| 单词 | profaneness |
| 例句 | The “family” edition of Shakespeare that he and his sister created, methodically stripping out the faintest trace of “profaneness or obscenity,” was for a while the best-selling edition of the Bard’s works. Opinion | Why it’s wrong to rewrite Roald Dahl’s children’s books 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Was it surprising that the president of Yale accused Maine frontiersmen of “prodigality, thoughtlessness of future wants, profaneness, irreligion, immoderate drinking, and other ruinous habits?” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z He never fell into the scandalous and fashionable vice of profaneness. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Wood, therefore, 409, ventures still to vary the phrase, and says, 'that all blasphemy and profaneness are offences by the common law,' and cites 2 Strange. The Trial of Henry Hetherington 2012-03-06T03:00:21.680Z We hope we shall hear no more cursing or profaneness from your mouths.... Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z It is stated that Bishop Morton condemned the profaneness of the company who had disturbed the service at the church. Old Church Lore 2012-01-31T03:00:14.880Z He talks so much and takes up so much of our time and fills it with trash, obsceneness, profaneness, nonsense and distraction that we have none left for rational amusements or inquiries. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Another touch of "profaneness" that Collieresque critics objected to in Three Hours was the paraphrase of Holy Writ in Sir Tremendous's line about "ten righteous criticks," p. Three Hours after Marriage 2011-10-10T02:00:20.823Z These are certainly no improvement upon the customs of other days, for blind superstition is better than profaneness, and ignorance than open vice. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z But I hope I am guilty of no profaneness or infidelity when I express a doubt if every picture of the Blessed Virgin is sentient; most are; perhaps not every one. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z From the press and from the pulpit they denounce theft, profaneness, Sabbath breaking, and intemperance; but war is a greater evil than all these, for these and many other evils follow in its train. War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ 2011-04-18T02:00:09.590Z If I so muttered the liturgy, as to disguise its language, why did you join in so glaring a profaneness, for nearly seven years? Two Addresses One to the Gentlemen of Whitby and the other, to the Protestant Clergy 2011-03-25T02:00:12.637Z They give rise to profaneness, intemperance, thefts, robberies, murders, and treason. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams It is difficult to conceive the stupid absurdity and the disgusting profaneness of those stories which were invented by the monks to do her honour. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 There is something very much nobler here than in Esau's profaneness. Misread Passage of Scriptures In the endeavour to exclude from society all symptoms and tokens of the freethinking age, the moral taste grew alarmingly squeamish, and began to reject the most wholesome food as savouring of profaneness. The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels The domestic arrangements of such a woman as filled the capacious mind of the poet resemble, if I may say it without profaneness, those of Providence, whose under-agent she is. Coelebs In Search of a Wife Strict laws which pronounced penalties for profaneness and for not attending church, connived at the systematic defrauding and swindling of the Indians of land and furs. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times It was reported that the indiscriminate association of prisoners in them produced more vice, profaneness and demoralization than in the ordinary prisons. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" To some it may seem a profaneness to turn those old legends into verse. Legends of the Saxon Saints What once would have been punished as profaneness and blasphemy, is no longer noticed by the gentle guardians of the law, and treason has almost ceased to be a crime. On Calvinism People have entirely left off the sin of profaneness; and, as to intemperance, there is very little of that.' The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Do not swear; it is the profaneness of your words, and, I fear me too truly, of your life also, that hurts me. The Buccaneer A Tale It is true that when the Tatler appeared, that age of outrageous profaneness and licentiousness which followed the Restoration had passed away. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) A short view of the immorality, and profaneness of the English stage. The Library of William Congreve If we listen to their conversation, virtue is praised, and vice is censured; piety is perhaps applauded, and profaneness condemned. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. But higher up, where there is no profaneness or criminality, or gross and disgusting visible intemperance, what other evils are there? The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866 "Hold your profaneness!" exclaimed Robin, with a solemnity so opposed to his actual character as to be absolutely ludicrous: "Springall, thou hast had too much already; let us depart in peace." The Buccaneer A Tale Jeremiah says expressly, that from the prophets profaneness had gone out over the whole land. The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 Can we save ourselves from the infection of his profaneness? we cannot hope to do so. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8) The "Cavalier interest," which was but "the badge and character of countenancing profaneness, disorder, and wickedness in all places," was crushed and powerless. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 Mr. Binning considering the great confusions and lamentable divisions that prevailed in the church in his day, and the abounding immorality and profaneness of the age, was deeply weighed therewith. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning It is not too late," said the old officer, "if you will listen calmly, and learn that there is no necessity for such profaneness as you have used. The Buccaneer A Tale His poem on the dutchess of Grafton’s lawsuit, after having rattled awhile with Juno and Pallas, Mars and Alcides, Cassiope, Niobe, and the Propetides, Hercules, Minos, and Rhadamanthus, at last concludes its folly with profaneness. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II These plans were readily and cheerfully adopted by the boys, and in a short time, the vice of profaneness was, in a great degree, banished from the school. The Teacher Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young Great apathy was prevalent among professing Christians, and the ruinous vices of profaneness, Sabbath-breaking and intemperance were affectingly prevalent among all classes. