admonisher
Example Sentences
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Blessed Heaven! deny not to my prayers, my friend, my admonisher, my adviser, at a time so critical to myself.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Richardson, Samuel
I took an opportunity to give him a taste of the end of the main-clew-garnet, as an admonisher; and there the matter ended, so long as I remained in the ship.
From Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast by Cooper, James Fenimore
Tactfully, sagaciously, he drew the sufferer to confide in him, to see in him, not so much a spiritual admonisher as a counsellor and a support in worldly difficulties.
From Veranilda by Gissing, George
But if a man censures men's lives without reproving anyone at all by name, pray do you think this man a satirist, and not rather a teacher and admonisher?
From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Huizinga, Johan
"Fact is, Mops," said her admonisher in chief, "as I've always said, you are only fit for a provincial pack."
From Mrs. Fitz by Snaith, J. C.
