| 单词 | peccadillo |
| 例句 | So when he appraised Sister Loretta Marie it was with eyes that had spent a lifetime studying the habits and peccadilloes of nuns. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z At the very least some minor sexual manipulation, some bygone peccadillo now denied him, prohibited by law and punishable by amputation. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But as the capital merry-go-round spun its peccadilloes, scandals and ballyhooed promises, his jaunty baritone restored order with bipartisan japes and irreverent songs to deflate the preening ego and the Big Idea. Mark Russell, Piano-Playing Political Satirist, Dies at 90 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z This intricately structured novel opens 30 years after the Salvadoran expedition and a decade beyond Pace’s Parisian peccadillo. Percival Everett's 'So Much Blue' takes on art and secrets — and he doesn’t have the broad audience his writing deserves 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z To companies like Dockers, however, peccadilloes like this pale in comparison to Mr. Grylls’s real-life narrative, which reads like a Boy Wonder adventure book. Reality TV Star Bear Grylls Tries Khakis On for Size 2012-02-24T22:01:09Z Abel is a native Colombian who, for reasons as much pragmatic as moral, seeks to avoid violence, though he's not above his share of white-collar peccadilloes. Oscar Isaac set to simmer in 'A Most Violent Year' 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z But along with the gift she has a question: did he keep his promise to have “no more extracurricular romances, no more peccadilloes” while she was on tour? In Performance: Renée Fleming and Douglas Sills of 'Living on Love' 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Some of the raps are peccadillos, such as rioting or unlawful assembly—par for the course in India’s raucous local politics. Why many Indian politicians have a criminal record 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Despite those peccadilloes, goats are, for the most part, tolerant of humans. The Year of the Goat 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Accordingly, individual quirks and peccadilloes become incredibly important, and incredibly hard to predict. All Oscar Ballots Should Be as Honest as This One 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Would his sexual peccadilloes have ultimately brought him down as the US media began to exercise its muscle in the 1970s? Can Jonathan Demme give Stephen King's 11/22/63 a time-travelling twist? 2011-08-12T10:53:21Z But it’s also a clever riff on the family sitcom, as the establishment’s proprietor is the patriarch of a decidedly oddball family; most surprisingly, it treats that family with genuine affection, peccadilloes and all. The Best Movies and Shows on Hulu Right Now 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z A minor peccadillo alongside the enormities rightly laid at the door of your man. ‘The Passenger’ 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Yes, the Actors Studio, which in addition to its other peccadilloes had a race problem it refused to acknowledge. Is It Finally Twilight for the Theater’s Sacred Monsters? 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Sometimes the best way to see someone as human is to observe their peccadillos. ‘The Night Of’ Finale: In a Lonely Place 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z These subtle peccadillos enhance the idea that power dynamics are messy and sometimes volatile, a concept that crops up time and time again on the album. “Boys for Pele” turns 20: Revisiting the year when Tori Amos truly came into her own 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” is most famously a delectable comedy of manners, a souffle of nimble wordplay, upper-crust peccadilloes and absurd romantic complications. Oscar Wilde’s elegant wit shines in Seattle Shakes’ ‘Earnest’ 2014-03-26T23:59:36Z Never before had the rituals, quirks and peccadilloes of young Italians, or Italianates, been given such a bullhorn. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Buckwild,’ ‘Washington Heights’ and ‘Black Ink Crew’ on TV 2013-01-06T22:55:35Z Despite these peccadilloes, if that’s what they are, new atheism still had much to offer. From the Enlightenment to the Dark Ages: How “new atheism” slid into the alt-right 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z The thing that makes both of these stories uncomfortable is that they’re not really “sins” or “gaffes” or “peccadilloes” that stand at odds with the rest of the narrative of Bowie’s life. Celebrity deaths and the “problematic fave”: Enough with the moral tug-of-war between “hero” and “villain” legacies 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Two years ago, “The Good Wife,” a CBS drama, opened with a familiar tableau: a politician apologizing for sexual peccadilloes. What Would ?The Good Wife? Do? 2011-07-08T21:24:38Z And besides just hanging on, that seemed to be the work of the musher: managing the team, their energy and peccadilloes. Chasing the Northern Lights in Alaska 2014-01-03T19:30:21Z These are small and maybe meaningless concessions, especially in a world where Mr. Bieber is steady tabloid grist, and all his peccadilloes are a Google search away. Justin Bieber’s So-Watched Life 2013-12-20T20:45:07Z The sexual peccadilloes in “Boris the Third,” at the Pleasance Courtyard, belong to Britain’s prime minister. At Edinburgh’s Festivals, Big Names and Live Issues 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z But not all their material is as charmingly coy in its approach to sexual peccadillos as that. The Hidden Cameras | Pop review 2010-03-18T21:30:00Z Mashed potatoes or none, the very reason everyone was sitting around my imagined poinsettias was to be together, all at the table for a time, the only true peccadillo being withholding one’s company. When you cook your worst at Thanksgiving, here’s how to recover with grace 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Moviegoing is a social act, and other people — their peccadilloes and sometimes their perversions — have always been part of the cinematic experience, as anyone who frequented the good old, bad old Times Square remembers. | Movies: An Unfortunate Return to Reality 2013-07-18T21:30:30Z He delighted in romantic peccadillos and any form of embarrassing scandal. Ben Bradlee: His sense of Style brought a new sensibility to features Paul, who relishes being called “the master of disaster,” specializes in managing his clients’ sexual peccadilloes. Movie Review: ‘Knife Fight,’ With Rob Lowe and Carrie-Anne Moss 2013-01-25T02:18:00Z And here I have to say that Kauffmann’s peccadillo, which he shared with Kael, was his overuse of the dictatorial “we” to bring the reader in line with his own view. Stanley Kauffmann: The Old Master of Movie Criticism 2013-10-09T23:03:45Z But most unlikely is the occasion during which Lyssa’s past peccadillo is revealed. Review: Women’s Hard Choices, Cutting Deep at Williamstown Festival 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z What might seem odd, kinky and guilt-inducing to you would be quite low on any list of deviant sexual peccadillos. My girlfriend wants me to spank her. Should I feel guilty? 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Still, when measured against Mr. M’s sins, Tracy’s peccadilloes look pretty trivial. What America Gets Wrong About Tracy Flick 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z As it happens, the French and their private peccadilloes have been much in the news of late. Heartbreaker 2011-07-16T23:05:12Z It’s now a given that the personal lives and peccadillos of the people who would be president will be exposed by someone, be it The Washington Post or “Access Hollywood.” Politicians’ sex lives used to be off limits. One scandal changed everything. 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z OKCupid, as a Web site, is indeed a provocative tool for measuring the attitudes, beliefs, and sexual peccadillos of millions of people. You are more than a sexual fetish — but online dating sites might not think so 2014-03-15T20:30:00Z The armadillo is found in Washington, D.C., only at the zoo, while the peccadillo is constantly being discovered. Style Invitational Week 1293: Constitutional unconvention 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z The Moment caught up with Hauptman to ask him about his peccadilloes and his favorite haunts in his adopted city. | Michael Hauptman 2011-02-22T22:00:10Z The Greeks no less than Shakespeare wrote about how the peccadilloes of kings became their subjects’ disasters. When Political Theater Ditches the Disguises of Fiction 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z So, maybe now you’re thinking, “These two seem very similar — from their mutual wanderlust to their peccadilloes regarding small talk. Are they also complementary?” Date Lab: Height is of utmost importance to these two. Could we deliver? 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z “Those are personal peccadilloes that you may have,” Scorsese incorrectly guesses. Martin Scorsese defining 'simp,' 'sneaky link' and 'ick' on TikTok? Now that's cinema 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Yet he is likely soon to be sworn in, admitting only to the peccadillo of “résumé embellishment” when really what he seems to have done is “made up almost everything about his biography.” Opinion | We’re living in the age of the scam 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z “Every reporter wanted their own kind of scandal. And one of the consequences was a tendency to elevate peccadilloes to the status of scandals.” Review | Journalists are failing our fragile democracy, a media insider says 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Whatever his peccadilloes, Mr. Anderson was a planning visionary. Opinion | A planning board meltdown in Montgomery County 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Despite many reports of early peccadilloes on Philip’s part — hidden from public view with the help of cooperative newspaper barons — their bonds endured, a throwback to earlier decades of more durable relationships. Queen Elizabeth II Dies at 96; Was World’s Longest-Reigning Monarch 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Their peccadilloes were regular grist for the tabloids, especially the rocky marriage of Prince Charles and Diana and the playboy ways of Prince Andrew. Queen Elizabeth has died. She reigned longer than any British monarch since her great-great-grandmother 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z A love of disinformation is the peccadillo that springs from bigotry, not the other way around. MAGA is complicit — not conned: Cultists aren't innocent dupes 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z That moment may have crystallized the loss of public support for Mr. Johnson, an ethically flexible journalist-turned-politician whose peccadilloes were forgiven more often than not by a public he proved adept at charming. Boris Johnson survives no-confidence vote over lockdown parties, but is left reeling politically. 