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 Youths of fifteen to twenty-one years of age are, in a large proportion, the causes of prevailing wickedness,—Sabbath-breaking, profaneness, and other things. Bertha and Her Baptism And he finished with a prayer, in which he begged they might have grace "to be humbled, especially for the old superstition and profaneness of this Feast." A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide That is, because I admit that profaneness exists in the Church, therefore I consider it a token of the Church. Apologia pro Vita Sua The mediæval mind was oppressed by a sense of the foreignness and profaneness of Nature. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 No more can heresy, which is the opposition to sound doctrine; nor schism, which is the rent of the church's peace; nor profaneness, the poison of her conversation. The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation He's a man's skin full of profaneness, a paradise full of weeds, a heaven full of devils, a Satan's bedchamber hung with arras of God's own making. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 This day is the day which is commonly called the Feast of Christ's Nativity, or Christmas Day, a day that hath hitherto been much abused in superstition and profaneness. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide Our country;—our rulers, our free institutions, our benevolent societies; deliverance from slavery, Romanism, infidelity, Sabbath-breaking, intemperance, profaneness, &c. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister Our community frowns with indignation upon the profaneness of the duel, having its rise in this irrational point of honor. Public Speaking The profaneness of Esau is a serious offence. The Relations Between Religion and Science Eight Lectures Preached Before the University of Oxford in the Year 1884 In an age notorious for laxity and profaneness, it was only too obvious that great professions of tolerance were in very many cases only the fair-sounding disguise of flippant scepticism or shallow indifference. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century Wood, therefore, 409, ventures still to vary the phrase and say, that all blasphemy and profaneness are offences by the common law; and cites 2 Stra. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 It is only by tracing them to the Roman Saturnalia that we can at all account for these grotesque sports—that extraordinary mixture of libertinism and profaneness, so long continued under Christianity. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 I shrank back, with an instinctive horror, at the profaneness of such an act, in the house, and on the altar of God, and peremptorily refused to taste the proffered I draught. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Incidentally, the habit of Collier and his followers of giving excerpts to illustrate the profaneness and immorality of the stage produced an unexpected effect in at least one quarter. Representation of the Impiety and Immorality of the English Stage (1704); Some Thoughts Concerning the Stage in a Letter to a Lady (1704) At breakfast I read from the New York Independent that "Rum, profaneness and Sabbath breaking always go together." Children of the Market Place Without profaneness, and in all sincerity, they might have thanked God for the, to them, harmless recreation. The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends Penalties were enacted against "irreligion, immorality, drunkenness, debauchery, and profaneness." Montcalm and Wolfe At that time Dark Dignum was a young man with a reputation above his years for profaneness and audacity. At a Winter's Fire Then a congregation that walks in error or heresy, or passion, or profaneness, all which are contrary to judgment; and that walks in divisions, schisms, contentions, &c., which are contrary to peace, loseth her authority. The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London Their high-sounding titles have already been adverted to as involving the sin of profaneness; but they serve equally well to illustrate the pretentious character of the associations which employ them. Secret Societies I gave an involuntary look of surprise at this species of amusement, and remarked something on the violation of common feeling—to say nothing of the almost profaneness which it involved. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 Let us hope, however, that his notes, if they be permitted again to appear, may be purified from scepticism and profaneness. Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850 And that, because of their bloodshed, perjury, heaven-daring profaneness, debauchery, inhuman and savage cruelty acted upon the people of GOD. Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive If anything of this nature, or of profaneness, be crept into these poems, I am so far from defending it, that I disown it. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations The profaneness of the titles mentioned above must at once be evident to every reverent, considerate mind. Secret Societies Impiety, profaneness, and blasphemy would be as suitable as reverence; parricide would justify itself by the right of the strongest. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics "Flee," said he, in anger, "flee, or I seek vengeance on your profaneness." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 366, April 18, 1829 I will not repeat the profaneness of a Southerner when he first observed a pair of them upon a tall and gawky shoe-black striding across the yard. A Collection of College Words and Customs In general, I will only say that I have written nothing which savors of immorality or profaneness; at least, I am not conscious to myself of any such intention. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations Mr Mac Laurel! there is a degree of profaneness in that observation, which I should not have looked for in so staunch a supporter of church and state. Headlong Hall We have been so far from endeavouring to extirpate profaneness, another evil engaged against in the covenant, and condemned in the Word of God. The Auchensaugh Renovation of the National Covenant and Solemn League and Covenant With the Acknowledgment of Sins and Engagement to Duties, as They Were Renewed at Auchensaugh, Near Douglas, July 24, 1712. (Compared With the Editions of Paisley, 1820, and Belfast, 1835.) Also, The Renovation of These Public Federal Deeds Ordained at Philadelphia, October 8, 1880, by the Reformed Presbytery, with Accommodation of the Original Covenants, in Both Transactions, to Their Times and Positions Respectively These plans were readily and cheerfully adopted by the boys, and in a short time the vice of profaneness was, in a great degree, banished from the school. The Teacher He exclaimed against the profaneness of those who represented the meek mother of Christ in gorgeous apparel, with head unveiled, and under the features of women too well and publicly known. