natural virtues
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Perhaps Father Hecker's antipathy to Calvinism sharpened his zeal for the natural virtues, and strengthened his advocacy of human innocence.
From Life of Father Hecker by Elliott, Walter
I mean no natural virtue, because all the natural virtues existed and had been practiced by hundreds and thousands of millions before Christ was born.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green
In the deepest midnight of superstition some natural virtues, like stars, have been visible in the heavens.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green
As the girl grew up in her father's house, her natural virtues grew too: beauty, charm, and modesty.
From Twenty-Two Goblins by Ryder, Arthur William
The bodies they assume have not the natural virtues which they show, nor the operations of life, but those which are common to inanimate things.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac
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