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z That being said, I would never plan such a trip for people whose preferences and peccadilloes I didn’t know so well; the potential for catastrophic error is too high. How to pull off a surprise family vacation this summer 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z He said he took particular issue with the use of the word "peccadillos". Bute Park: QC denies victim blaming in homophobic attack case 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z But in hindsight, his personal failings and peccadillos pale in comparison with the tectonic impact he has had on American society. Review | A chronicle of Trump’s misdeeds and cronies, before the picture got darker 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Their toxic social media postings and online forays into racism, misogyny, or other forms of antisocial or hateful behavior are not adolescent peccadillos to be dismissed with wrist slaps, eye rolls and boys-will-be-boys indulgence. Opinion | U.S. Border Patrol agents should face much harsher punishments for racist and sexist posts 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z But at L.S.U., about the only unpardonable peccadillo is failing to win. For L.S.U., Not Winning Enough Is the Biggest Scandal 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Ms. Copeland also suggested that some of the rules — like knocking on doors before entering — were not the result of Mr. Kelly’s attempts to control people for sex, but were simply his own peccadilloes. They Worked for R. Kelly. This Is What They Saw. 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Nor is it clear how much lawmakers will press Mr. Cummings on Mr. Johnson’s personal peccadilloes. The Cummings Chronicles: The Can’t-Miss Sequel 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z By now, analysts said, his peccadilloes are so well established that little will change public views of him. ‘It’s a Paper Tiger.’ Britain’s Lobby Laws Under Fire as Johnson Fights ‘Sleaze’ Label 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z A 2018 Esquire feature titled, “The Peacock Patriarchy,” detailed how it “had long operated as a kind of boys’ club in which such peccadilloes and intraoffice flings were swept under the rug.” NBC News labeled an ‘unrepentant boys club’ amid latest sordid allegations 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z It allows Republican politicians, pundits and voters to tell themselves that Trump is a well-meaning guy who should be forgiven his peccadilloes, since he's just too dumb to know better. Does Donald Trump really believe all those conspiracy theories? Depends what you mean by "believe" 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Historically, French politicians have seldom been tarnished by financial peccadilloes, and that was the case with Mr. Chirac: He received a two-year suspended sentence, with his legacy largely intact. Jacques Chirac, Who Led France Envisioning European Unity, Is Dead at 86 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z He claimed that “defense counsel investigated individual prosecutors and their families, looking for personal peccadilloes that may provide a basis for disqualification.” The Judicial System Finally Catches up to Jeffrey Epstein 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z He also asserted that defense lawyers “investigated individual prosecutors and their families, looking for personal peccadilloes that may provide a basis for disqualification.” Opinion | One thing is clear from the Jeffrey Epstein revelations: Acosta must step down 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z He also wrote that defense lawyers “investigated individual prosecutors and their families, looking for personal peccadilloes that may provide a basis for disqualification.” Epstein indictment renews questions about earlier case handled by Trump Cabinet official 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z “The Secret Life of Pets” scooted by on premise alone, and with the sequel, animal lovers will adore the cutesy depictions of pet peccadillos. Review: Dogs and cats stick to the formula in ‘The Secret Life of Pets 2’ 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z His indulgence of Father Marcial Maciel—Legion of Christ founder, serial child abuser, the subject of formal complaints submitted to and buried by the Vatican in 1998—was seen as a peccadillo. What Do the Church’s Victims Deserve? 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z “Defense counsel investigated individual prosecutors and their families, looking for personal peccadilloes,” Acosta wrote. Palm Beach trial could reveal details of billionaire’s alleged abuse of teen girls 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Calypso’s lyrics, too, became a forum for thrashing out the issues of the day, reporting on anything from industrial disputes to sexual peccadilloes. Mighty Sparrow: the king of calypso on freedom, Windrush and oral sex 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z It arranges peccadilloes, technicalities, indiscretions, corruption, toxic harassment and violent crimes on one shelf, takes a step back, shrugs and plays dumb. ‘Inappropriate’ Behavior Could Mean a Faux Pas — Or a Crime 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z While other Cabinet officials caught in ethical peccadilloes have apologized and promised to do better, Pruitt has been defiant and has told the president he did nothing wrong, officials said. How a week of triumph for Trump was convulsed by chaos and contradiction 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z In these parts, Bibi, as he is lovingly nicknamed, is extolled as a popular hero who is persecuted by a liberal news media; a leader without peer whose peccadilloes are easily forgiven. In Israel’s Poorer Periphery, Legal Woes Don’t Dent Netanyahu’s Appeal 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Don't worry Mr Greitens, this little peccadillo only adds to your GOP resume. Gov. Eric Greitens of Missouri Indicted on Invasion of Privacy Charge 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The current wave of scandals is too big, broad and unpredictable to write off with scepticism, or as the isolated peccadillos of a few bad actors. Sexual-harassment scandals imperil Democrats more than Republicans 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z More than half of them are now either awaiting trial in prison, or serving jail terms for peccadilloes such as “liking” things on Facebook deemed by the junta to be offensive to the royal family. In Thailand, civic life is suffering under the junta’s tight grip 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z But instead of whatever stylistic peccadilloes they possess peeking through, they are flattened by the steamrolling logic of the franchise. What does the director switch on “Justice League” mean for the auteur theory? 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Skinner’s Standard tries to do away with many of the dialectic peccadilloes that make American speech sound so distinctively American. The Accent Whisperers of Hollywood 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z One concern is that people will be forced to reveal traumatic secrets or embarrassing peccadilloes. Flyers may soon have their books and magazines screened 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z Corporations like BP and Wells Fargo have faced criticism for dawdling responses to cascading crises, while politicians from Bill Clinton to Anthony Weiner have had difficulty admitting to peccadilloes. Sean Spicer, United Airlines and the Fine Art of Repentance 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z And he and his administration have done a bang-up job of showcasing the peccadillos of our swampy little town on their own. The Daily 202: Nikki Haley benefits from chaos in Trump White House, emerges as the darling of the hawks 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z “Defense counsel investigated individual prosecutors and their families, looking for personal peccadilloes that may provide a basis for disqualification.” Labor nominee Acosta cut deal with billionaire guilty in sex abuse case 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z The questionable handling of his office and his apparent peccadilloes with a former adviser have rendered him, at best, ineffective. Alabama editorial roundup 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z He brings such an affecting well of grace and empathy to his haunted character, avoiding — as does the script — easy clichés and familiar peccadilloes in lieu of something more singular, embracing and authentic. Stephen Dorff shines in docu-style music drama 'Wheeler' 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Needless to say, no matter what her remembered deeds or their cause, they are mere peccadillos in contrast to that of a serial killer. ‘The Spider and the Fly’: tangled strands between a reporter and a serial killer 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z “She will be part and parcel of that legacy of zero scandals, zero personal peccadilloes and seemingly no major political or professional scandals.” 10 Criteria Future Historians Will Use to Rate Obama's Presidency 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z “We aren’t actually interested in people’s various peccadilloes,” said one security official. U.K. Passes Wide-Ranging Surveillance Bill That Critics Say Goes Too Far 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Trump and his inner circle apparently believe that screaming about Bill Clinton’s sexual peccadilloes will somehow excuse or neutralize what we have learned over the past week. Trump isn’t just a pig. He’s a predator. 