His own explanation was that the rise of the "puritan middle class," who had stricter morals than the aristocracy, tightened the rules of censorship in the 19th century.

The pendulum of history was on her side she rode the swing toward stricter morals, away from the tremendous freedom individuals of society had then.

The mandarin classes, you see, have very strict morals.

Without repeating that information, Msimangu says it is white men's fault that young blacks abandon strict tribal morals and slide into crime.

Several of his plays were considered scandalous to many of his era, when European theatre was required to model strict morals of family life and propriety.

Anne Isabella developed into a stiff, religious woman with strict morals.

Here, it suggests, inter alia, that the motive for the killing was fear of Agnes' "maturity, wisdom and strict morals".

Puritanical Julie apparently relaxed her strict morals by taking up with her new boss, the married Philip Martin (Christopher Milne).

These entertainment quarters, covered bazaars known as pleasure grounds, were places where strict social morals and formalities could be largely ignored.

However, the programme also shows the comparatively strict morals of girls in the Traveller communities.