Some few days after Christmas, little Miss Pimpernell gave a small evening party for the especialdelectation of those who had so meritoriously assisted in the decoration of the church.
But delectation without deed is not a mortal sin, but only a venial sin.
Therefore consent to delectationis not a mortal sin.
But delectation in the act itself of fornication is, in its genus, a mortal sin: and that it be a venial sin before the consent is given, is accidental, viz.
And in this sense the sin of morose delectation is said to be in the reason.
Objection 1: It would seem that consent todelectation is not a mortal sin, for consent to delectation belongs to the lower reason, which does not consider the eternal types, i.
Whether morosedelectation or non-morose delectation be subjected in the higher reason?
The consent to delectation, resulting from complacency in an act of murder thought of, is a mortal sin also: but not the consent to delectation resulting from complacency in the thought of murder.
Wherefore such a consent to delectationin a mortal sin, is itself a mortal sin, as the second opinion maintains.
Morose delectation is not a mortal sin except in those matters which are mortal sins generically.
Whether the Sin of Morose Delectation Is in the Reason?
Therefore the sin of morose delectation is in the reason.
Therefore morose delectation is not in the reason.
It may be remarked in passing that Artzibashef does not paint for our delectation the dear dead drabs of yesteryear, nor yet the girl of the street who heroically brings bread to her starving family (as does Sonia in Crime and Punishment).
Here the ancient sport of bull-baiting was practised annually for the brutal, but thoughtless, delectation of the people of town and country side.
Delftware there is, in abundance, for the delectation of the tourist and the profit of the curio merchant, who will sell it unblushingly as a rare old piece, when it was made but a year ago.
With what pleasure and delectation inwardly serveth a glutton his belly!
Every noon, for her delectation at luncheon, he sent a boy from the store with a carton of her special favorites--Blue Point oysters.
And now, for Fred's delectation this evening, the newly added fish set, so appropriately inscribed from his sister.
At such reunions one feels very much as those miscellaneous beasts may be supposed to feel who are confined together in a common cage for the delectation of the spectacle-loving public.
Miss Ellen and my sister soon had about them a whole menagerie of antelopes, monkeys, and parrots, trained to perform all sorts of tricks for thedelectation of the children who were expected.
They belonged, it seemed, to a troupe of jubilee singers who had been imported from the States for the delectation of French audiences.
The judge, on the front seat, was telling a low-toned story over his shoulder for the delectation of Nancy and Betty, but Shirley was not listening.
These are but passing exemplifications of countless dainty conceptions that the most casual perusal of his pages will divulge; and they offer an unwearying source of delectation in consequence of their naïve and guileless character.
This work, by the way, is skilfully written for the delectation of cultivated amateurs.
The figures of two distinguished foreigners, as imported into this country over a century ago, for the delectation of the cognoscendi and the leaders of high taste.
Scraps of meat are set out for the delectation of this feathered watchman, who is also indulged with a miniature hut of his own, into which he may retreat when terrified, as it is hoped that he soon may be.
And the good time came of which, for the delectation of those who have been or would like to be "there" themselves, I subjoin a few samples.
Indeed, it was a common thing then, in places where friend met friend, for one that had a voice to read somewhat aloud for the delectation of the others, whether a pleasant tale in prose or a poetic canzonet.
There was a whole world of pretty women assembled within Messer Folco's walls, and I may as well confess here, if I have not confessed it already, that I take great delectation in the companionship of pretty women.
This visit of ours to Cordoba was in reality a little pleasure trip, got up for the special delectation of our aunt and young Mrs. Moncrieff.
I believed then--and I am still of the same opinion--that there was something akin to pity and scorn in his steadfast looks, as if we had been brought here for his especialdelectation and study.
People began to think and wonder how they had been bamboozled for centuries by a set of educated harlequins, who, in all lands and climes exhibited their antics and nostrums for the delectation and digestion of infatuated fools!
The advocate of a broader license in the English fiction of the future may answer that the whole body of novels already in existence should be more than sufficient for the delectation of "the young.
They danced the quadrilles, not for payment and the delectation of foreigners as at the Jardin de Paris, but for their own pleasure.
