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Cicero deſcribeth the murthering of Roſcius, the luxurity and ryots of Anthony, with many others moe.
[…] a ſhame were it therefore for vs to imitate ſo painfullie, as many doe in eloquence Cicero, in philoſophy Ariſtotle, in lawe Iuſtinian, in Phyſicke Galen, for worldlie wiſedome yea to imitate, as moſt doe, the French in vanity, the Dutch in luxurity, in brauery the Spaniſh, the Papiſts in indolatry in impietie and all impuritie of life the Atheiſtes, and not to followe our ſauiour Chriſt in heauenlie wiſedome, and in al godlines of maners.
To whom Fulco aunſwered: no, and like your grace I lie not, but ſay truth: for you haue iii. daughters, which continually frequẽt your court, and wholy poſſeſſe your perſon: and ſuch iii. whoores & naughty packes as neuer the like hath bene heard off. I meane miſchieuous pride, gredy couetouſnes and filthy luxurity.
[…] men effeminated and women impudent, vſing ritches as ſeruants to wickedneſſe, and preuenting natures appetite with want on luxurity; […]
Harford; which having passed with a soft current, he taketh great pleasure to behold the fertility of the soil, the richest of this province, which for its fruitful glebe and luxurity thereof is distinguished from the other parts by the name of the South-Hams.
Doth God ſpare your Cattle? and do ye uſe them only for your own pomp, and voluptuouſneſſe? then it is pitty that God ſhould ſpare any thing for you, which will ſpare nothing for others: If God give you the fat and the ſweet, ye ſhould ſend part to them for whom nothing is provided; ſo, God gives you Gattle to relieve the neceſſities of them, which have no Cattle: not much Cattle, for much covetouſneſſe, or much ſtate, or much luxurity; but much Cattle, for much charity, and much compaſſion; or elſe ye are but Drovers, and Horſe-riders, or Kitchin-men, and not true Houſe keepers.
[…] the Earth produces not only all the common Neceſſaries for Life in great Plenty, but gives us over, and above all thoſe Delicacies, which ſerve for Delight and Luxurity; ſuch as the brighteſt Gems, the moſt Aromatick Spices, the moſt Balſamick and Salubrious Drugs, the fineſt Silks, and richeſt Metals; […]
Loud howled the wintry winds outside, but they were not felt in the triclinium of Petronius. All was heat there, and light, and luxurity, and gaiety, and the revel ran higher and higher.
Mere lads, or beardless young men, appear to do the most of the Wall street work now, and they place no limit upon the ministering sources of their luxurity.
He should be taken to stand for impurity as well as luxurity, the sinister twins of the day.
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Probably the greatest part of the population is though sometimes unconscious - in the service of these people whose richness enables them to live in luxurity.
But Dr. Tugwell, Dr. Lovett, and many of the other outstanding exponents of Marxian ideologies have passed from the public pay rolls into the comparative luxurity of private life.
If you like the smell of a fireplace, the space a daylight basement portrays, the luxurity of carpet everywhere and all the other nicities^([sic]) to squeeze love into . . . Try McGuire Development’s homes.
The Depression may have also played a role in the declining luxurity of spectator entertainment. […] The declining luxurity concurs with Owen’s (1970) findings that leisure and recreation expenditure as a percentage of GDP increased substantially between 1900 and 1930, but then remained stable, at about 5 per cent of GDP, until at least the 1970s.
How deeply would the luxurities of Europe be curtailed if the supplies of other countries were withheld?
If the parasites of the society do not want any more the luxurities of Madrid then they are able to bath their nerves in the town upon the Seine, and to reach it for this purpose within a day’s time.
An increasing demand for luxurities and exotica (in Mesopotamia) obtainable in Anatolia and probably beyond, led to this form of trade.
Beware of luxurities, the dress of the unbelievers, and the wearing of silk clothes, for The Messenger of Allah “Allah’s blessing and peace be upon him” prohibited wearing silk clothes, except for this much, and The Messenger of Allah “Allah’s blessing and peace be upon him” raised his index finger and middle finger joining them together.
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