Lexicographical Neighbors of Filthinesses
Literary usage of Filthinesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"But what do I spend my time in the rehearsal of these filthinesses? Would to God
the memory of them might perish with the malefactors! ..."
2. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1865)
"... of abominable filthinesses breaking in vpon vs ; my spirit was pressed to
returne an answer to the question about single fornication ; & the punishment ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1836)
"Well might M. Simond wonder, that ' among all the filthinesses of these good
people (the Highlanders), swine were not to be seen. ..."
4. ... The Native Races: Of the Pacific States by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"... which is like very clear water, with which filthinesses of the soul are washed
away by our Lord God, the protector and favorer of all that turn to him. ..."
5. Chronicle and Romance: Froissart, Malory, Holinshed ; with Introductions by Jean Froissart, Thomas Malory, William Harrison (1910)
"But what do I spend my time in the rehearsal of these filthinesses ? Would to
God the memory of them might perish with the malefactors! ..."
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