Whereupon it came to passe, that all the commendable parts of speech were set foorth by the name of figures, and all the illaudable partes vnder the name of vices, or viciosities, of both which it shall bee spoken in their places. From Wordnik.com. [The Arte of English Poesie] Reference
Sir Hugh could now repair the omissions of his youth; but he was willing to console his want of knowledge, and sooth his mortifications; and while he grieved for his bodily infirmities, and pitied his mental repinings, he considered his idea as not illaudable, though injudicious, and in favour of its blamelessness, forgave its absurdity. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla] Reference
Solomon links it with fome very illaudable qualities of a Woman, Proverbs. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Calling: In Two Parts] Reference
But whilst I blame the illaudable customs of the inconsiderate, I rejoice in the number of the worthy. From Wordnik.com. [The Wife; or, Caroline Herbert] Reference
Whereupon it came to passe, that all the commendable parts of speech were set foorth by the name of figures, and all the illaudable partes vnder the name of vices, or viciosities, both of which it shall be spoken in their places. From Wordnik.com. [The Arte of English Poesie] Reference
"There was one time I came near having to break this rule of mine and do a profligate and illaudable action, but I was saved from it by the laws and statutes of our great and profitable country. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentle Grafter] Reference
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