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z That is in no way a defense of Trump, whose alleged behavior it would be equally outrageous to describe as “his sex life,” “affairs,” “peccadilloes” or any of the other Clinton euphemisms. Boiled Octopus 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z With the videotape and Trump’s decision to highlight Bill Clinton’s peccadillos, Democrats think they now have the upper hand with independents, moderates and women in heavily populated suburban districts. House Democrats believe Trump troubles give them real shot at retaking majority 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Users’ dependence on the portal means a treasure-trove of insights into their preferences and peccadilloes. WeChat’s world 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z And over and over, Allen falls back on lengthy Amelie-style lists of characters, exploring the peccadilloes of broadly drawn glitterati who never become relevant past the moment of their introduction. Café Society is the latest fancified peek deep into Woody Allen’s id 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Corrupt politicians are taken to task for their sexual peccadilloes. This Chinese Rap Is the Most Painfully Earnest Song Ever 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Every culture has its culinary peccadillos, and China has a long history of eating dogs. Millions of Chinese Want the Yulin Dog Meat Festival to Stop 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z But these are peccadilloes compared with leave’s deployment of immigration as its core theme. We’re just 10 days from making the most terrible mistake on Europe | Matthew d’Ancona 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Sexual peccadilloes are unfortunate and may be individually tragic, but abuses of power of the kind in which you specialized do lasting damage to the entire body politic. Kenneth Starr, Who Tried to Bury Bill Clinton, Now Only Praises Him 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z While its heart is in the right place, “Welcome to Happiness” is too fixated on its twee peccadilloes to truly succeed. 'Welcome to Happiness' fails to amuse amid all its sadness 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z The swiftness with which a culture accepts what was once a peccadillo as a deadly sin, though, is a more complicated process. The fall: how diving became football’s worst crime | Alejandro Chacoff 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z And, in fairness, for all the outrage their peccadillos engender, the politicians are not exactly outliers in Alabama. No, not one 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The opposition will use his peccadilloes and indiscretions against him. Trump Voters Need a Mirror 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Instead of embracing the achievements of Clinton's terms, Gore was forced to distance himself from his successful predecessor while the nation focused on private peccadilloes. Kenneth Starr, Who Tried to Bury Bill Clinton, Now Only Praises Him 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has taken the lead in attacking Bill's sexual peccadilloes. The Clinton Legacy 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z But it’s a safe bet that any family will want the biographer to focus on public achievements, not private peccadilloes. Dirt for art's sake: what's offensive and what's essential in author biographies? 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z But Abed transports his comedy to a new level, zeroing in on society’s faults and peccadilloes. In a nation with plenty of tragedy, Afghan comic generates plenty of laughs 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z They run somewhere along the spectrum from an interesting little anomaly through peccadillo and based upon how outraged you are feeling you might even call them lies. The Interesting Little Peccadillos In Greece's Economic Numbers: Spending Rose During The Austerity 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z For the time being – mainly thanks to all the cartoons – it all seems a bit niche, like it’s been designed by one lonely man with a very specific and vaguely unpleasant set of peccadilloes. How virtual reality porn could bring about world peace 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z He probably hoped that in time people would treat this as a youthful peccadillo, like his joining the Bullingdon Club. This Heathrow report got Cameron off the hook. But it won’t be the last word | Simon Jenkins 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Some say they want the return of Charney, whose personal peccadilloes often overshadowed his passionate support of immigrant workers. American Apparel to cut 180 jobs amid a turnaround bid and worker ire And given past peccadilloes, Lake County definitely needs to join. Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Ah, we could be getting ahead of ourselves; the committee will do what it will, and it has a way of justifying its peccadilloes. Selection Sunday is upon us, and let the NCAA tournament bracket intrigue begin 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z If any place put America’s peccadillos on display in the 1980s, it was the shopping mall food court. Mall food gets courtly on the renovated terrace at Westfield Montgomery 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Yay for George Will and the pigskin peccadillo. English 401: The language of George Will 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Double parking, turnstile jumping, an open container for two — the peccadilloes of city life get quickly slapped with a ticket. New York Today: Slowdown City 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z In 2010, I was invited to give a speech at a Family Office conference where the minions hired to oversee deci-millionaire, even billionaire family money meet to discuss their employers’ investments and peccadilloes. Investors Can Learn From Family Office and Sovereign Wealth Fund Painful Lessons 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z They got into business to change the world, not to deal with the motivational travails, emotions and peccadilloes of feckless employees. Eight Entrepreneurial Truths 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z She said that she was unaware of his peccadilloes, as she was wrapped up raising their children. Letters to the Editor 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Many celebrities whose loose lips, zippers or personal peccadilloes have landed them in public peril have tried to limit the damage by going on morning or late-night TV talk shows. Sterling's reputation rehab attempt a PR 'train wreck' 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z With a 27-question survey of 1,020 male golfers of all ages late last year, Golf Digest’s research helps paint a picture of the preferences, habits and peccadilloes of the millennial golfer. A Transformed Golf Digest Tries to Connect With Younger Players 2014-05-01T13:00:02Z If House members are caught up in sexual peccadilloes or other made-for-television acts, they have been driven from Capitol Hill posthaste. Despite Ethics Pledge, Response by G.O.P. Varies 2014-04-28T23:33:40Z And given our rapacious appetite for scandal, he would unquestionably have become the target of character assassins in the media - a far cry from the early 60s when his peccadilloes went unreported. The JFK myth v reality 2013-11-22T09:50:39Z Grid 2, like its predecessor, eschews tuning, so you are required to become familiar with each car's quirks and peccadilloes. Grid 2 – review 2013-06-07T14:20:09Z Ultimately, our firm passed on the opportunity to participate in the story, but the irony of the situation given Bloomberg’s current PR peccadillo certainly is not lost. The Bloomberg Files 2013-05-16T22:05:24Z Edwy Plenel, a longtime investigative reporter who founded Mediapart in 2008, said on Tuesday a shake-up had been long overdue in a political establishment used to newspapers turning a blind eye to peccadillos. Sleaze-raking French website has political elite quaking 2013-04-09T18:27:52Z In any event, Jon, you and the previous gurus have done yeoman work putting up with us and our peccadilloes and putting in the time and effort to bring us RR each week. Feedback loop: your reviews and comments 2012-08-13T11:39:00Z The fact is that there are a great many peccadilloes in London which become crimes at the University. Aspects of Modern Oxford 2012-04-25T02:01:12.193Z What was it to him that slight peccadilloes would be thought nothing of by the public? The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z And that good seamen are deterred from entering the Royal Navy, knowing that the commission of a peccadillo or two may bring down the cat on their unlucky shoulders, is a matter of fact. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The persons of several were known along the coast, and farmers found it to their interest to wink at their peccadilloes. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z My certes, sirs! just imagine Pepys playing the shocked Puritan, after having, perhaps, just committed some of those peccadilloes which he sets down so frankly in his ciphered “Diary.” The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z If you’re guilty of any of these peccadillos, here’s your Average Cost of Laziness. The high cost of being lazy 2012-03-16T17:07:05Z Such inquiries often commence tamely, but there is no saying where they lead to; a man's smallest peccadilloes are shamelessly dragged forth, his very soul is turned inside out. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z Conscious of their own imperfections, mindful of the condescension of a queen who steps down to the moral level of her people, the Neapolitans welcome her with outstretched hands, and love her for her peccadilloes. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z "Captain," he asked, "have you committed some peccadillo in England on account of which they are likely to be hunting after you here?" A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z "But the ladies are not responsible for his peccadilloes." The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z One trifling peccadillo he perhaps forgot to mention. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z He recounts some peccadilloes of Joe Murray, traditional among the servants, which show that worthy to have been less precise in morals than in dress. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z At a period when the peccadilloes of high-born aspirants to eligible maidens were apt to be somewhat deep-dyed, it would have been absurd to object to a suitor on the frivolous score of mysticism. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Indeed, it is the genuine reformer who is seeking to right great wrongs who most needs the capacity to distinguish between grave evils and peccadillos. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z With so exalted an aim as I have proposed for your adoption, you will be slow to tolerate peccadilloes, as of little moment, either in a metaphysical or ethical point of view. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z When you wish to avert a scolding, it is well to be candid and confess; and rather make the most of the peccadillo. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Like many of the oldsters of the patrician order, she grew sorely repentant for youthful peccadilloes, took to psalm-singing, displayed strong ultra-Protestant proclivities. