Reproach
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157 examples of Reproach in a sentence
"Nay, Elinor, this
reproach
from YOU--you who have confidence in no one!"
My esteem for your whole family is very sincere; but if I have been so unfortunate as to give rise to a belief of more than I felt, or meant to express, I shall
reproach
myself for not having been more guarded in my professions of that esteem.
The cruelty of Mrs. Jennings no language, within her reach in her moments of happiest eloquence, could have expressed; and now she could
reproach
her only by the tears which streamed from her eyes with passionate violence--a reproach, however, so entirely lost on its object, that after many expressions of pity, she withdrew, still referring her to the letter of comfort.
I say awakened, because time and London, business and dissipation, had in some measure quieted it, and I had been growing a fine hardened villain, fancying myself indifferent to her, and chusing to fancy that she too must have become indifferent to me; talking to myself of our past attachment as a mere idle, trifling business, shrugging up my shoulders in proof of its being so, and silencing every reproach, overcoming every scruple, by secretly saying now and then, 'I shall be heartily glad to hear she is well married.'--
He was released without any
reproach
to himself, from an entanglement which had long formed his misery, from a woman whom he had long ceased to love;--and elevated at once to that security with another, which he must have thought of almost with despair, as soon as he had learnt to consider it with desire.
CHAPTER 50After a proper resistance on the part of Mrs. Ferrars, just so violent and so steady as to preserve her from that
reproach
which she always seemed fearful of incurring, the
reproach
of being too amiable, Edward was admitted to her presence, and pronounced to be again her son.
"Most gentlemen bring their own forms," he said with a distant note of
reproach
in his bland manner.
She gathered into the single syllable the
reproach
and reproof, the liking and despair, with which the least and the greatest of his audacities alike affected her.
She recoiled quickly from his arms, staring at him in accusation and
reproach.
As to the second reproach, I have heard it said that she does not love the English, but an Englishman."
"Ah," said Mme. Bonacieux; in a tone of reproach, "ah, monsieur, I had your promise as a soldier and your word as a gentleman.
You seem to reverse ordinary customs, and come home at the hour when other people are going out.""No one can
reproach
you for anything of the kind, Monsieur Bonacieux," said the young man; "you are a model for regular people.
Then, in order that he might have nothing to
reproach
himself with, he directed his steps, for the last time, toward the residences of his three friends.
D’Artagnan felt the truth of this
reproach.
D’Artagnan shuddered to the marrow at hearing this suave creature
reproach
him, with that sharp voice which she took such pains to conceal in conversation, for not having killed a man whom he had seen load her with kindnesses.
To this
reproach
there is always one response which deludes women.
But at least we shall not have to
reproach
ourselves with anything."
"Take one step more," said I, "and in addition to my dishonor, you shall have my death to
reproach
yourself with."
It was my only word of reproach, for I knew how much he must be suffering in seeking me, wherever he might be.
That Sir Henry should have been exposed to this is, I must confess, a
reproach
to my management of the case, but we had no means of foreseeing the terrible and paralyzing spectacle which the beast presented, nor could we predict the fog which enabled him to burst upon us at such short notice.
On that head, therefore, I shall be uniformly silent; and you may assure yourself that no ungenerous
reproach
shall ever pass my lips when we are married."
His regard for her was quite imaginary; and the possibility of her deserving her mother's
reproach
prevented his feeling any regret.
The steady countenance which Miss Lucas had commanded in telling her story, gave way to a momentary confusion here on receiving so direct a reproach; though, as it was no more than she expected, she soon regained her composure, and calmly replied:"Why should you be surprised, my dear Eliza?
I have nothing either to hope or fear, and nothing to
reproach
him with.
When she came to that part of the letter in which her family were mentioned in terms of such mortifying, yet merited reproach, her sense of shame was severe.
Your retrospections must be so totally void of reproach, that the contentment arising from them is not of philosophy, but, what is much better, of innocence.
And I know that every one will confess that it would be most praiseworthy in a prince to exhibit all the above qualities that are considered good; but because they can neither be entirely possessed nor observed, for human conditions do not permit it, it is necessary for him to be sufficiently prudent that he may know how to avoid the
reproach
of those vices which would lose him his state; and also to keep himself, if it be possible, from those which would not lose him it; but this not being possible, he may with less hesitation abandon himself to them.
And again, he need not make himself uneasy at incurring a
reproach
for those vices without which the state can only be saved with difficulty, for if everything is considered carefully, it will be found that something which looks like virtue, if followed, would be his ruin; whilst something else, which looks like vice, yet followed brings him security and prosperity.
Nevertheless, liberality exercised in a way that does not bring you the reputation for it, injures you; for if one exercises it honestly and as it should be exercised, it may not become known, and you will not avoid the
reproach
of its opposite.
This will soon make him odious to his subjects, and becoming poor he will be little valued by any one; thus, with his liberality, having offended many and rewarded few, he is affected by the very first trouble and imperilled by whatever may be the first danger; recognizing this himself, and wishing to draw back from it, he runs at once into the
reproach
of being miserly.
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