The music, in fact, was all that continued to delight me; and, but for that, I believe I should have had some difficulty in avoiding so monstrous an indecorum as yawning.
But he thought these resolutions showed "indecorum and hostility," and were "not the likeliest way to obtain a repeal of the laws.
But to the scrutiny of strangers, to the caresses of Hargrave, even to the indecorum of her situation, poor Laura was insensible.
On this point Junius observes: "The subordinate character is never guilty of the indecorum of praising his principal.
Only to be out at elbows is in fashion here, and a great indecorum not to be thread-bare.
His very presence and face puts vice out of countenance, and makes it an indecorum in a vicious man.
In the excitement of professional altercation with counsel respecting the ages of certain persons concerned in a suit, he committed the indecorum of saying aloud, "I'll lay you a bottle of wine.
And not only was she anxious about the indecorum of the moment, but full of disturbed curiosity to know if any determination about the future had been already come to.
If there was indecorum in his visit, she was unaware of it.
Indecency is the stronger word; indecorum refers to any transgression of etiquette or civility, especially in public.
Indecorum is sometimes synonymous with indecency; but indecency, more frequently than indecorum, is applied to words or actions which refer to what nature and propriety require to be concealed or suppressed.
Moreover, a priest in a Roman collar is an official, and must not countenance by his presence the indecorum which is of such frequent occurrence in every theatre.
Madame S---- very shrewdly whispered in my ear, that the indecorum was in the remark.
I soften and tone down the final phrase of this extraordinary outburst, for though in the original it is but an indecorum as compared with that famous passage in the 'Memoirs of Madame Roland' which M.
Sainte-Beuve gracefully describes as 'an immortal act of indecency,' it is yet an indecorum of a sort more tolerable in the French than in the English tongue.
Leave to continue speaking when guilty of indecorum x .
An Appeal [ยง 14] when made while the Previous Question is pending, or when simply relating to indecorum or transgressions of the rules of speaking, or to the priority of business.
Leave to continue speech when guilty of indecorum .
No doubt it is a great thing to arouse the somewhat comatose attention of any audience to a discourse upon religion, and any means short of clap-trap and indecorum are justified if they succeed in doing so.
The indecorum of compliance stared me in the face at the time.
The request is a very singular one, considering to whom it is addressed," said Miss Cartwright; "and besides I really cannot perceive any reason in the world why I should be guilty of an indecorum in order to do you a great kindness.
I am well aware that many will accuse me of indecorum for presenting these pages to the public; for the experiences of this intelligent and much-injured woman belong to a class which some call delicate subjects, and others indelicate.
This piece ofindecorum was told to his master, and the overseer was ordered to re-chain him.
Japanese women have their own gatherings, where gossip and chit- chat, marked by a truly Oriental indecorum of speech, are the staple of talk.
The house is plain, simple, and inconveniently small; but doors and walls are great luxuries, and you cannot imagine how pleasing the ways of a refined European household are after the eternal babblement and indecorum of the Japanese.