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z How exasperating was it to the self-indulgent and unscrupulous tyrant to have this pale and silent and superior woman always at his elbow dispassionately contemplating his peccadilloes with disapproval peeping from her eyes. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z In truth they had shared in the indiscretion and been partners in the peccadillo. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Whatever her reflections, the young lady had too much instinctive delicacy to comment upon these peccadilloes, and so, of course, I could institute no defense of my friend. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z Captains," he retorted airily, "have at times deviated from the narrow path, so that a Major may well be forgiven a peccadillo. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z It is scarcely credible, for what peccadilloes, life was forfeited, by the laws of England, within the memory of men, now living. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z However, after a certain amount of journalistic jubilation when the award went against us, our cousins overseas charitably allowed the memory of our peccadillo to accumulate dust. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Men of letters have never lacked more than enough to slander them and magnify their peccadilloes, to sneer at their pride, and lower their social status, without finding such enemies in their own camp. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Yet Sir Walter Raleigh, or Sir Philip Sidney, might, perchance, have thought even such a trifling peccadillo not un-note-worthy. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z Nieves listened with rapturous delight, thinking that behind the minute description of Linda's peccadillos she was going to find her lost love. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Pantalone then submitted that the Prince might be concealing, out of a befitting sense of shame, the consequence of boyish peccadilloes. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z If you’ve got photos, affiliations or peccadilloes that you prefer to hide from the world, the worst possible place for them is Facebook, no matter what your settings. Facebook and Privacy: Imperfect Together 2011-12-01T15:05:20Z When they sin they do not sublimise their sins into the little peccadilloes and amusements incident to civilisation. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z Even the latter should not be indulged in, unless a very charming woman is the provoking cause of the peccadillo, and then very stealthily and circumspectly! The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z Henceforth Eastern stories were freely told on both sides as instruments for laying bare the peccadillos of either party. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z When she floundered in a French verb, or came to dire grief in compound fractions, the imbecility provoked no laughter; it bore a sort of gilded pardonableness, like the peccadillo of a princess. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z You see this in the squeamish treatment of the assaults as a series of inscrutable peccadilloes best discussed — and indulged — behind closed doors. Opinion: Secret Dread at Penn State 2011-11-19T22:58:15Z This trifling peccadillo caused me to lose that place; there are people whose minds—I should say, whose behinds—are so ill-fashioned! San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z It shows itself in sweeping condemnations and severe judgments, and a complacent holding up to the light of the poor foibles and peccadilloes of humanity, which all who will can find. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z Then his thoughts would go back to dimly remembered days, with their shadowy recollections of early orphanage and the peccadilloes of street urchins, and somehow he thought he understood. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z One move is to try to cut the number of discouraging automated messages warning editors of style breaches and other peccadillos. Wikipedia?s fund-raising: Free but not easy 2011-11-03T08:48:03Z Their many peccadillos were in practice wholly ignored by the law, and given over to private and domestic jurisdiction. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z French D�sen had always had the privilege of trumpeting forth his peccadilloes. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:20.960Z The administration knew it; and although the condition of the convicts was a good deal like that of the inhabitants of Vesuvius, they never murmured at the punishment inflicted for these peccadilloes. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z But had he not atoned for this peccadillo fifty-fold by the results of his absence? Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z Yet despite approaching it with the mentality of a teenage boy, the British are much more upfront and unblinking about these peccadilloes. The George Osborne Affair: Why the Press Doesn't Know How to Cover Sex 2011-09-14T22:47:12Z But Pagan or Christian, Calvinist or Mohammedan, you have my Royal word for it that you may leave the country unpunished, even if you have some peccadilloes to confess. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z His peccadillos had followed him to Java, and he did not like to be reminded of them. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z It traded, in the most unblushing way, upon the curiosity of its subscribers for a knowledge of the peccadilloes, imprudences, and general private histories of prominent or wealthy citizens. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z In fact, homicide on the frontier, as compared with horse-stealing, is a peccadillo. Frontier Folk 2011-08-19T02:00:11.653Z Her ladyship was a sensible woman, and loved her gay Lothario not a bit the less for his little peccadilloes. Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z “The whole purpose of O.R.I. is to go after serious fraud and not the peccadilloes one might find in many labs.” Harvard Scientist Accused of Misconduct Resigns 2011-07-20T21:25:23Z I do not intend to suggest that this boy was any better than other boys, that his life was less marked by the peccadilloes of childhood. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z All my life I have kept myself from those pleasures and peccadilloes that young gentlemen of my station are wont to use. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z “And for you, dear,” he said, tenderly, and there was peace until some new peccadillo of the eldest son was discovered. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z A man may be barely on nodding terms with the guy who runs his laundromat, and yet confess every hope, fear and peccadillo once he's seated in the barber's chair. Harlem barbershops, salons double as informal health clinics 2011-06-29T16:12:14Z He knows, too, that he may count thenceforth on the patronage of the amorous prince, and commit sundry peccadilloes on the strength of it with impunity. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z "You mean," said Sir Robert, "that though you did not tell your husband everything about your harmless flirtations—your peccadilloes—you never before deliberately lied to shield yourself?" A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z That, she supposed, was why she had always found it in her heart to forgive him, why she had never experienced any real pain because of his perennial peccadilloes. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z And they’re all former players who understand the nuances of the dressing room and the peccadilloes of the modern footballer. Goal: Aston Villa's Coaching Conundrum 2011-06-15T04:07:44Z And how is this to be done? why, by a little peccadillo of injustice. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z Luc Ferry, who is also an accomplished writer and media commentator, was trying to make the point that in France - unlike in other countries - there are laws that prevent the reporting of private peccadilloes. Shovelling gossip 2011-06-04T23:35:57Z Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Italy, which faded long ago as key global player, is wrapped up in the premier's sensational, embarrassing peccadilloes. Why the G-8 Should Never Meet Again 2011-05-27T17:00:00Z Although Chairman Mao kept a stable of women at his disposal, extramarital peccadilloes were frowned upon during China's more fervent socialist years. Love Don't Cost a Thing: Can Educating Girls Alone Curb China's Mistress Epidemic? 2011-05-26T23:25:00Z It is a clever skit of the peccadilloes and absurdities of the good folks of Budapest of all classes, full of genuine humour, and was welcomed with enthusiasm. 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar The Scourge of God 2011-05-26T02:00:15.987Z There was something so aggravatingly smug about Opal; all her peccadilloes were well hidden, and never came under public and official notice. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z I know of a number of cases where the truth that is being concealed involves serious misbehavior by the authorities rather than the peccadilloes of celebrities. Twitter outings undermine "super injunctions" 2011-05-09T11:48:12Z Not everyone is proud that they sought court intervention to prevent disclosures of their peccadilloes. Super-Injunctions Let U.K. Celebrities Keep Sex From Papers 2011-04-27T12:06:03Z Upon these testimonials, and a strong affidavit from Lizzy, that in every other earthly matter she was innocent of the slightest peccadillo, the Lily of Lanark was installed as mistress and governante of the Nursery. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Markopolos says there are too many regulators, and that an efficient approach would combine them all in a single agency that stocks the peccadilloes of finance’s sometimes nefarious players in one handy computer system. Four People Who Get Why Wall Street Can Scoff: Susan Antilla 2011-03-15T23:04:16Z “All that dreadful hunting up of petty peccadilloes, and confessing a string of them at once, is, at least to my notion, only fit work for hermits and monks!” The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z Nevertheless, fewer Chinese wives may be willing to put up with their husband's peccadilloes. Happy Mistress Day! 2011-03-03T09:09:11Z The two economists also explain why professors get away with “turpitudinal peccadillos” like stealing office stationery. Economics focus: The canon of economics 2011-02-24T10:45:13Z All this is very true; but the secret annals of the good can never be free from temptations, and never are in reality unblotted by peccadilloes. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z It seems we are consumed by the peccadilloes of the powerful, with an eagerness to embrace schadenfreude that isn't always appealing. Gen. Misconduct? 