peccancies

For it is then as if our tears broke through an inveterate inner dam, and let all sorts of ancient peccancies and moral stagnancies drain away, leaving us now washed and soft of heart and open to every nobler leading.

The Varieties of Religious Experience 1902

For it is then as if our tears broke through an inveterate inner dam, and let all sorts of ancient peccancies and moral stagnancies drain away, leaving us now washed and soft of heart and open to every nobler leading.

Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature William James 1876

Above most human peccancies, I do abhor a breach of faith.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

Above most human peccancies, I do abhor a breach of faith.

The Egoist George Meredith 1868