incontinency
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I false? thy conscience witness, Iachimo, Thou didst accuse him of incontinency, Thou then look’dst like a villain: now methinks, Thy favour’s good enough.
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob
The scene in which Pisanio gives Imogen his master's letter, accusing her of incontinency on the treacherous suggestions of Iachimo, is as touch-ing as it is possible for any thing to be: Pisanio.
From Characters of Shakespeare's Plays by Hazlitt, William
Nearly a thousand clergymen gathered in New York declared him a synonym of "incapacity and incontinency."
From The United States Since the Civil War by Lingley, Charles Ramsdell
The penalty of incontinency is well known to you; I say, Aye.
From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
For the motion of the mind to any injustice, or incontinency, or to sorrow, or to fear, is nothing else but a separation from nature.
From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome
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