2011-02-24T08:40:00Z But no mortal man is without a peccadillo—our boy was always observed to be moving his jaws and chewing more candies than were good for him. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z But I think I could forgive him all his peccadilloes if he would promise to marry Florence and remove her. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z But a lay murder is but a peccadillo beside a sacrilege!—And then, if after the expedition that you propose to us, the dice should fail to give me the apostolic schedule? The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z But he was a Corsican, and mountain bred, and there are but few Corsican mountaineers who, if they search their memories sufficiently, cannot recall some little peccadillo, some gunshot, or dagger thrust, or such-like bagatelle. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z There are a thousand and one odd little youthful peccadilloes, that we think we may as well not divulge to them, Pierre. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Marmont was now the hero of the hour; his peccadillos might well have been forgotten for the sake of securing his continued faithfulness. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z "They who kiss and run away may live to kiss another day" is probably indicative of the worst of his peccadillos. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z He loathes bloodshed, he has never committed a more serious crime than that of annexing other people's property . . . a mere peccadillo, eh? 813 2010-12-28T03:00:13.553Z Indeed, they regarded her as one who had been a type of beauty in her time, and was still a type of good-nature, and were forgiving to her peccadilloes, she was so devout. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z The whole purpose of O.R.I. is to go after serious fraud and not the peccadilloes one might find in many labs.” Difficulties in Defining Errors in Case Against Harvard Researcher 2010-10-25T22:47:00Z It made Hitler in France seem a peccadillo. When the ship sinks, the elite grab all the lifeboats 2010-10-05T19:30:00Z Mr. Hurd’s supposed peccadilloes were a smoke screen for the real reason they got rid of an executive they didn’t trust and employees didn’t like. Talking Business: The Real Reason for Ousting H.P.?s Chief 2010-08-14T03:41:00Z But the headlines in question were not about the poor form of the Seleção or even the sexual peccadilloes of their players, who arrived home on Sunday. World Cup 2010: Dunga's men disowned with focus on prime suspect Bruno 2010-07-05T11:59:00Z If the subject of the night’s news discussion touches in some way on the behavior of public officials or sexual peccadilloes, Mr. Spitzer said simply, “We’ll deal with it.” Eliot Spitzer to Host Show on CNN With Columnist 2010-06-24T00:51:00Z Elections in these states have been marked by charges of hypocrisy, sexual peccadilloes and candidates who face felony charges and express out-of-the-mainstream views. Letter From Washington: Kooky Politics Make for Entertaining Races 2010-06-20T17:30:00Z "No, the peccadilloes of politicians is for the whips office," said Sir Patrick Walker, adding "and my experience is they know an awful lot about the peccadilloes of members of their own party." Behind the door 2010-05-17T11:11:00Z Tax peccadillos got him off to a bad start with lawmakers. 2010-01-28T10:40:00Z It is advisable to keep one's self abreast of their little peccadilloes in love as well as professional affairs. The Undying Past Make no unnecessary disclosures of your little peccadilloes. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 It is the penalty of high place that peccadilloes are magnified into sins, and sins are multiplied and exaggerated. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Gathering that it was no half-forgotten peccadillo that had risen against him, Mr. Sparrow resumed his boldness and eased the curb upon his wrath. A Poached Peerage But this was regarded by the governor as a trifling peccadillo. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 But you cannot saddle him, in the flesh or out of it, with your peccadilloes. The Firebrand Even this question is not a fair one, because it must be admitted that society, which is very lenient over the peccadilloes of unmarried men, frowns unmercifully over those of unmarried women. Rambles in Womanland He would have scorned a sin larger than this romantic peccadillo,—but he was a man! The Day of His Youth The brutality of the senses had less to do with my peccadilloes than a delicate inclination and tenderness of heart. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second She finds it very hard to forgive her own little peccadillos.” Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance While she might have overlooked his less important peccadilloes, she was determined not to follow him further in his course of crime. John Marsh's Millions All went well until another year had passed, when in a sudden burst of emotion the maid confessed to a fresh peccadillo. A Question of Marriage A doctor on the boat who knows all about the Indians, tells me of their misfortunes, peccadilloes, their thin transitory pleasures and their love and practise of idleness. Seeds of Pine The Empress was fain to put up with these peccadilloes: she could not be always running away to Schwalbach or to Scotland; besides, she knew that she would have to come back again. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections Mac's one peccadillo since joining at Minneconjou was a rantin', roarin' drunk in Silver Hill that cost Uncle Sam three days of his services, and the Highlander three months of his pay. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade He could not but perceive that they came to him to confess their peccadilloes only that they might pursue them more completely at their ease. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June She lowered her chin, glancing sideways at Vanna as a shamed child might do discovered in the perpetration of an infantile peccadillo, and Vanna smiled a tender, humorous response. A Question of Marriage Oh, if our dear, dear friends would but read us with half the charity, or even bestow upon our peccadilloes a tithe of this forgiveness! The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Allan was originally intended for the Church; but some peccadilloes obstructed his progress with the Presbytery, and he never was a preacher. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Pray tell me, doctor, why you wish to see my governess?—to inquire concerning my numerous peccadilloes?” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Something the public will bear: topographical sins dwindle into peccadilloes in a romance; and no candid people look very sharply after the hydrography of a novel. Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. That warlike prelate, an admiral and brave sailor more than a priest, shrugged his shoulders on hearing of such peccadilloes. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages He fell, of course, into many of the peccadilloes of boys of his age, and received, without demur, the treatment of a little boy. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education Morally, the forgery of a signature, especially if it be to bring about a diminution of cash in a well-filled pocket, is a mere peccadillo compared with the malversation of a young girl's life. When Ghost Meets Ghost It was as though Shakespeare, called to account for some such peccadillo as the Bohemian seaport, should answer magnificently that he was a poet. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) "Oh, it's not so bad as all that," said Horace, who had a private impression that the Jinnee's "past" would probably turn out to be chiefly made up of peccadilloes. The Brass Bottle He finds himself, without any consciousness of the acts charged, accused on apparently indubitable evidence, first of peccadillos, then of serious crimes. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 The most selfish younger sister reading this story would become a Pharisee, and thank God, that, whatever her peccadilloes, she was not so bad as this Amelia. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 As soon as we face the facts, we realize that what we call peccadilloes in ourselves are the black sins that have slain the innocents and have hag ridden humanity through all its history. The Social Principles of Jesus I do not know whether a husband's comfort is ever perfect till some family peccadilloes have been conclusively proved against him. Is He Popenjoy? The patroon glanced from his pensioner to the roll; from the kneeling man to 109 that prodigious list of peccadillos, and then he called for a shilling, a coin still somewhat in use in America. The Strollers Unfortunately, brother Lorenz knew everything; one’s pleasant peccadilloes buzzed to his ears like flies; there was little hope of deceiving him. The Princess Virginia Faults in baser spirits deemed Merely peccadillos In that crystal mirror seemed Vast as Biscay billows. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 She did not know she was false—but why should I dwell upon poor Sukey's peccadilloes as if she were the only sinner, or responsible for her sins? A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties I remember having confessed some childish peccadillo that was weighing on my small mind as the first result of my thoroughly aroused sense of guilt. Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning Whenever he discovered the Prince in any peccadillo, he used to say, "Well, we must be lenient to youth." The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 Like Melita I am never a bit repentant of my peccadilloes. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess Captain Brand alluded to forging his father’s name, and other little peccadilloes of a similar nature. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life In drawing a contrast between the Countess and this shameless woman the last remembrance of the Countess's peccadilloes faded from his indignant mind. Captain Dieppe "You nun; you saint.—Does that girlish peccadillo still haunt you?" Amabel Channice Hadn't somebody better wink At my peccadillos, if houses of glass Won't do to throw stones from at those who pass? The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Already, he was a little too fond of his liquor—a peccadillo which attracted little attention in that age of the careless city. The Readjustment And you have a multitude of perfectly mammoth peccadilloes. A Likely Story One cannot live through forty years without having a few little peccadilloes on one’s conscience, Don Tiburcio. