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Example sentences for "moralize"

Lexicographically close words:
moralist; moralistic; moralists; moralities; morality; moralized; moralizes; moralizing; morall; morally
  1. The depicting of great passion belongs to the grand order of the literature of ecstasy even when the poet makes no attempt to moralize from or sympathize with it.

  2. Two finer poems which moralize without losing their poetic quality can scarcely be found in Arabic literature.

  3. Even in spite of this friendliness and affection which Longfellow wins, I can see, of course, that he does moralize too much.

  4. To moralize or to appeal in the name of sentiment to a warped and twisted mind is, I believe, sheer waste of time.

  5. The author of "Moll Flanders" and "The Fortunate Mistress" might moralize upon the unhappy consequences of love, but he was inclined to regard passion with an equal mind.

  6. Griffith's comment on the work is typical of the tendency to moralize even the amusements of the day.

  7. Hints worthy sage philosophy are found; Illustrious hints, to moralize my song!

  8. Already, before the dead man was removed to his own house, people were beginning to moralize about him and his career.

  9. It is a common name, or I might moralize farther upon what I know of that name.

  10. Tom,' said I--let me stop and moralize a little upon this name.

  11. I came here to be amused and to forget;--not to moralize or to criticise.

  12. I could moralize if I chose; and perhaps he will moralize whether I choose it or not.

  13. The bishops dine in holy ~87~~conclave to benefit Christianity, and moralize over Champagne on the immorality of mankind.

  14. There is something very romantic in prowling the streets of the metropolis at midnight, in quest of adventure; at least, so my companions insisted, and I had embarked too deeply in the night's debauch to moralize upon its consequences.

  15. Those volumes contain the weighty, if not wise opinions of one who, amidst penury and wretchedness, first learnt to moralize with companions as poor and wretched as himself.

  16. It is well that we do not moralize too much upon such subjects, .

  17. For the first time that summer I began to moralize a little.

  18. But it is best to be careful how you begin to moralize too early; you deprive yourself of a great deal of fun in that way.

  19. What preacher need moralize on this story; what words save the simplest are requisite to tell it?

  20. His earlier English translators, reflecting the tone of the first half of the last century, have thought fit to moralize censoriously over his attitude to life; and the first, Prof.

  21. Read these rules over, and moralize on them for yourselves and for your children.

  22. We shall not moralize about them all today, only one or two we want to emphasize.

  23. If one should moralize on the turf swindles it would only be to repeat the old story--avarice.

  24. The faces of the players were a study and tempted one to moralize and try to predict the effect of this sort of thing on the character of the gamblers.

  25. It seemed to Martha that Amelia was about to moralize aloud upon her boy, and having a kindness for her and being unwilling that she should make herself absurd, she broke the momentary silence with "And really.

  26. Not that my friends have moved their dwelling-place down stream to Quebec, but there is a sadness in the thought of the slowly passing years which makes one moralize and grow metaphoric before he is aware.

  27. It struck him as a theme for the moralist; but he had no time to moralize upon it.

  28. It is very well to sneer at money-getting after you have filled your pockets, and Newman, it may be said, should have begun somewhat earlier to moralize thus delicately.

  29. How choicely does his grave, acute nonsense moralize the scenes wherein he moves!

  30. While chastening thoughts of sweetest use, bestowed By Wisdom, moralize his pensive road.

  31. In his desire to moralize he demoralizes; in his desire to sanctify one item of life, he casts aside, he overlooks, forgets, all that which in life is already possessed of holiness.

  32. Its especial aim, its characteristic operation, is to moralize the affections.

  33. I would have my Readers endeavour to moralize this natural Pleasure of the Soul, and to improve this vernal Delight, as Milton calls it, into a Christian Virtue.

  34. He was able to moralize upon a Snuff-Box, would flourish eloquently upon a Tucker or a Pair of Ruffles, and draw practical Inferences from a full-bottomed Perriwig.


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