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The bill passed, and an extra "plume of worldly-mindedness" was consequently placed in the cap of hypocrisy!

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne

Confucius describes Laou-tze as resembling the dragon, and received from him a lecture, in which he accuses him of worldly-mindedness and vanity, and concludes by telling him to make the best of it he can.

From Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas by Macaulay, W. Hastings

The weakness of human nature drives us to seek assistance in distress; but vanity and worldly-mindedness often induce us to imagine we control the happiness we only enjoy.

From Precaution by Cooper, James Fenimore

"More mean things," he told Rogers, "have been done in this world under the shelter of wife and children than under any pretext that worldly-mindedness can resort to."

From Thomas Moore by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius

Evidently the remedy in this case for "worldly-mindedness" is worse than the disease.

From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Graves, Kersey