Word: disgusting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...prominent professors called attention to a scurrilous article in a Boston paper, a distortion of a little class incident, a pleasant one in itself, which occurred early in the week. Every man present who knew the circumstances heartily sympathized with the professor, and had a word of disgust for the man who would, evidently from motives of petty spite or to get a few dollars for "news," lend himself to such a contemptible piece of work...
...hear what he is to pray for; he must be borne along by a familiar service which gives utterance to the primary, daily needs of every man. References to passing events may serve to attract attention - if made eloquently they may move, if made blunderingly they may amuse or disgust - but the office of daily prayers is to bring the passing and casual under the shadow of the eternal; to make a man feel that amid the confusion of his hurried life, he can lay hold of an unvarying, underlying truth...
...fascinating but horrible study in after-death pathology. The materialistic nature of future suffering is drawn with a realism at times absolutely repulsive. This article will, perhaps, be the one most interesting to the readers. Its effect upon the mind is a strange mixture of psychological curiosity and mental disgust. From this we turn with satisfaction to the translation from de Musset by Mr. Santayana. The poetical powers of Mr. Santayana might, perhaps, be questioned, when he handles that most dangerous of all compositions, the philosophical sonnet, but here they cannot be. The translation is peculiarly happy, and evidences...
...such sulphurous language objectionable on Monday when several ladies were present at the game. Their presence, which ought, if anything could, to have retained their careless or thoughtless players of whom I speak, seemed to have little or no effect, for the profanity still continued, much to the disgust of the thoughtful audience. It is hardly an admitted trait of the gentleman, and such I presume, these men consider themselves and wish us to consider them, to express themselves in public in such strong, not to say coarse language. Let there be more care by the captains to restrain themselves...
...miners considered the state tribunals as inefficient, and so took the law into their own hands. They were very honest in their disgust at the law and believed that justice would never be administered by the state. Did the miners not find ropes cheaper than bricks for prisons and for the purpose just as strong? This is one of the fundamental troubles of the state. Flogging and banishment from the camp was a very general punishment. The result of this was a friendly interchange of thieves. Hanging prevented this, out the effect of hanging was disastrous on the morals...