He slept badly, was growing moody and quick to take offence.

Yes, Sir, you have offended me, and Nature has offended me; you are his Brother, and that's an Offence to me.

Furthermore, the whole tendency of more recent idealism is to explain moral evil as an offence against man's social nature by which he is a member of an organism or community.

Why should any one be surprised at this, when she was girt with a sword, and used to pass the watchwords to the soldiers, yes, often harangued them,an additional means of giving offence to Caesar?

Summary justice was, therefore, executed on the culprits, who scorned to deny their crimes when once they were charged with them; and submitted to the sentence of their Chief with a fortitude that almost seemed to expiate their offence.

Many of the latter escaped, and continued their disorderly life, until they were checked by the vigorous proceedings of Endicott, who severely reprimanded them, and cut down the may-pole which had given rise to so much offence, and he named the hill on which the notorious plantation was situated, 'Mount Dagon,' in memory of the profane doings of its inhabitants.

I'm loth to see the court, Gloster being from thence, Or kneel to him that gave us this offence.

That such power should reside in the house of commons, in some cases, is inevitably necessary; since it is required, by every polity, that where there is a possibility of offence, there should be a possibility of punishment.

But they who are the only judges of their own rights, have exerted the power of expulsion on other occasions, and when wickedness arrived at a certain magnitude, have considered an offence against society, as an offence against the house.

But they who are the only judges of their own rights, have exerted the power of expulsion on other occasions, and when wickedness arrived at a certain magnitude, have considered an offence against society, as an offence against the house.

This was spoken in his natural voice, without a thought of offence, I am confident; but up bounced Burney in a towering passion, and to my much amaze put on the hero, surprising Dr. Johnson into a sudden request for pardon, and protestation of not having ever intended to accuse his friend of a falsehood.'

He wrote to Lord Westcote, Lyttelton's brother, 'My desire is to avoid offence, and be totally out of danger.

Each listened an instant, as if in expectation that some extraordinary consequence was to follow so extraordinary an interruption of the usual silence of the place, like a child whose truant propensities were about to draw detection on his offence, and then the principal of the council furtively wiped the tears from his eyes, and resumed his gravity.

I will assume the responsibility of the offence, if offence it be, and exonerate all others from censure.

I will assume the responsibility of the offence, if offence it be, and exonerate all others from censure.

Mark me, Antonio, thy language hath given offence, and thou art not safe in Venice.

If thou hast not aught urgent, withdraw, ere thou seriously givest offence to the church.

" Emily felt the force of her aunt's remark, and saw its justice; yet her love for the offender induced her to say "John will not lead her openly astray for he has a sincere respect for religion, and this offence is not unpardonable, dear aunt.

" "The offence is assuredly not unpardonable," replied Mrs. Wilson, "and to infinite mercy it is hard to say what is; but it is an offence, and directly in the face of an express ordinance of the Lord; it is even throwing off the appearance of keeping the Sabbath day holy, much less observing the substance of the commandment; and as to John's respect for holy things in this instance, it was injurious to his wife.

" "The offence is assuredly not unpardonable," replied Mrs. Wilson, "and to infinite mercy it is hard to say what is; but it is an offence, and directly in the face of an express ordinance of the Lord; it is even throwing off the appearance of keeping the Sabbath day holy, much less observing the substance of the commandment; and as to John's respect for holy things in this instance, it was injurious to his wife.

" This was uttered in perfect simplicity, and with no intention of giving offence, partaking partly of the nature of a soliloquy; so the general, greatly encouraged, was about to push the point, when a gun was fired from their own ship.

And if you won't take offence, Staff, and throw things at me, I should like to remark that his son will prove a worthy successor.

An end, however, was put to the tragedy by the fellow throwing himself on a bench, and bursting into tearswailing and asking pardon for his offence, and perfecting his penitence by requesting Lord Byron to kiss him in token of forgiveness.

" Saul for a time gave no offence worthy of rebuke, but was a valiant captain, smiting the Philistines, who were the most powerful enemies that the Israelites had yet encountered.

This theory gave great offence, especially to the Stoics; and Cleanthes, the head of the school at that time, maintained that the author of such an impious doctrine should be punished.

The mate stood it pretty well, but there comes a time when further talk is useless even in regard to a most heinous offense.

Plain and intelligible, but | | without offense to the most fastidious taste, the style of | | this book must commend it to careful perusal.

" "And yet you nursed the old man and were kind to him, I believe, after the offense.

Plain and intelligible, but | | without offense to the most fastidious taste, the style of | | this book must commend it to careful perusal.

It is an offense to mention them so.

"He may have fallen beneath the assassin's knife by giving quite a small and possibly innocent offense to somebody.

For one offense Swift was severely censured and compelled upon his knees to beg pardon of the dean.

But, for all my rank and celebrity, I am still obliged to be silent as to the opinion of others, that I may not give offense.

But, as it is, he must always keep on a certain level; must remember that his works will fall into the hands of a mixed society; and must, therefore, take care lest by over-great openness he may give offense to the majority of good men.

"No doubt you were technically in the wrong, but it was a slight offense, and, after all, you got your man.

In 1821 Peter, charged with murdering a slave, was convicted of manslaughter and ordered to be branded with M on the right cheek and to be given the customary three times thirty-nine lashes; and Edmund, charged with involuntary manslaughter, was dismissed on the ground that the court had no cognizance of such offense.

The maxim that no one may twice be put in jeopardy for the same offense evidently did not apply to slaves in that colony.

Mistaken acquittals by these courts were beyond correction, for in the South slaves like freemen could not be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense.

In this state the doctor gave him a paternal lesson on the consequences to his future life of the rebellion against necessary discipline and of persistent disorderly conduct, but without any actual reproof or mention of his offense, and all in his invariably kindly tone as if it were a talk on generalities, and then dismissed him to think it over.

The latter was a rare offense and never pardoned.

I did not then understand that all knowledge is relative, and that, au fond, his offense was the same as mine, that of thinking he had arrived at finality in the discovery of truth.

I am of opinion that he judged her correctly, for she must have been a tiger when her passions were aroused, capable of anything, and I was careful never to give her more serious cause of offense than the doing of my official duty.

That their liberty under the Gospel, then, might not be made occasion of offense by gainsayers, against the cause of Christ, that their good should not be evil spoken of by the profane multitude, the apostle counseled them to submit to the usages and restraints which the customs of the times and place imposed on women, wherever the usages or restraints so imposed were not in themselves sinful.

And the conviction that she never would know it made him admit her words with silent humility,the humility of the criminal who hears himself accused of an offense by a judge ignorant of a still greater offense.

And the conviction that she never would know it made him admit her words with silent humility,the humility of the criminal who hears himself accused of an offense by a judge ignorant of a still greater offense.

She resented it as an offense against herself.

Irwin Shaw (A); 2Feb68; R429092. Free conscience, void of offense.

And when all was said and doneand the thought galled Billy more than he could understandthe offense of the Pilgrim had been extremely intangible; it had consisted almost wholly of looks and a tone or two, and he realized quite plainly that his own dislike of the Pilgrim had probably colored his judgment.

Ef 'twould on'y put some folks in as well as turn some a-out!" When Charlton with his bride started in a sleigh the next morning to his new home on his property in the village of "Charlton" a crowd had gathered about the door, moved partly by that curiosity which always interests itself in newly-married people, and partly by an exciting rumor that Charlton was not guilty of the offense for which he had been imprisoned.

Doubtless the offense that he felt was the greater, owing to this additional wound to his amour-propre.