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora Mr. Carew's lips curled a little cruelly as he remarked he would easily nip that peccadillo in the bud. The Rhodesian Yet as long as men and women are weak and mortal, genius will possess a privilege of committing certain peccadilloes that will be winked at and hushed up. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 Live and let live, were words that were often on his lips;—by which he intended to signify that he would overlook the peccadilloes of other people, as long as other people overlooked his own. The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm "We will not refer to the past," he said meaningly and was so impressive that Hamilton began to search his mind for some forgotten peccadillo. Bones in London Again, why should God feel Himself so much aggrieved by Adam's peccadillo? The New Theology That veracious author has prudently suppressed, or delicately touched, Elizabeth's peccadilloes as not coming within the scope of his plan. The Faith of Our Fathers Eh, what! for peccadilloes To scold those little loves? The Martian All little failings, peccadilloes, and asperities are strictly fined. Dolly Reforming Herself A Comedy in Four Acts Pinckney was not a man to press another unduly, nor was he a man to haggle about halfpence or worry servants over small peccadillos. The Ghost Girl Bribery, a crime capital among the Pagans, is already a peccadillo among us. Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply It is easy to see how a rascal, if as credulous as rascals often are, would be so frightened that his mouth would be dry, and would thus betray his own peccadillo. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages My son is young—if he has committed some peccadillo——" "Peccadillo is hardly the word to use. The Son of Monte-Cristo This did not suit Mrs. Tracy, who did not care to have a stranger made acquainted with her brother's peccadilloes. Luke Walton Mr Garnet’s first act, on being inducted into these comfortable quarters in his Majesty’s Tower, was to bribe his keeper to wink at his peccadilloes. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot The most probable of these is that which connects it with the peccadilloes or ruffs worn by the gallants of Charles II.'s time. The Strand District The Fascination of London Palace gossip treated it as a very ordinary peccadillo. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography This he said with quite sufficient solemnity, so that Mr Whittlestaff drew himself up, and looked hard and stiff, as though he were determined to forget Sergeant Baggett and all his peccadilloes for the moment. An Old Man's Love But their most serious peccadillo, and the one which had the most disastrous results, was their theft of a brace of revolvers and a number of cartridges. Turned Adrift A certain village of the same district is an instance of the frequency of all those minor peccadilloes, such as drunkenness and rowdiness and so forth, which the Serbs permit themselves. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 They were, as a matter of fact, merely charged with the following peccadilloes, among others. The Story of Rouen But what were these peccadilloes compared with the sins of the modern 'cigar-light?' Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce To allow Miss Maitland to call at Orley Grange would expose Dermot's peccadillo to his headmaster, and involve him in as serious a trouble as her own. The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life As a matter of fact, I have dealt far too leniently with the peccadillos of the ornithological systematist. Birds of the Indian Hills An excellent man! said everybody who knew him—perhaps a little too particular, and rather severe on the peccadilloes of young people. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century As most of his congregation had their own little peccadilloes to worry over, Mr Cargrim's sermon made them quite uneasy, and created a decided sensation, much to his own gratification. The Bishop's Secret They said that some people were so frightfully proud that, in place of confessing gross sins, they confessed only peccadillos; then they gave a detail, word for word, of everything I had confessed. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers My merchandise revived the memory of peccadilloes that had been long forgotten, and sentences that were forgiven. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver He in no way underrated the effort it must have been for Grantly and Buz to come and confess their peccadillos to him. The Ffolliots of Redmarley They all believe that a man must have no peccadillos, once he has signed the marriage contract. The Lure of the Mask Was that society that he had sought out and thought to grasp so pure, so free from corruption, so spotlessly fair, that his, Prince Gregoriev's peccadilloes must needs bar him from its gatherings? The Genius And the time will come when the husband himself will give up his peccadilloes and transgressions and will cleave powerfully to his wife, will be bound to her by bonds never to be torn asunder. Woman Her Sex and Love Life If Miss Roscoe viewed that peccadillo so seriously, what would she say to the tale which her pupil had to unfold? The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story I would not have mentioned Carnival's peccadillo had not the thing been so uncommon in France. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) He struck but one string; I was foolish to let a little peccadillo of bachelorhood stand in the way; all men were the same; the position I took was absurd. The Lure of the Mask There is, however, to my mind, a deeper interest in the book than that which arises from its good-humoured flagellation of Persian peccadilloes. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan A less shameful peccadillo might have been confessed, but this low-lived gambling, this association with a fellow like Josiah Slam, how could it be spoken of? Dr. Jolliffe's Boys She was returning from early chapel, whither she had gone to mass and confession; and where I trust she had received absolution for her little peccadilloes. She and I, Volume 1 Others are conscious of undiscovered peccadilloes, or they feel that on some future day they may be led to transgress rules, of which the policeman is the sturdy embodiment. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 21, 1893 Father Launoy knew all the peccadilloes of this small flock, and had a tongue which stripped your clothes off—to use an expression of La Marmite's. Fort Amity He hears of men who swayed the destinies of Europe, who taught society by outraging her conventions, whose morality even was reached sometimes by scorn of the peccadilloes which condemn the ordinary man. The Story of the Mind He speaks himself of 'equivocating pretty genteelly' in regard to one of his peccadilloes. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) This knowledge was not confined to car costs and such impersonal items, but included meals, scandals, relationships, finances, love affairs, quarrels, peccadillos. Gigolo That remark of Dean Swift's, "I admire Handel—principally because he conceals his petticoat peccadilloes with such perfection," does not go. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians The detection of my next peccadillo was not followed by such baneful effects. Confessions of an Etonian That night the major bade Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins hold their peace as to Field's peccadilloes until further leave was given them to speak. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier College days are now over: our heroes have graduated with some distinction, notwithstanding their many peccadilloes, and have bid farewell forever to the "academic shades," figuratively speaking, of their Alma Mater. Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside So in regard to all the thousand and one other peccadilloes that go to make this life a sinful one. The Idiot Notwithstanding his peccadillos, as he evidently regarded them, high hopes were conceived of his abilities and independence of character. The Age of the Reformation Even children and young girls have been punished for peccadillos that were absolutely untrue. Fighting France Had he gone the length of his thirty-five years without his peccadillos? Parrot & Co. Crimes thus become ordinary sins, and ordinary sins peccadillos. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals Nothing is small which is morally wrong; but little physical twitchings, and nervous peccadilloes are not worthy of grave legislation. Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 A marriage which could not be proved was no marriage, and as for anything else, Lucie's happiness must not be sacrificed to a boy's peccadillos. The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow The child’s conception of truth.—In his restricted conception, the boy conceives truth to be the mere absence of peccadillos. The Vitalized School Who was she to object to past peccadillos on his part? The Black Pearl I license none; I punish whatever is clearly proved, but will not play grand Inquisitor, and hunt out every little peccadillo. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters Great crimes do not involve these penalties: they incur them only by small peccadillos, or offences deemed venal among other societies. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II He was first an Episcopalian; but having been refused ordination in that sect, on account of some peccadilloes of his youth, he joined the Methodists, from whom he received conversion and a call. The Cross and the Shamrock Or, How To Defend The Faith. An Irish-American Catholic Tale Of Real Life, Descriptive Of The Temptations, Sufferings, Trials, And Triumphs Of The Children Of St. Patrick In The Great Republic Of Washington. A Book For The Entertainment And Special Instructions Of The Catholic Male And Female Servants Of The United States. Do not mention this peccadillo to my son. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Yes—that too, then your father will forget all your peccadilloes and say, 'Bless you, my children'—" "Limelight on the blushing bur-ride! The Splendid Folly Piracy, which ran in the Thanet blood, seemed to their good easy local annalist a regrettable peccadillo. Science in Arcady It is not easy to render this term by a short and apt English term; "peccadillo" would come near the meaning. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation As a consequence vast numbers grow up with the idea that unchastity is a gallant adventure, or, at worst, only a peccadillo. Safe Marriage A Return to Sanity I know he is thinking of your peccadilloes, my lord, for he nearly told me as much before. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One His peccadillo was judged to be a hanging matter. The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney If they steal a negro, that makes a very large entry to their credit, and will cover a multitude of peccadilloes and frauds. