Abe had led him that chase over at the Station, Samuel was convinced, "a-purpose" to punish him for having so soundly berated him when he lay a-bed.

Some people roundly berate Christians for want of faith in God's word, when it is want of faith in their own private interpretation of His word.

He was enraged at having yielded to the temptation, and berated himself blasphemously and pridelessly.

Hence she often had most uncomfortable seasons, in which one side of her nature took the other side to task, scorned it and berated it severely; holding up its actions to its remorseful view, as an elder sister might chide a younger one, who was incorrigibly perverse and wayward.

It is not that the departure of the Portuguese is regretted (there are exceptions, of course) but the question of why, Portuguese colonisation remains so strenuously berated.

Scornfully in his own mind he berated that momentary weakness and steadied himself.

[Illustration: Obliging Mr. Hammer] THE MALICIOUS BRUSH When poor little Hand-Glass Was loudly berated For casting reflections, The Brush was elated.