...spirit of moderation and calmness, reminding him, in the lauguage of a poet of our own, that " Immodest words admit of no defence; " For want of decency is want of sense." Would not this be as likely a method as any to convince him of the immoral tendency of (the...

...breaking down the bank of a great river — vast and lasting is the misery that follows. " Immodest words admit of no defence, " For want of decency, is want of sense." He is a fool and madman, who throws about fire-brands, arrows and death, and says, Am I not...

...on a slate, the two following lines of Pope, with which I was then totally unacquainted: " Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense." As the master delivered them to me, I really did not understand what I was to write — I could...

...sense. If you ask why I say with less profiriety^ I must give you the" two lines together ; Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense. Now want of sense, when a man has the misfortune tobe so circumstanced, is it not a kind of...

...Richard declared hehad no intention to beludicrous, agreeing perfectly with the poet, that " Immodest words admit of no defence, " For want of decency is want of sense." The. first resolution was agreed to, and then the Chancellor of the Exchequer moved a string...

...makes an apology in a Latin epigram addreffed to the grammarians ; but as the poet obferves, Immodeft words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of fenfe. * SECURE, adj. [jccurus, Latin.] I. Free from fear ; exempt from terror ; eafy ; allured. —...

...and is never encouraged but in company of fools; since, as Lord Roscomiuon justly observes, Immodest words admit of no defence : For want of decency is want of sense. -.•-.. . -V - • -. " -' : - '.".• I am, dear son, Your truly affectionate father, LETTER...

...subject the colloquist to this silent or audible reproof from those whom he may then address : " immodest words admit of no defence ; " for want of decency is want of sense." because even ignorance, in these days of improved orientalism, ought not to be considered as...

...check which is imposed on licentious expressions. Pope says, in one of his earliest works— Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense. Yet, in riper age, and in his intercourse with ladies of the highest rank, and, we are willing...

...Decency, from decet, it hecomes. Propriety of form ; proper formality ; hecoming ceremony. " Immodest words admit of no defence, " For want of decency is want of sense." Roscommon. Decide, decidnons, and decision. See DE. Declaim.— Declaration. See DE. " Thongh...