He was a peccable old man. From LearnThat.org.
A frail and peccable mortal. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Leon was amused and fascinated by Buddy Hamstra, "that poor peccable great man," he called him. From Wordnik.com. [Beard] Reference
He had hated Bassett for that; but it was not for the peccable Thatcher to point a mocking finger at. From Wordnik.com. [A Hoosier Chronicle] Reference
In his thought at that sharp moment he blasphemed even against all that had been left of his faith in the peccable Master. From Wordnik.com. [The Lesson of the Master] Reference
But peccable and rough though the members of this royal house may have been, very few of them were without the governing faculty. From Wordnik.com. [The Liberation of Italy] Reference
The same old French waiters stood here and there about, each with impeccable apron and very peccable shoes, as is the wont of all waiters. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive] Reference
Yet precisely this was part of the sentiment he himself had just expressed: he would make way completely for the poor peccable great man not because he didn't read him clear, but altogether because he did. From Wordnik.com. [The Lesson of the Master] Reference
Of course there are one or two mistakes, -- stage machinists, after all, are built of peccable clay, -- but these occur so seldom that one can sit with a feeling of security that is not possible at Covent Garden. From Wordnik.com. [Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians] Reference
A Messiah among the nations, but the actual Italy which has been accomplished; imperfect and peccable as human things mostly are, belonging rather to prose than to poetry, to matter than to spirit, but, for all that, an Italy which is one and is free. From Wordnik.com. [The Liberation of Italy] Reference
"How is our poor peccable friend?". From Wordnik.com. [Beard] Reference
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