 ... that he must have the attributes of a conscience, of which memory formed one of the most essential features. Conscience was defined to be " the faculty by which we judge of the goodness or wickedness of our own actions.  Cooper's Works - Page 327by James Fenimore Cooper - 1855Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 308 pages
...gained Consanguin'eous, a. near of kin, related Consanguinity, i. relationship by blood Con'science, ;. the faculty by which we judge of the goodness or wickedness of our own actions ; veracity, reason, reasonableness jnsden'tious, a. scrupulous, just, exact Con'scionable, a. reasonable,... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1810 - 642 pages
...related by birth Consanguinity, kôn-sâng-gwln'è-té. s.re^lation by blood Conscience, kón'sh¿nse. a. the faculty by which we judge of the goodness or wickedness of ourselves, veracity, reason Conscientious, kon-shc-èn'shùs- a. scrupulous, exactly just Conscientiously,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1812 - 808 pages
...CONSARCINATION,*. [from oxwrrctno. La:.] Tlie act of patching together. CONSCIENCE, t. [coiucifatia, Lat.] 1 The faculty by which we judge of the goodness or wickedness of ourselves. Spengrr, t Justice ; the estimate of conscience. Svij't. 5 Conicloosncss ; knowledge of... | |
 | Richard Wiggins - English language - 1814 - 338 pages
...gum' i ly, n. re latiun by blood. Con' quest, n. acquisition by iiotorv. Con' science, n. the facul ty by which we judge of the goodness or wickedness of our own actions ; veracity; reason. Con sci en' tious, a. scrupulous ; just; exact. Con sci e:,' tious ly, ad. according... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 694 pages
...(from contarciño, Latin.) The act of patching together. CO'XSCI EX'L'E. i (ciniKi-icntia, Latin.) I. The faculty by which we judge of the goodness or wickedness of ourselves (Spenser). '2. Justice ; the estimate of conscience (Steift). 3. Consciousness; knowledge... | |
 | Richard Wiggins - English language - 1825 - 302 pages
...victor. Con' quest, n. acquisition by victory. Con san guin' i ty, n. relation by blood. Con' science, n. the faculty by which we judge of the goodness or wickedness of our own actions ; veracity ; reason. Con sci en' tious, a. scrupulous ; just ; exact. Con sci en' tious ly, ad. according... | |
 | Henry Neuman - English language - 1827 - 740 pages
...thought, idea, conception. 2. (Ant.) Act of conceiving. C'lsciK.vciA, if. 1- Conscience ; the knowledge or faculty by which we judge of the goodness or wickedness of our own actions, .incito de '«»ciencia, Not scrupulous or delicate with '¿•card to one's morals or feelings. 2.... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1830 - 686 pages
...n. act of patching together. 6n'sci?nce, (kSn'sh^ns) n. the faculty by ; bull, bur, rftle.-g, CON 70 which we judge of the goodness or wickedness of our own actions ; the moral sense. Oon-prj en'tioys, (kQn-shf-e'n'shys) a. scrupulous ; regulated by conscience. CTm-sci-e'n'tioys-ly,... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - English language - 1831 - 440 pages
...Con-sar-cj-na'tipn, n. act of patching together. COn'sciçnce, (kon'shçns) n. the faculty by 70 CON Which we judge of the goodness or wickedness of our own actions ; the moral sense. CÖn-scj-en'tious, (kön-she-en'shuä) a. scrupulous ; regulated by conscience.... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1835 - 954 pages
...commission ; and, having a conscience, it followed, ex necessitate rei, that he must have the attributes of a conscience, of which memory formed one of the most...of his acts, or of those of any other person, if he knows nothing about them ? — and how can he know anything of the past, unless endowed with the faculty... | |
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