Thesaurus / peccant
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This ultimate salvation of all mankind, and of all peccant spirits, is a conspicuous doctrine of Mr Bailey's.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 67, NUMBER 414, APRIL, 1850VARIOUSThe first was to observe strict "propriety" in her books—a point in which the novel had always been a little peccant.
THE ENGLISH NOVELGEORGE SAINTSBURYBetty, not really knowing what she was doing, bent over the peccant milkman's book.
WHAT TIMMY DIDMARIE ADELAIDE BELLOC LOWNDESIt would be easy to crush up a peccant borough or two,—a borough that had been discovered in its sin.
PHINEAS FINNANTHONY TROLLOPEThis idea had occurred to Joe from his remembrance of a peccant hound in the grasp of a tyrant whip.
MR. SCARBOROUGH'S FAMILYANTHONY TROLLOPEBut it is useless and canting to say that peccant women are worse than men.
SHE STANDS ACCUSEDVICTOR MACCLUREThat the peccant material is to be eliminated gradually by mild remedies, just as it accumulated by degrees.
GILBERTUS ANGLICUSHENRY EBENEZER HANDERSONMorbilli is a mild disease, but requires protection from cold, which confines and coagulates the peccant matter.
GILBERTUS ANGLICUSHENRY EBENEZER HANDERSONFor this reason I desired to divert the peccant matter downward, a point which the physician should consider and observe.
GILBERTUS ANGLICUSHENRY EBENEZER HANDERSONMaisie looked at the peccant places; there were moments when it was a relief to her to drop her eyes even on anything so sordid.
WHAT MAISIE KNEWHENRY JAMESWORDS RELATED TO PECCANT
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