Canst thou a liberal hand upbraid For dealing round some worthless ore? To spare's the wish of little souls, The great but gather to bestow; Yon current down the mountain rolls, And stagnates in the swamp below.

RAKEEK TO HIS FEMALE COMPANIONS Tho' the peevish tongues upbraid, Tho' the brows of wisdom scowl, Fair ones here on roses laid, Careless will we quaff the bowl.

So in the vilest language he began to upbraid his wife, not only reproaching her for the birth of that child, but even denying that the child was his.

Yea, Sylla, worthy friends, whose fortunes, toils, And stratagems these strangers may report, Is by false Cinna and his factious friends Revil'd, condemn'd, and cross'd without a cause: Yea, Romans, Marius must return to Rome, Of purpose to upbraid your general.

What, did the brainsick boy upbraid me so?

Now whoso list accuse me, tell my wrongs, Upbraid me in the presence of this state.

cannot a man have been a little whoremaster in his youth, but you must upbraid him with it, and tell him of his defects which, when he is married, his wife shall find in him?

When Jove the father's grief surveyed, And heard him Heaven and Fate upbraid, Thus spoke the god: 'By outward show, Men judge of happiness and woe: Shall ignorance of good and ill Dare to direct the eternal will? Seek virtue; and, of that possess'd, To Providence resign the rest' 50 * *

He cares not either how many hold of his goodness, or to how few he is beholden: and if he have cast away favours, he hates either to upbraid them to his enemy, or to challenge restitution.

She did not upbraid him, but told him very tenderly, she wished him to acquire more strength of purpose, and to gain the habit of controlling his feelings.

for see her Beauties shine out with new Lustre, and she seems to upbraid me with such unkind Reproaches.

They knew that he would upbraid them for not summoning him to do his share, but there would be abundant chance for him to serve later on as a sentinel.

But I will not upbraid you.

We do little but upbraid each other, and I am become despicable in my own opinion, and ridiculous in that of others.

The two quickly ascertained that the man was unhurt and managed to restore the wife to consciousness, whereupon she began to upbraid her husband for carelessness.

And should the lad his fate upbraid, Although he ignominious fade And in an alien country die? Will for him the beauteous maid Complaining cry? LERMONTOFF.

The beautiful Parts of the Character rise uppermost in the jealous Husband's Memory, and upbraid him with the ill Usage of so divine a Creature as was once in his Possession; whilst all the little Imperfections, that were [before ] so uneasie to him, wear off from his Remembrance, and shew themselves no more.

Your excellent poems have afforded that knowledge of it to the world, that your enemies are ready to upbraid you with it, as a crime for a man of business to write so well.

Jul. 'Tis that which makes me more unfortunate; Because his sweetness must upbraid my hate.

The worst of it was, that he had been so cautious and noncommittal in his declarations, that she could not upbraid him for his perfidy.

I have always observed, 'tis fatal to upbraid an old experienced officer with want of courage.

Perhaps with the sun, which you upbraid, your hope will set.

He could almost upbraid the Almighty here for leaving him and Naomi childless.

the two sons, though their hands might plainly be seen to tremble, maintained a deep, distressed immobility, and because it was neither right to upbraid them to their faces, nor to judge them publicly, a piece of the sermon which concerned Madam Melcombe's sorrow, caused by their desertion, was mercifully left out.

I will not upbraid you, because I tremble when I think what may perhaps have occasioned it.