A moment after "grace" Harcourt made a poor witticism, at which the majority laughed with an immoderateness quite disproportionate.
"From Jest to Earnest"
E. P. Roe
But Woman comes to bless With an immoderateness, With a divine excess, Lust of life and yearn of flesh, Till there seems naught hindering our souls: Else we should crawl along the years Labour'd with measurable joys No greater than our life, Things carefully devised against tears; And as snails harden their sweat To brittle safety, a carried shell, So we might build out of our woe of toil Serious delight.
"Emblems Of Love"
Lascelles Abercrombie
No unclean passion must dwell there, no carnal appetite, no defiling conversation, no immoderateness in eating and drinking.
"My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year"
John Henry Jowett