Warburton and Johnson, read _vice versa_: This is abominable which he would call abhominable, which destroys the poet's humour, such as it is, who is laughing at such fanatical phantasms and rackers of orthography as affect to speak fine. ❋ William Carew Hazlitt (1873)
But he concludes honestly that though their faith is 'abhominable' to true Christians, their life is good enough. ❋ Unknown (1901)
The text fails to make it clear whether the alleged flaw is adding or lacking an [h] in abominable, since both Holofernes 'own pronunciation and his presentation of Armado's pronunciation are spelled "abhominable" in the text ... ❋ Unknown (2009)
Read Mark's post for explanation of the history of the unetymological "abhominable"; he ends by saying "In any case, this passage is the earliest example of linguistic peeving that I can think of. ❋ Unknown (2009)
No truely Sir, I came hither to no other end, but onely to chastise and admonish them in friendly manner, to clense their mindes from such abhominable profit: And assuredly, I should have prevailed therein, had not this violent sicknesse hindered mine intention. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Master Doctor, seeing himselfe to bee in such an abhominable stinking place, laboured with all his utmost endevour, to get himself released thence: but the more he contended and strove for getting forth, he plunged himselfe the further in, being most pitifully myred from head to foot, sighing and sorrowing extraordinarily, because much of the foule water entred in at his mouth. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Which is an argument sufficient, that goodnesse is gone up to heaven, and hath quite forsaken these loathed lower Regions, where men are drowned in the mud of all abhominable vices. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Strambo, and the other intimate friends of Pasquino, having noted in what manner she used the Sage, and this appearing as her utmost refuge, either to acquit or condemne her: in presence of the Judge they smiled thereat, mocking and deriding whatsoever she saide, or did, and desiring (the more earnestly) the sentence of death against her, that her body might be consumed with fire, as a just punishment for her abhominable transgression. ❋ Unknown (2004)
This is abhominable, — which he would call abbominable: it insinuateth me of insanie: anne intelligis, domine? to make frantic, lunatic. ❋ Unknown (2004)
There is still hope to kill this abhominable piece of social engineering before it wrecks marriage further. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Scannadio was, and what strange reports had bene noised of him, not onely for ransacking dead mens graves in the night season, but many other abhominable Villanies committed by him, which so fearfully assaulted him; that his haire stoode on end, every member of him quaked, and every minute he imagined Scannadio rising, with intent to strangle him in the grave. ❋ Unknown (2004)
At last one of them saide; I smell the most abhominable stinke that ever I felt in all my life. ❋ Unknown (2004)
As for whoredome and drunkennesse there be none such liuing: and for extortion, they be the most abhominable under the sunne. ❋ Unknown (2003)
The men of this place are giuen to that abhominable, cursed, and opprobrious vice, whereof both men and women make but small account by reason of the pond Zun Zun, wherein hauing washed themselues, their opinion is, that although like the dog they returne to their vomite, yet they are clensed from all sinne whatsoeuer, of which sin we will hereafter more largely discourse. ❋ Unknown (2003)
But who should do thus, I confesse should requite the objections made against Poets, with like cavilations against Philosophers: as likewise one should do, that should bid one read Phaedrus or Simposium in Plato, or the discourse of love in Plutarch {121}, and see whether any Poet do authorise abhominable filthinesse as they doo. ❋ Unknown (1992)
But how much it can move, Plutarch yeeldeth a notable testimonie of the abhominable Tyrant Alexander Pheraeus {87}, from whose eyes a Tragedie well made and represented, drew abundance of teares, who without all pittie had murthered infinite numbers, and some of his owne bloud: so as he that was not ashamed to make matters for Tragedies, yet could not resist the sweete violence of a Tragedie. ❋ Unknown (1992)
The life followyng of Nero was so abhominable, that the shame of his life, will make any man a fraied, to leaue any memorie of hym. ❋ Richard Rainolde (N/A)
One vicar named Thomas Blackburne had continued the old practice of holding churchings in the Lady-chapel, and was ordered publicly to renounce this error, as well as that of having left "that olde, abhominable, and supersticious vawte called the Wilfride's nedle [24] and the alter therein" undefaced. ❋ Cecil Walter Charles Hallett (N/A)
I say the Masse is holden greatly in estimation, and hygh amongest men, and is not founded in the word, therefore I sayd it was Idolatry and abhominable in the sight of God. ❋ John Knox (N/A)
Article, and sayd: Thou saydedst lykewise, and openly byddest teach, that the Masse is very Idolatry, and abhominable in the sight of God. ❋ John Knox (N/A)