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery Now Keith Macleod was no more ignorant or innocent than anybody else; but there was one social misdemeanor—mere peccadillo, let us say—that was quite unintelligible to him. Macleod of Dare These petty peccadilloes might Have all improved with careful training.— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 1, 1892 In spite of the fact that I was fully aware of all his absurdities and peccadilloes, the true greatness of the man remained, and still remains, undimmed in my mind. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative But here we are up against the biggest war in history, and such peccadilloes as yours sink into insignificance. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement Everything else that the dog lacked could be traced back to the peccadillos of his ancestors,—Jonathan was responsible for the tail. A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others Nobody likes hypocrisy, to be sure, but Mrs. Pinckney did not take the trouble to veil her peccadilloes. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 For who is it that is not interested in hearing the peccadilloes of his neighbor aired? Twelve Men An amusingly wrong-headed book about Homer is a peccadillo; ten years of life lavished upon it is something a good deal more serious. Aspects of Literature One day she was fined forty shillings or a week’s imprisonment for a political peccadillo involving a hatpin and a policeman. The Lion's Share What need was there to tell her of any little peccadillo, if you could conceal it? The Doctor's Dilemma Why, hark you, with your peccadilloes, you resemble a monkey over a hot dish of roasted chestnuts; you keep grinning round with your mouth watering, till they get cold, before you taste. Cromwell Ah, no," said Nicolovius, "there was no gracious pardon for my little peccadillo, no statute of limitations to run after me and pat me on the head. Queed She knew all about his heroism on battlefields; she knew also of that little incident in a palace boudoir, and of many another youthful peccadillo of the gallant young colonel. Love Romances of the Aristocracy In some countries, what we call crimes are only regarded as peccadillos. Willis the Pilot Parents are generally inclined to rule extra tenderness towards a child whose peccadilloes have brought him a whipping. At a Winter's Fire Why?" said I. "Because you are willing to shoulder other people's peccadilloes. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 A father overborne by misfortunes and poverty, disowned by a prosperous and Pharisaical son--admitting a few peccadilloes, such as most men forgive, in order to weigh them against virtues, such as all men hate. Lady Merton, Colonist His name was Rhodes, Mr. Cecil Rhodes, Chairman of the De Beers Corporation, and "no mean judge of a situation," our newspaper stated in substantiation of his Piccadilly peccadillo. The Siege of Kimberley Passing over the matter of the cookery, will it be credited, that living right among us as he did, he was yet blind to the premeditated though unachieved peccadilloes of his spouse? Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I In these moments of contrition small peccadilloes took on tragic importance in his mind. Mince Pie I did not like the word peccadilloes, but I only said, "So can a woman take care of herself." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 "He knows all of madame's peccadilloes—ay, all her crimes—" "Crimes! be careful, girl!" The Son of Clemenceau All the amendments, however, were adopted as early as 1753, except the correction of a grammatical peccadillo in the ninth stanza. Notes and Queries, Number 50, October 12, 1850 He was still wondering what childish peccadillo was troubling her, keeping her from accepting his gift. The Rocks of Valpre A religious observance of great importance with the Japanese is 'Osurasma,' or 'praying a soul out of purgatory,' as they wisely consider that even the most holy must have some small peccadilloes to answer for. Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs He and she were just of an age, the two most careless-hearted outcasts in Panama; and knew each other's peccadilloes to a hair. The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales And yet what sin had he committed against her, save the peccadillo of locking her for an hour or two in a comfortable room? Mr. Prohack With all these little peccadilloes the sisters possessed some good properties. Marriage The examiner had committed a peccadillo, George a terrible crime. The Roll-Call If he ever had any peccadilloes of any kind, they are buried in a cloud as snug as that which shrouded the pious Eneas when he paid his first visit to Queen Dido. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 541, April 7, 1832 Nor were Cardinals wont to be treated so cavalierly for peccadilloes. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II I am ready to commit peccadilloes, but not crimes. Mr. Prohack It doesn't, or anyhow it shouldn't, attempt to deal with trifling peccadillos; it generally couldn't. By Advice of Counsel These were the eyes, too, which would shine forth such unutterable love when she played Cleopatra that one might well pardon the peccadilloes of poor Antony. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield They made misery for themselves out of his harmless peccadilloes. The Three Brontës Conscience that can occupy itself with such peccadilloes must have nothing else to do. Without Dogma The peccadillo on his part had been very small, but he must be assured. John Caldigate Venus confesses her peccadillo, and offers to descend to the Devonshire borough with her lover, and see what can have become of the ethereal shoe. Gossip in a Library Nowadays Addison and the Spectator go rolling down to fame together, an indivisible reminder—the very essence indeed—of the virtues, peccadilloes, greatness and meanness of early eighteenth century life. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield "Such peccadillo's pass with him for pious frauds." The Grammar of English Grammars He had saved Voltaire's life, by violently detaining Lord Peterborough, when the latter stood prepared to punish with peremptory death some peccadillo of the Frenchman's. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 The other sins of the decalogue he had come by habit to regard as peccadilloes. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" But no sooner was he raised a step, than committing some fresh peccadillo, he was compelled to desert in order to avoid punishment. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 379, July 4, 1829 If so, at what period of the twenty-four hours have you invariably found Mr. —— most lenient to your little pecuniary peccadilloes? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 So powerful is the influence of fashion, it can even cause murder to be regarded as a venial peccadillo. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 The Abbey door was thronged with Carriages from morning to night; and the noblest and fairest Dames of Madrid confessed to the Abbot their secret peccadilloes. The Monk; a romance I have no conscience of marble, to resist the hammer of more heavy offences: nor yet so soft and waxen, as to take the impression of each single peccadillo or scape of infirmity. Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend Nothing is to be said of any administration peccadilloes or crookedness, for fear of hurting the party and delaying the triumph of the great cause. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 They mean only that they do not fear reproaches for peccadillos which they are convinced none will discover. Moon and Sixpence "My uncle has some peccadilloes on his conscience." The Europeans As is true in most college administrations, faculty sexual misconduct was considered mere professorial peccadillo and was studiously overlooked. Wild Justice On the whole, I presume, we are to consider a mauvais sujet as a culprit, compared with whose transgressions, the several enormities of gaming, drinking, and the like, sink into mere peccadilloes. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 266, July 28, 1827 She knows not only all their own peccadillos, but the sins of their great-grandmothers as well. The Amateur Gentleman And on the strength of peccadillos, reprehensible in an author, but excusable in a son, the Anglo-Saxon race is accused of prudishness, humbug, pretentiousness, deceit, cunning, and bad cooking. Moon and Sixpence His collegiate peccadilloes had aroused a domestic murmur as disagreeable to the young man as the creaking of his boots would have been to a house-breaker. The Europeans In those happy persons who had already passed into biography and history, in their peccadilloes no less than their virtues, the Bishop's interest was boundless. The Case of Richard Meynell We know that this, alas, cannot be, and that in real life our peccadilloes dwindle into dreary vistas of divorce cases and the police-court, and that crime has lost its splendour. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking By taking his side of the question, he would unbosom himself the more freely, and, perhaps, incidentally, some of the peccadilloes—some of the most wicked. The Under Dog It is an action between friends, just as my silence on the subject of your peccadillo is a friendly action. The Gray Dawn My sins were all peccadilloes; I always respected my neighbor's property—my neighbor's wife. The Europeans The ladies, after having exhausted the subject of the toilet, finish by giving, as an apology for their own conduct, the charitable enumeration of the peccadilloes which they fancy they have remarked in other women. Paris as It Was and as It Is To Father Jerome she had gone as Nina's confessor, and she had also applied to the reverend pastor who had the charge of her own little peccadilloes. Nina Balatka Faith, but we find it more salutary, in looking back, to consider some peccadilloes of our own. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes When I pointed reproachfully to the double peccadillo, they only laughed and scampered off. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok With the peccadillos of married women who were wives she had little tolerance as they were a breach of faith, a deliberate violation of contract, and indecent to boot. The Sisters-In-Law Have I not watched her hiding the boys' peccadilloes from papa's anger? The Virginians He drinks sometimes more than enough, and is guilty of peccadilloes with the fair sex; yet speaks most affectionately of his wife, and is a fond and careful father. