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They unanimously answered, "We desire to die purely with our lord, rather than to live impurely with you."

From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham

The enemy overcame him by appealing to Badawin, who spoke impurely, whereupon Sibawayh left the court, retired to Khorasan and died, it is said of a broken heart.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Why should a man write impurely for writing much?

From Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)

The renunciations of marriage are like white lilies—bloodless, impurely pure, as anæmic as the soul of a virgin, as cold as the face of a corpse.

From The Green Carnation by Hichens, Robert Smythe

The aesthetic significance of form is feebly and impurely felt, the power of creating it is lost almost; but finer descriptions have rarely been painted.

From Art by Bell, Clive