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 Characters of Shakespeare's Plays by William Hazlitt
In early infancy, already, this Merlin showed his miraculous powers, for he testified in his mother's behalf when she was accused of incontinency.
From The Book of the Epic by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber
William James, for incontinency, was ſentenced to be ſet in the bilboes at Boſton and Salem, and bound in 20l.
From The Olden Time Series, Vol. 5: Some Strange and Curious Punishments Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts by Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks
The penalty of incontinency is well known to you; I say, Aye.
From The Forest Lovers by Maurice Henry Hewlett
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 Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
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