admonisher
Example Sentences
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But in the course of a few days I became myself again, the admonisher was forgotten, and I could think only of the beautiful countess.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 481, March 19, 1831 by Various
The novelist found his admonisher in a low state of spirits, and he exerted himself to rouse him from his despondency.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Edmund Downey
Carmen shook her head, and with that peculiar mixture of pride and child-like humility which marked her character, she bowed herself submissively before her faithful admonisher.
From Sister Carmen by M. Corvus
Horace was a mild admonisher, a court satirist, fit for the gentle times of Augustus, and more fit for the reasons which I have already given.
From Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by John Dryden
The truth of this remark was quite manifest; and concluding that I was not exactly suited to the character of admonisher, I never renewed the attempt.
From A Grandmother's Recollections by Ella Rodman Church
