impious

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Impious and daring mortal; why presumest thou to intrude here, where none like thee are permitted to come?

From A Book for the Young by French, Sarah

A solemn voice was heard from the interior of the temple, saying, in a warning tone, "Impious man! how dost thou dare to molest those who have placed themselves under my protection?"

From Cyrus the Great Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

"Impious and terrible man!" cried Luther, puzzled and, at the same time, reassured by these words.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

Impious or just, once sworn, To break it sure were shame.

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)

Impious books, among which the sages of the Presbytery ranked Thomas Burnet's Sacred Theory of the Earth, were strictly suppressed.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron