admonisher

Example Sentences

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With which exclamations, followed by idle threats against his admonisher, this condign victim to justice hobbled away, as disdaining to hold further argument with such a rabble.

From The Confidence-Man by Melville, Herman

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 Dryden, John

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 Downey, Edmund

The Roman mint was attached to the temple of Juno Moneta, i.e., the admonisher, from monēre, and this name was transferred to the building.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

"Do you think he—will let me?" she asked of her admonisher.

From The Road to Providence by Daviess, Maria Thompson