infidel

• It seems that the king gave him the history of his complaints, of his debility, of his old asthma, and of his imperfect digestion, but talked in raptures of the wretch’s sagacity and penetration; for merely by looking at the tongue and feeling the pulse before the infidel was told what was the state of the case, he asked whether his majesty did not use the hot baths very frequently;[37] whether, when he smoked, he did not immediately bring on a fit of coughing; and whether, in his food, he was not particularly addicted to pickles, sweetmeats, and rice swimming in butter? —  The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan
• He was an avowed infidel, and seemed to delight in spreading his opinions among the prisoners, who were generally too willing to listen to him. —  Six Years in the Prisons of England
• Him therefore Aurangzeb captured and executed as an infidel, a robber and a rebel, while he cruelly persecuted his followers in common with all who did not accept Islam 3. —  The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)
• And in addition their religion teaches that all who die in battle against the infidel are transported straight to a paradise teeming with material and sensual delights. —  The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)
• And though the application of the term infidel to such a man would not fail to arouse his fiercest indignation, his indifference to the events and the fate of the great hereafter can arise from nothing else than an utter disbelief in the teachings of Holy Writ, in the truths of Christianity. —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy

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