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Familiarity with God in men of chastened mind produces a more profound veneration; in unchastened minds it runs easily into an irreverence which borders upon impiety. Even the Seraphim cover their faces in the Divine Presence.
The sum of our comparison is this: In Young we have the type of that deficient human sympathy, that impiety toward the present and the visible, which flies for its motives, its sanctities, and its religion, to the remote, the vague, and the unknown: in Cowper we have the type of that genuine love which cherishes things in proportion to their nearness, and feels its reverence grow in proportion to the intimacy of its knowledge.
Georges, to whom I lately spoke about this, said: "But, my dear, perhaps you don't know that marriage at the Town Hall before the registrar is gratis, while " I put my hand over his mouth to prevent him from finishing; it seemed to me that he was about to utter some impiety. Gratis, gratis. That is exactly what I find so very unseemly.
The story of mediæval Paris is the story of the efforts of serf and burgess to win their economic freedom. The declining years of King Robert were embittered by the impiety of rebellious sons, who were reduced to submission only at the price of a protracted and bloody campaign in Burgundy. The broken-hearted father did not long survive his victory.
Among a people taught to associate innovation with impiety, and with whom precedent determines all action, it is inevitable that the faculty of recollection should be the most highly developed of all the mental faculties. Necessity compels the Chinaman to have a good memory.
You have been guilty of great impiety against God, in asking you a king.
The French Revolution marked the darkest hour of this time; yet it was the hour which preceded the dawn. It was the culminating point of the infidelity of kings, priests, and people; the visible expression and embodiment of the mind of France, long tutored by falsehood and impiety; the letting loose of Satan on earth, that all might see and wonder at the Beast!
Gudrid's fortune was envied by the girls of the house, who expressed themselves freely about it. "With your looks," they said, "it was to be expected she would take notice of you. But to see so much, and to tell you all!" The poor girl herself, however, took it very hard, and saw herself punished for impiety.
A heavenly fairy makes her appearance, and claims the suit of feathers; but the fisherman holds to his treasure trove. She urges the impiety of his act a mortal has no right to take that which belongs to the fairies. He declares that he will hand down the feather suit to posterity as one of the treasures of the country. The fairy bewails her lot; without her wings how can she return to heaven?
The city, assembled on the quay, demanded of them: 'What have you done with us? What of our Faith? Vol. 22. 30. 'Why did you sign the Decree? And they answered, 'We were afraid of the Franks. Perjury to impiety cowardice to perjury!... And now, son Sergius, it is said all said with one exception.
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