undevout

Example Sentences

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But the Sabbath evening does not find the Jews undevout.

From The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 by Various

Truly said the wise man—“An undevout astronomer is mad.”

From All Saints' Day and Other Sermons by Kingsley, Charles

An undevout astronomer is mad: True, all things speak a God; but, in the small Men trace out Him: in great He seizes man.

From Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. by Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony)

Some undevout friends have rested satisfied with the belief that it was only a coincidence or an accidental repetition of a natural phenomenon.

From Health, Healing, and Faith by Conwell, Russell H.

“An undevout astronomer is mad,” said one who had opened his mind to a broad grasp of the wonders which this upper heaven holds in its bosom. 

From A Walk from London to John O'Groat's by Burritt, Elihu