incontinency
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Nearly a thousand clergymen gathered in New York declared him a synonym of "incapacity and incontinency."
From The United States Since the Civil War by Lingley, Charles Ramsdell
The young solitary spoken of in the acta sanctorum of the Greeks, who after having quitted his cell through incontinency and disobedience, had incurred excommunication, could he receive the crown of martyrdom in that state?
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Christmas, Henry
What had he to do with gluttony, drunkenness, pride, wantonness, incontinency, and the rest of my ware?
From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by Kerr, James
A servant of Sir Richard Saltonstall was sentenced to "be whipped for his misdemeanor toward his master"; and bonds were taken for good behavior in a case of "strong suspicion of incontinency."
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter
The scene in which Pisanio gives Imogen his master's letter, accusing her of incontinency on the treacherous suggestions of Iachimo, is as touch-ing as it is possible for any thing to be: Pisanio.
From Characters of Shakespeare's Plays by Hazlitt, William
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