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But Dryden himself feared he had wasted his energies among "the steaming ordures of the stage".

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2012

Cromwell's own Letters and Speeches I have gathered together, and washed clean from a thousand ordures: these I do sometimes think of bringing out in a legible shape;— perhaps soon.

From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. by Carlyle, Thomas

It informs us of that of which we have always been ignorant; it makes us comprehend that the realities of our dreams are but noisome ordures.

From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 by Maupassant, Guy de

With that, I swung on my heel, strode past the big-eyed girl, out of that foul kennel into God's sweet air, followed by the ordures of speech which that knave flung after me.

From The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza by Sabatini, Rafael

You'll find him—as a Frank—in comic rage, Mouthing mad rant, fighting preposterous duels, Scattering ordures o'er Romance's page, And decking a swine's snout with Style's choice jewels.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 13, 1890 by Various