The complaint of "incivism" would be more rational if there were some one by whom it could reasonably be made. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909] Reference
The fact is, they are suspected of "incivism;" their intentions may not be right; in any event, they cause a division of the place into two camps, and that is enough. From Wordnik.com. [The French Revolution - Volume 2] Reference
A hundred and fifty tonsured apostles of incivism here fell in one day beneath the two-handed sword of freedom. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844] Reference
"No. We should regard that as the worst incivism.". From Wordnik.com. [A Traveler from Altruria: Romance] Reference
A number of brave fellows who interfered were charged with incivism, and severely handled. From Wordnik.com. [The French Revolution - Volume 2] Reference
The slightest stain of incivism, the slightest negligence in the service, caused their rejection. From Wordnik.com. [The French Revolution - Volume 3] Reference
Every lady who adorned herself with the relics of criminals might justly be suspected of incivism. From Wordnik.com. [Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3)] Reference
Not surely for want of Carlists, of aristocrats, of people guilty of incivism, of people suspected of being suspicious characters. From Wordnik.com. [Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2] Reference
For Milton will exclude Romanists from toleration, not on the statesman's ground of incivism, but on the theologian's ground of idolatry. From Wordnik.com. [Milton] Reference
The commissioners will be empowered to suspend the district administrations, municipal officers, and generally all public functionaries who, through incivism or improper conduct, shall have endangered the public weal. From Wordnik.com. [The French Revolution - Volume 2] Reference
France, were the instruments of the Committee of Public Safety, who prated at Jacobin Clubs, and ran to Fouquier Tinville with charges of incivism against women whom they could not seduce, and bankers from whom they could not extort money. From Wordnik.com. [Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3)] Reference
I am convinced that what there is of good in that theory of reform of our evils is not advanced toward embodiment in our law by the character of the men who make the Chicago platform an excuse to get the public confidence and carry out schemes of public plunder, political corruption and miscellaneous incivism. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 10] Reference
"suspects" of incivism, and, generally, all who are indifferent to the. From Wordnik.com. [The French Revolution - Volume 3] Reference
Each man is growing up more and more isolated; tempted to selfishness, to brutal independence; tempted to regard his fellow-men as rivals in the struggle for existence; tempted, in short, to incivism, to a loss of the very soul and marrow of civilization, while the outward results of it remain; and therefore tempted to a loss of patriotism, of the belief that he possesses here something far more precious than his private fortune, or even his family; even a country for which he must sacrifice, if need be, himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Water of Life and Other Sermons] Reference
Faugh! it sickens me to see those who make a merit of incivism, and perish to save some bad patriot, because it is a son, or a father, or a wife, or a daughter, who is saved. ". From Wordnik.com. [Zanoni] Reference
You are moreover warned that on committing the first act of incivism, or manifesting any anti-revolutionary conduct, the surveillance of the constituted authorities will be extended to you in the most energetic manner; the tribunals will show you less leniency and the guillotine will insure prompt and imposing justice. ". From Wordnik.com. [The French Revolution - Volume 3] Reference
Biron is accused of incivism. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Epochs of the French Revolution With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His Death] Reference
'This,' you say, 'is rank incivism.'. From Wordnik.com. [Yet Again] Reference
Refusal to do so has the bad name of "incivism.". From Wordnik.com. [INTERNET WIRETAP: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (1993 Edition)] Reference
"What is incivism?". From Wordnik.com. [A Traveler from Altruria: Romance] Reference
In the section of the Réunion alone, on the first day, 57 denounced persons are thus disarmed for "acts of incivism or expressions adverse to the Republic," not merely lawyers, notaries, architects, and other prominent men, but petty tradesmen and shop-keepers, hatters, dyers, locksmiths, mechanics, gilders, and bar-keepers. From Wordnik.com. [The French Revolution - Volume 2] Reference
According to this theory the stern, strong, deep-seated instinct through which the individual stubbornly holds on to what he has, to what he makes for himself and for those that belong to him, is just the unwholesome fiber that must be rooted out or paralyzed at any cost; its true name is "egoism, incivism," and its operations consist of outrages on the community, which is the sole legitimate proprietor of property and products, and, yet more, of all persons and services. From Wordnik.com. [The French Revolution - Volume 3] Reference
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