self-reproof

Example Sentences

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"I hope you have made it as beautiful as Elfrida is," she cried, with sharp self-reproof.

From A Daughter of To-Day by Duncan, Sara Jeannette

He assumed a tone of raillery, which is, perhaps, the readiest mode of escaping from the feelings of self-reproof.

From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Scott, Walter, Sir

It has endeared us more than any thing to your good Lady; and your own self-reproof that follows delighted us.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

This disingenuous soul-debasing passion, Rising from abject and most sordid fear, Stings her own breast with bitter self-reproof, Consumes the vitals, pines, and never dies.

From Count Julian by Landor, Walter Savage

I answered, grovelling before him, that it might be--it might be; but---- "But--who of us is not?" he answered, with a sudden gesture between scorn and self-reproof.

From Shrewsbury A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.