt, what he had suffered from Indian robbers. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains The Greeks are filled with amazed rage when their very name is flung at them as an opprobrious epithet. Twenty Years at Hull House; with autobiographical notes Whenever they mentioned Makola's name they always added to it an opprobrious epithet. Tales of Unrest I hurled clods of earth and opprobrious shouts and epithets in the four directions of my four obstreperous friends, and I thought I counted four reluctant departures. The Land of Footprints |
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