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 Robert was haunted, not only with a due sense of the errors he had really committed, but with the tormenting apprehensions of those peccadilloes which beset a superstitious and timid mind. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day At the worst, it is a peccadillo, not a crime. The Law-Breakers and Other Stories The fact that she was conspiring with him to hide this peccadillo, that from now on they would have a sort of secret together, filled him with a warm pleasure. Shallow Soil He would be down on some little public peccadillo of mine before I had swallowed my first egg. The Three Clerks The whole country looked on and heard the wretched story, not only of Barnes's fault and Highgate's fault, but of the private peccadilloes of their suborned footmen and conspiring housemaids. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family "A trifling peccadillo, sir; nothing more, I assure you—merely a few pounds and a paltry bit of jewellery belonging to an Englishwoman of the name of Harkaway." Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece But the chield I have to do with for the present, and who has led to this rigmarole, is a sort of deputy Conscience, a looker—out after small affairs—peccadilloes. Tom Cringle's Log In truth, with the House of Israel his extravagance had made him painfully familiar; nevertheless, as mentioned by Lord Broughton, on one occasion he made his peccadilloes in this respect the subject of another jest. The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 I believe there are few young men, and those very sturdy moralists, who would not rather be taxed with some moral peccadillo than with want of knowledge in horsemanship. Rob Roy — Volume 01 Day after day, very likely, the undeniable faults and many peccadilloes of—of that other person, have been exposed to her. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family Dean Swift is said to have said: "I admire Händel principally because he conceals his petticoat peccadillos with such perfection." The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 The lying letter to Ezra Brunt was a mere peccadillo, even if it was that, even if it was not actually virtuous. Hilda Lessways The peccadilloes of the upper classes they treated with comparatively gentle humor, and aimed their strokes of satire chiefly against the lower. English Poets of the Eighteenth Century This act, which seems to have been a mere peccadillo of boyish levity, determined his future career. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century But as this taste, in the most ingenious hands, is limited and monotonous in its modes of manifestation, it would be tedious to run through the long Suetonian roll-call of his peccadilloes in this way. The Caesars But having been informed by letter that it was a question only of some peccadillo I had no other thought but to see you again. The Queen Pedauque He overlooks little peccadilloes, as he calls the worst stories, and thinks everybody else will be just as indulgent as himself. Nature and Human Nature The women and children fly at the approach of this devil on two sticks, and with reason: every peccadillo is punished with a merciless thrashing. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 He did not dash through the gamut of his life experiences nor regret all past peccadilloes, as novelists inform us is generally the ultimate thought in the supreme moment before a dash into eternity! The Voice on the Wire He had begun his life in the colonies a little under a cloud, having been sent out from home after the perpetration of some peccadillo of which the law had disapproved. Harry Heathcote of Gangoil We have had our peccadilloes and our repentances, and have now our little concealments of affairs that would interest nobody but ourselves. At Last They would be a queer lot of little peccadilloes. An Original Belle "They have no mother," he used to say to himself, with a sigh, when some unusually glaring peccadillo forced itself upon his notice. Rainbow Valley It must be an organized gang, for all the crimes have been so strangely similar, occurring to three men who are friends, and entrez nous, notorious for their peccadilloes. The Voice on the Wire As long as his father would make fair allowance for his own peccadilloes,—he also would make allowances for his father's roughness. The Way We Live Now What was the worst penalty wont to follow from such peccadilloes to persons in his position? A Siren I do not suppose his life has been free from peccadilloes. The Beetle This peccadillo of his did not disturb me much; he deserved as captain a larger share than the others. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley There are certain little peccadilloes in society which one can manage to throw behind one,—perhaps with some difficulty, and awkwardness; but still they are put aside, and conversation goes on, though with a hitch. He Knew He Was Right Not a peccadillo, my pretty maid—not a single one. The Hidden Children He first entered the Seminary of Yvetot, but managed to have himself expelled on account of a peccadillo of precocious poetry. Mademoiselle Fifi And the men drink and gamble, to say nothing of other peccadilloes, with perfect impunity. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 It would be so easy for a friend to remark that such little peccadilloes were not altogether uncommon, and that it would sometimes happen in life that people did not know their own minds. The Small House at Allington This peccadillo was passed over, but a more serious offence, his inability to play whist, was remembered against him by his brother officers right to the day of his death. The Life of Sir Richard Burton Given the circumstances as I have stated them, she was bound to fall in love with Randall, and in doing so committed not the little tiniest speck of a peccadillo. The Red Planet Thus, despite the important capacity he filled, he was not a grade higher than the ordinary butler, who makes it his business to know all the peccadilloes and failings of his master. The Master-Christian Thus, in Polynesia as elsewhere;—charge a man with one misdemeanour, and all his peccadilloes are raked up and assorted before him. Omoo The wounded Milanese groaned out: “A pox upon our peccadilloes! the sole cause of my misfortune was that I sinned by taking a little broth this morning, having nothing else to break my fast with.” Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini What she formerly regarded as a monstrous crime, she now spoke of as a peccadillo. File No. 113 After swallowing it, the husband will be as blind to his wife’s peccadilloes as the dead man was on whose eyes the coins were laid. The Golden Bough Le Vice is looked upon at most as a peccadillo and its mention crops up in every jest-book. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 And no wonder: the impertinent varlets, popping into their houses at all hours, are forever prying into their peccadilloes. Omoo Question follows question; and my peccadillo stands confessed. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography For him the gravest transgressions committed by Jeroboam were slight peccadilloes. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Their transgression against God seemed to them only a peccadillo that had long since been forgiven. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3 Yet sins which to us appear far more monstrous than the peccadillo of killing a three-headed Brahman are attributed freely to Indra. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 It was legendary in his class that young men's peccadilloes must be accepted with a certain indulgence. The Country House Alas! you well know that the court has no indulgence for this sort of peccadillo. Ten Years Later But eat, drink, enjoy yourself; be absolved by your confessor for any little peccadilloes and don't run too long scores at a time,—that's my advice. Zanoni In the drawing-room she halted, and began to pencil something fresh on her paper of peccadilloes. Youth Guilt, sir, guilt remains stamped on the memory, and I feel easier in my mind now that it is liberated of this old peccadillo. Roundabout Papers You can lead the Carmelites by the nose; and the Carmelites can lead the bishop, through some little peccadillo, I suppose, done together on the quiet in the convent after supper . Mauprat Why should he work himself to a fury over the peccadillos of the patriarchs? Phyllis of Philistia For after all, she said, it would be cruel to dismiss an old Highland soldier for a peccadillo so appropriate to his country and profession. Chronicles of the Canongate At this point I recalled all the peccadilloes which most troubled my conscience. Youth I choose to take John at the time when his little peccadillo is suspected, perhaps, but when there is no specific charge of robbery against him. Roundabout Papers Something in his distinguished manner caused me to reflect upon every peccadillo that I had ever committed, setting it in its very worst light. Finished In order to obtain some sleep, he consented to blame himself slightly, in the style of the enamoured historian of erring beauties alluding to their peccadilloes. The Egoist But these deeds are mere peccadilloes compared with the confirmed habit of regarding all men and women as fair game for personal tattle and the sating of private spite. Essays in Little By my faith, I may have my little peccadilloes! but perjury—no! Last Days of Pompeii "Yes, yes, I mean what I say: he's a dangerous fellow, to say nothing of the fact that he has some rather serious peccadilloes on his conscience." The Crystal Stopper The peccadillo of a soldier is a crime in a general, and vice-versa. Modeste Mignon The quarters, too, are excellent, and the allowances unchallengeable; but then, sir, they are a preceese, scrupulous people, and will allow nothing for peccadilloes. A Legend of Montrose A momentary temptation, such as you yourself would have yielded to at my age," said Oscar to Moreau, "has made me commit a fault which Desroches thinks serious, though it is only a peccadillo. A Start in Life These are the merest peccadilloes, you may say. The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens The colonel had himself sown wild oats plentifully in his youth, and was quite disposed to overlook, as far as possible, the bacchanalian peccadilloes of his subordinates. Russia You may be afflicted in a palace and call it ennui, and it may drive you to commit peccadillos and indiscretions of various sorts. Cabin Fever I began to be sorry for this man, in spite of his peccadilloes. Dolly Dialogues But Oscar passed from peccadillo to evil feelings. A Start in Life Parties seated at tables were treated each to an intolerant stare, alcoves were inspected, and more than one waiter meeting the gaze of the steely eyes, felt a prickling of conscience and recalled past peccadilloes. Dope |
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