The time past our lives may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, 1 Pet. iv. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
We may also reply that "lasciviousness" relates to certain acts circumstantial to the venereal act, for instance kisses, touches, and so forth. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
These demigods revelled in riot and lasciviousness. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
She grinned with a lasciviousness that startled Sophia. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
Suzie was quite amazed at her unembarrassed lasciviousness. From Wordnik.com. [Bottled Spider]
"Who despairing, have given themselves up to lasciviousness.". From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
And in how many ways are children destroyed by the lasciviousness of man?. From Wordnik.com. [A Vindication of the Rights of Woman] Reference
"You can't publish this," she said, reacting to its unabashed lasciviousness. From Wordnik.com. [No, Not James Bond the Ornithologist] Reference
Lord Gho's voice was a mixture of lasciviousness, venality and hot excitement. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortress of the Pearl]
Unfortunately, in the remake, this dynamic is replaced by a facile lasciviousness. From Wordnik.com. [DVD's, Videos, TiVo, Downloadables] Reference
He encouraged, countenanced, and promoted lasciviousness and all ungodliness there. From Wordnik.com. [The Holy War] Reference
Men today are freer from various kinds of lasciviousness, luxury, and vicious excess. From Wordnik.com. [COSMIC FALL] Reference
Not only must he not give himself to lasciviousness, but he must treat all men with propriety. From Wordnik.com. [Buddhism and Buddhists in China] Reference
Diderot, as "always vicious ... mostly inclined to lasciviousness, vengeance, theft and lies". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I complained to one of the sheikhs that a certain man had falsely accused me of lasciviousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Gulistan of Sa'di] Reference
Patsy called Verlin a hypocrite who enjoyed lasciviousness but lacked the backbone to admit it. From Wordnik.com. [Skinny Legs and All]
Cao Fang's lasciviousness may have been encouraged by the example of his adoptive father Emperor. From Wordnik.com. [Empresses and Consorts] Reference
Hence it is clear how far he kept his soul from lasciviousness, not even enduring to look upon it. From Wordnik.com. [The Danish History, Books I-IX] Reference
That should be a real American concern to have to be dragged through all that lasciviousness again. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Clinton Rips Obama In Charlie Rose Interview] Reference
Who despairing have given themselves up to lasciviousness, unto the working of all uncleanness, unto covetousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 56: Ephesians The Challoner Revision] Reference
He constantly moves his arms, a mixture of lasciviousness and innocence that at times provokes pity, at others desire. From Wordnik.com. [Yoani Sanchez: Havana Has The Air of a Brothel...] Reference
He romanced Winona Ryder with enough good-natured lasciviousness to seduce Hollywood, now hunting for the next Brad Pitt. From Wordnik.com. [New Faces Of 1996] Reference
I shall make no other comment on this ingenious passage, than just to observe, that it is the philosophy of lasciviousness. From Wordnik.com. [A Vindication of the Rights of Woman] Reference
I have already asserted that in educating women these fundamental principles lead to a system of cunning and lasciviousness. From Wordnik.com. [A Vindication of the Rights of Woman] Reference
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