The Captain decided that he would not interfere, whereupon the party offended took to dancing, cursing and swearing, and tried their utmost in this way to break up the prayer-meetings, I heard similar profanity on my return trip across the Atlantic.

It was certainly better that they should learn to sing by rote the Creed and the "definitions" of scientific terms, and such like, than to learn the profanity and obscenity of the streets, which was the alternative.

" "Indeed," said Goethe, "all is good which is written by so great a genius as Voltaire, though I cannot excuse all his profanity.

Stella could hear him muttering profanity, turning the flywheel over, getting an occasional explosion.

Answer Shimei when he curses you and you will echo his profanity.

It was said that the most jaded and foot-sore horses became furious and ungovernable under their influence; wearied teamsters and muleteers, who had exhausted their profanity in the ascent, drank fresh draughts of inspiration in this fiery air, extended their vocabulary, and created new and startling forms of objurgation.

Tityrus sees more in Amaryllis than his brother shepherds see, just as Mr. Whistler sees more in a November fog than is visible to the eye of the casual wayfarer who gets lost in it, and mingles profanity with his coughs, yet, granting this, the reality and completeness of the illusion does not admit of doubt.

The judges punished severely all profanity, as blasphemy.

On the next day, however, Reynolds began to swear again; this time Patterson not only reproved him severely, but also tried the effect of judicious gentleness, promising to give him a quart of spirits on reaching the boat if he immediately "quit his profanity and swearing."

All that they remembered was a most amazing spectacle,the spectacle of Wingate walking quietly to the door with Dredlinton in his arms, kicking and shouting smothered profanities, but absolutely powerless to free himself.

" These words pleased the old Colonel so that he waved a feeble hand above his head, then groaned most dismally, and ground his teeth to avoid profanity.

Then the sacred cattle are hot under the collar because of the fellows who use profanity.

The three gentlemen are not agreed in determining where the responsibility for the trouble lies, and I fear that I will have to check their profanity.

"In his own anxiety, Nathan forgot to correct his servant's profanity.

Mr. Martineau, while defending himself, deprecated the profanity of my other opponent, and the atheistic nature of his arguments.