Lexicographical Neighbors of Incontinencies
Literary usage of Incontinencies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Later Writings of Bishop Hooper: Together with His Letters and Other Pieces by John Hooper (1852)
"... adultery, and whoredom, and so all uncleanliness: and in removing of these
incontinencies he com- ..."
2. The Prohibition Movement in Its Broader Bearings Upon Our Social, Commercial by Percy Andreae (1915)
"... for instance, do those among us who are liable to the physical weakness of
intemperance in drink, or to other similar incontinencies which science .has ..."
3. The Works of John Donne: With a Memoir of His Life by John Donne (1839)
"... and in that reason which we employ in that sin, is mingled with that sin; we
draw the image of God into all our incontinencies, into all our oppressions ..."
4. Letters to a Mother on the Philosophy of Froebel by Susan Elizabeth Blow (1899)
"ish incontinencies, and to show him that you are repelled by them. Make him aware
and ashamed of the indolence which follows upon ..."
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