It is a most admirable play and well acted, but too much prophane and abusive.
That they are the most prophane swearing fellows that ever he heard in his life, which makes him think that they will spoil all, and bring things into a warr again if they can.
Our selves and our affaires we may neglect, But not our Deities, which these Christians Prophane deride and scoffe at; would new Lawes Bring in and a new God make.
Hence comes it, that your Beauty wounds not hearts, As Others, with prophane and sensuall Darts, But as an influence, vertuous thoughts imparts.
Or else that awfull fire, which once did burne In thy cleare Braine, now falne into thy Urne 20 Lives there, to fright rude Empiricks from thence, Which mightprophane thee by their Ignorance.
And tho' he should be so Happy as never to smile at a Prophane Jest, nor join in Applauding a Vitious Play; yet, will that exempt him from a Share of that Guilt which his Presence and Purse has help'd to support?
Are we not also loudly called upon to lay aside this prophane Diversion, by the late dreadful Storm, terrible beyond that which we are told was felt in the Year 1636?
A false and ill-grounded opinion indeed, said she, lifting up herprophane eyes as in penitence.
High thee to France, And Cloyster thee in some Religious House: Our holy liues must winne a new Worlds Crowne, Which our prophane houres here haue stricken downe Qu.
Oh let no noble eye prophane a teare For me, if I be gor'd with Mowbrayes speare: As confident, as is the Falcons flight Against a bird, do I with Mowbray fight.
Farewell: and for my hart disdained y my tongue Should so prophane the word, that taught me craft To counterfeit oppression of such greefe, That word seem'd buried in my sorrowes graue.
Lynn meeting, and Mr. Dexter was "putt in ye billboes ffor prophane saying dam ye cowe.
If you prophane the Scriptures, it is a pretie wit; if we but alledge Doctors to expound them, wee are wicked.
Poets you confesse are eloquent but you reprove them in their wantonnesse, they write of no wisedom, you may say their tales are frivolus, they prophane holy thinges, they seeke nothing to the perfection of our soules.
We all remember drunken Barnaby: "To Banbury came I, O prophane one!
Yee blushing Virgins happie are In the chaste Nunn'ry of her brests, For hee'd prophane so chaste a faire, Who ere should call them Cupids nests.
Let wilder youth, whose soule is sense, Prophane the Temple of delight.
Hence prophane grim man, nor dare To approach so neere my faire.
Doe not their prophane Orgies heare, Who but to wealth no altars reare, The soule's oft poys'ned through the eare.
Quoth he, In all my life, till now, 665 I ne'er saw so prophane a show.
Nor is the prophane irreverence of this conduct more striking than its ingratitude.
Nor is it only in prophane history that instances like these are to be found, of persons committing the greatest crimes with a sincere conviction of the rectitude of their conduct.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "prophane" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
