reprobation

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The poem is a general satire on Britain's "State of Reprobation," and only makes a passing glance at Walpole.

From Are these Things So? (1740) The Great Man's Answer to Are These things So: (1740) by Anonymous

If this line of thought was not altogether healthy, or conducive to the vigorous performance of practical duty, it was at all events better than the dark fancy of Reprobation.

From Cowper by Smith, Goldwin

And can it enter into your Imagination, because I have so far forget my Virtue, and my Vow, to become a Lover, I should therefore fall to so wretched a degree of Infamy and Reprobation?

From The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V by Summers, Montague

And all the while, up and down the highway of her youth, raged the ancient dragons, renamed Election and Reprobation.

From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth

I stand amazed at the Gentlemen, against whom I am arguing; what a Scope do they give to the Sovereignty of God, in the Doctrines of Election and Reprobation?

From Free and Impartial Thoughts, on the Sovereignty of God, The Doctrines of Election, Reprobation, and Original Sin: Humbly Addressed To all who Believe and Profess those Doctrines. by Finch, Richard