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts In general I will only say, that I have written nothing which savours of immorality or profaneness; at least, I am not conscious to myself of any such intention. The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes He talks so much, and takes up so much of our time, and fills it with trash, obsceneness, profaneness, nonsense, and distraction, that we have none left for rational amusements or inquiries. James Otis, the pre-revolutionist The manner in which this delicate investigation was carried on, its indecorum and profaneness, I never can forget; nor can I, in truth, remember it without humiliation and deep sorrow. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 His tendency to profaneness is the effect of levity, negligence, and loose conversation, with a desire of accommodating himself to the corruption of the times, by venturing to be wicked as far as he durst. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 Astound, breathless, thunder-struck, at this intolerable profaneness, I stood like an idiot, unable to speak or think. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor If any thing of this nature, or of profaneness, be crept into these poems, I am so far from defending it, that I disown it. The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes In this document he avows his belief in "One Supreme, most perfect Being," and prays to "be preserved from atheism, impiety, and profaneness." From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin If you can think that there is not more profaneness than piety in such sensual revelries—why, it is that you do not know how to think. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger You are justly offended at its profaneness; but surely you have undervalued its wit, or you would have been more loud in its praises. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 The friends of Hector, though not all of them his equals in turbulence profaneness and folly, were of the same school. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor Ben Jonson proudly points to himself as having never done such mischief: 'For my particular, I can, and from a most clear conscience, affirm that I have ever trembled to think toward the least profaneness.' Shakspere and Montaigne It were much to be wished, that Shakespeare in this and some other passages, had not ventured so near profaneness. Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies An angry God had stretched out His hand against the wicked city where sin and profaneness sat in the high places. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger And that was the fourth sect, the Quakers; who were but the Ranters turned from horrid profaneness and blasphemy to a life of extreme austerity on the other side. Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. He counts it not profaneness to be polished with human reading, or to smooth his way by Aristotle to school-divinity. Character Writings of the 17th Century Some are debased by the more serious fault of ribaldry and profaneness. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives So that in the time of my greatest vanity I was preserved from profaneness and the grosser evils of the world, which rendered me acceptable to persons of the best note in that country then. The History of Thomas Ellwood Written By Himself It presents a long, blank marble wall to the relative profaneness of the Cathedral close, but within it is a perfect treasure-house of art. Italian Hours In general, I will only say, that I have written nothing which savours of immorality or profaneness; at least, I am not conscious to myself of any such intention. English literary criticism Sometimes God takes away a barren professor by open profaneness. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 Why, then he will turn from profaneness to the law of Moses, and will dwell as long as God will let him, upon his own seeming goodness. The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works It is profaneness to attempt penetrating through these sacred obscurities. Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion Their shouts and bacchanal songs resounded through the solitudes, with clamor and profaneness which must have fallen painfully upon angels' ears, if any of heaven's pure and gentle spirits were within hearing distance. David Crockett His Life and Adventures If anything of this nature, or of profaneness, be crept into these poems, I am so far from defending it that I disown it. English literary criticism Justice discovers its antipathy Against profaneness and malignity. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 And impiety and profaneness—I mean what every one would call so who believes the being of God—have absolutely no bounds at all. Human Nature and Other Sermons How very like profaneness some people's piety is! Hard Cash Let no man's superstition impose profaneness upon this assertion; for as man is sinful, but yet the universe is perfect, so may the citizen be sinful, and yet the commonwealth be perfect. The Commonwealth of Oceana In truth the censorship had scarcely put any restraint on licentiousness or profaneness. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 One of their first acts was to petition the Parliament that all drunkenness, licentiousness, and profaneness might be severely punished. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 It is true that, when the Tatler appeared, that age of outrageous profaneness and licentiousness which followed the Restoration had passed away. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 But gross profaneness and licentiousness were regarded with general horror; and the Catholic religion was held in utter detestation by nine-tenths of the middle class. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 Sacrilege, as uniting theft with profaneness, is the sin of which he has the deepest horror. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 As Jeremiah saith of the Prophets, so may it be said of such, From them is profaneness gone forth into all the land; that is, with bold and audacious face, Jer. Life and Death of Mr. Badman The profaneness and dissoluteness of the camp during the sickness are mentioned in many contemporary pamphlets both in verse and prose. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 He thought that it must have been from a notion of penance that they erected the drama into an ideal place of profaneness, and spoke of the theatre as of the tents of sin. Chronicles of the Canongate |
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