Reproach
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157 examples of Reproach in a sentence
They were only fine speeches, all the exquisite things you have been saying to me for the last ten minutes?''And I
reproach
myself for them strongly, dear friend.
Later, he discovered that Mademoiselle de La Mole's plans often varied, and, to his great relief, found a word with which to
reproach
this character which was so exhausting to him: she was _changeable_.
'Declare, Sir, that the premeditation is not proven, and you will not have to
reproach
yourself with the blood of an innocent man,' etc., etc.CHAPTER 41 The TrialThe country will remember this celebrated trial for a long time to come.
I have been ambitious, I have no wish to
reproach
myself; I acted then according to the expediency of the moment.
The painter's eyes seemed to show some
reproach
of K. for wanting to impose that sort of responsibility on him.
Now they permitted him to decided which direction they took, and he decided to take the direction that followed the young woman in front of them, not so much because he wanted to catch up with her, nor even because he wanted to keep her in sight for as long as possible, but only so that he would not forget the
reproach
she represented for him.
At first, Gregor went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived as a
reproach
to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it.
When this tale was published, it became matter of
reproach
among the author's friends, that he, an American in heart as in birth, should give to the world a work which aided perhaps, in some slight degree, to feed the imaginations of the young and unpracticed among his own countrymen, by pictures drawn from a state of society so different from that to which he belonged.
The writer, while he knew how much of what he had done was purely accidental, felt the
reproach
to be one that, in a measure, was just.
"It is very foolish to regard your hasty words, I know," said Frances, extricating herself from his arms, and raising her yet humid eyes to his face with a smile; "but
reproach
from those we love is most severe, Henry; particularly - where we - we think - we know" - her paleness gradually gave place to the color of the rose, as she concluded in a low voice, with her eyes directed to the carpet, "we are undeserving of it."
"Henry, Henry Wharton," said Dunwoodie reproachfully, "you little know the man who leads our armies, or you would have spared him that reproach; but duty calls me without.
Nay, so fearful was he of giving offense, and of omitting any of the nicer points of punctilio, that having commenced this courtesy with the lady who sat next him, he persevered until not one of his fair companions could, with justice,
reproach
him with partiality in this particular.
So long as we were content to remain colonies, nothing was said of our system of domestic slavery; but now, when we are resolute to obtain as much freedom as the vicious system of metropolitan rule has left us, that which is England's gift has become our
reproach.
The captain's lady, in short, put this project into my head, and told me if I would be ruled by her I should certainly get a husband of fortune, without leaving him any room to
reproach
me with want of my own.
how would he
reproach
himself with associating himself with a whore!
'Madam,' says he, ''tis no
reproach
to any many in that country to have been sent over in worse circumstances than I perceive your cousins are in, provided they do but apply with diligence and good judgment to the business of that place when they come there.'
She went where they went, she did what they did, without a complaint, without a reproach, without appearing even to be aware that she changed her place of residence.
But before he left, he again gazed at the canvases and said to Laurent:"I have only one thing to
reproach
you with: all these studies have a family likeness.
You have no right to
reproach
me with my weakness towards you.
I have too much to
reproach
you with.""What can you
reproach
me with?" he inquired.
It was like an everlasting
reproach
wandering through the house.
Moreover, you must remember that the beauty I possess was no choice of mine, for, be it what it may, Heaven of its bounty gave it me without my asking or choosing it; and as the viper, though it kills with it, does not deserve to be blamed for the poison it carries, as it is a gift of nature, neither do I deserve
reproach
for being beautiful; for beauty in a modest woman is like fire at a distance or a sharp sword; the one does not burn, the other does not cut, those who do not come too near.
To which Sancho made answer that by the law of chivalry his master had received he would not pay a rap, though it cost him his life; for the excellent and ancient usage of knights-errant was not going to be violated by him, nor should the squires of such as were yet to come into the world ever complain of him or
reproach
him with breaking so just a privilege.
Lothario said, too, that every married man should have some friend who would point out to him any negligence he might be guilty of in his conduct, for it will sometimes happen that owing to the deep affection the husband bears his wife either he does not caution her, or, not to vex her, refrains from telling her to do or not to do certain things, doing or avoiding which may be a matter of honour or
reproach
to him; and errors of this kind he could easily correct if warned by a friend.
What I entreat of you is that you
reproach
me not with my transgression and grievous wrong-doing; for the same cause and force that drove me to make you mine impelled me to struggle against being yours; and to prove this, turn and look at the eyes of the now happy Luscinda, and you will see in them an excuse for all my errors: and as she has found and gained the object of her desires, and I have found in you what satisfies all my wishes, may she live in peace and contentment as many happy years with her Cardenio, as on my knees I pray Heaven to allow me to live with my Dorothea;" and with these words he once more embraced her and pressed his face to hers with so much tenderness that he had to take great heed to keep his tears from completing the proof of his love and repentance in the sight of all.
All this tends to the prejudice of the truth and the corruption of history, nay more, to the
reproach
of the wits of Spain; for foreigners who scrupulously observe the laws of the drama look upon us as barbarous and ignorant, when they see the absurdity and nonsense of the plays we produce.
He wished to know whether he was right in inferring that I meant to cast a
reproach
upon her memory, and a disrespect upon her family.
I have erred against every common-place notion of decorum; I have been open and sincere where I ought to have been reserved, spiritless, dull, and deceitful--had I talked only of the weather and the roads, and had I spoken only once in ten minutes, this
reproach
would have been spared."
"That he is patronised by YOU," replied Willoughby, "is certainly in his favour; but as for the esteem of the others, it is a
reproach
in itself.
"She is only grown a little more grave than she was.""Nay, Edward," said Marianne, "you need not
reproach
me.
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