Damnable heresies are commonly brought in privily, under the cloak and colour of truth. ❋ Unknown (1721)
3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: 4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: 5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for a hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. ❋ Unknown (1721)
"Except that, O my son, the Vizier bespoke him a privy word (kelam sirriyy) ere he promised me; then, after the Vizier bespoke him a word privily (sirran), he promised me to (ila) three months."] [Footnote 378: Lit. an ill presence (mehhdser sau). ❋ John Payne (1879)
And so upon a day La Beale Isoud gat a sword privily and bare it to her garden, and there she pight the sword through a plum tree up to the hilt, so that it stuck fast, and it stood breast high. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Then Gawaine called privily in council all his brethren, and to them said thus: Fair brethren, here may ye see, whom that we hate ❋ Unknown (2003)
Dermod mac Ae delighted in these solitary adventures, and when he could steal a day from policy and affairs he would send word privily to ❋ James Stephens (1916)
(In Ga 2: 4 the same word is rendered, "came in privily.") ❋ Unknown (1871)
Well, Babington has a number of friends, as hot-brained and fanatical as himself, and when once he had swallowed the notion of privily murdering the Queen, he got so enamoured of it, that he swore in five more to aid him in the enterprise, and then what must they do but have all their portraits taken in one picture with a Latin motto around them. ❋ Charlotte Mary Yonge (1862)
He was minded to put her away privily, that is, to give a bill of divorce into her hand before two witnesses, and so to hush up the matter among themselves. ❋ Unknown (1721)
Then Gawaine called privily in council all his brethren, and to them said thus: Fair brethren, here may ye see, whom that we hate King Arthur loveth, and whom that we love he hateth. ❋ Unknown (1470)
And each rower, his oar in position in case of attack, privily felt under the canvas flap to make sure of the exact location of his concealed Lee-Enfield. ❋ Unknown (2010)
As Saxon's strength came back to her (and when Doctor Hentley had privily assured Billy that she was sound as a dollar), she herself took up the matter of the industrial tragedy that had taken place before her door. ❋ Unknown (2010)
But the following day a dense fog lay over the land and they lost their way to the waiting junk which Johannes Maartens had privily outfitted. ❋ Unknown (2010)
So well did he make it a point to see Lilian in the afternoons, that the time came when she accepted him for better or worse, and when he prayed privily and fervently that it was not for worse. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Perhaps it was not entirely the devil's fault, for Captain Dettmar, privily cherishing a quart of whisky for many weeks, had selected Christmas Eve for broaching it. ❋ Unknown (2010)
I went forth privily in the night-time, and turned his cattle into his fields, and in the morning heard his whooping laugh as he drove them out again. ❋ Unknown (2010)
A few minutes later the mate came fumbling about in search of it, but I returned it privily to Leach next day. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Beyond doubt, the boy had broken the taboos, and privily he told him so, until Lamai trembled and wept and squirmed abjectly at his feet, for the penalty was death. ❋ Unknown (2010)
I was spread-eagled, and thumbed-up, and privily beaten by the stupid guards whose totality of intelligence was only just sufficient to show them that I was different from them and not so stupid. ❋ Unknown (2010)
