10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBSCENENESS»
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obsceneness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
C. And obsceneness. If there is a DIFFERENTIaTION between the two, obscenity
is more of a static fact and obsceneness more of a quality. The latter is more rare
— e.g.: "[T]he search warrant (1) authorized seizure of all copies of the books in ...
2
A Paraphrase And Notes On The Epistles Of St. Paul To The ...
4 Neither filtbz'ness, nor Let nothing of obsceneness mix in any part os foolish'
talking, nor jesting, your conversation 5 let there be nothing' of that idle wine/2
and A which are not convenient; but and soolish discourse, which. Ver. 3.
Samuel Chandler, Nathaniel White, 1777
3
The Laughing Philosopher: Being the Entire Works of Momus, ...
But thou hast proportion'd, in thy judgment profound, Of good sense scarce an
ounce, of obsceneness a pound SHININO IIOXFSTY. •Aye! Honesty's a jewel,''
Richard cry'd, '* That shines the clearer still, the more tis try'd." ' True Dick,' quoth
...
Thomas Hood, Charles Lamb, 1825
4
Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
Impurity 6f thought or language; unchastity; lewdness. — Mr Cowley asserts
plainly, that obscenity has no place in wit. Dryden.— Those fables were tempered
with the Italian severity, and free from any note ef infamy or obsceneness. Dryden
.
5
Essays by a Society of Gentlemen, at Exeter
Old-fashioned wit, which walked from town to town In trunk-hose, which our
fathers called the clown ; Whose wit our nice tunes would obsceneness call, And
which made bawdry pass for comical. Nature was all his art— thy vein was free
As ...
6
Cleansing the City: Sanitary Geographies in Victorian London
moral obsceneness on the one hand, and physical obsceneness on the other.
With the low prostitution of this locality is mixed the low and bold crime of the
metropolis. . . . And all over this place of moral degradation extends the stench of
...
Michelle Elizabeth Allen, 2008
7
History of English Dramatic Poetry to the Time of Shakspeare ...
There is also a remarkable entry on July 3rd, 1683, regarding the licensing of
Shirley's play of The Young Admiral, which the Master of the Revels admired,
because it was free from oaths, profaneness, and obsceneness i. , The licensing
of ...
8
The student's English dictionary, the pronunciation adapted ...
OBSTRUCTION Obsceneness, Obscenity, ob-seu'nes, ob-sen'i-ti. h. [Fr.
obscénité; L. ob&cttni- tas.] Quality of being obscene; impurity in expression or
representation ; that quality in words or things which presente what is offensive to
chastity ...
John Ogilvie, Richard Cull, 1865
9
Federal Censorship: Obscenity in the Mail
nature of the obsceneness of the materials, and the motive behind his behavior. 3
. Reckless commercial exploitation of obscenity is another category warranting
discussion, although, in many instances, the conduct underlies the previous two ...
James C. N. Paul, Murray L. Schwartz, 1977
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Obscene Matter Sent Through the Mail: Hearing Before the ...
... whether good or bad, are sold openly through regular established channels of
distribution, without open, reckless, commercial exploitation of their obsceneness
by mail or mail-order advertisements^ — by doing this, the Post Office will suffer ...
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, 1959
