"They have taken Jacob, an' he has told them where we are," I said on the impulse of the moment, not meaning to cast reproach upon the lad, but knowing what fiendish means those wretches employed in order to extort information.

Still he bore the reproaches of his employer good-naturedly, and before long made his mark.

Of Stephen it has been said, "He deserves no other reproach than that of having embraced the occupation of a captain of banditti."

my uncle asked in surprise, and the old man replied promptly; "Ay, that I am, sir, an', unless all signs fail, there's never one of 'em who'll bring reproach upon the settlement.

When Tommy fell ill of scarlet fever she nursed him through his illness, and uttered no reproach to her husband when the twins took the disease.

He used to give way to violent anger and slandered Julia as a stepmother, while upon Augustus he heaped abundant reproaches in the matter of his paternal inheritance.

This great service was, however, regarded by the ultra Tories as an act of apostasy, and Peel incurred so much reproach from his former friends that he resigned his seat as member for Oxford University, and accepted the constituency of Westbury.

'Tis a rude gust, and merits your reproaches:

It seemed to her that something of wonder and anguish and dismay was in the room round her,as if some one unseen had heard a bitter reproach, an accusation undeserved, which must wound to the very heart.

Emily had a difficult task to avoid self-reproach, in regulating her deportment on this occasion.

Have we endeavoured to purify our hearts by an act of contrition, in order that we may escape the terrible reproach which God addresses to the sinner"to the sinner God hath said, 'Why dost thou declare my justices and take away covenant in thy mouth?'" (Psalm 49, v.16)?

I know not, sir, why the gentlemen, who are thus indecently attacked, have suffered such reproaches without censure, and without reply.

Ethelred, offended at this reply, which contained a secret reproach on his own conduct, undertook an expedition against Cumberland; but though he committed ravages upon the country, he could never bring Malcolm to a temper more humble or submissive.

Then his father said, conveying reproach even in the whisper: "Why have you come here after once having gotten well away from the place?

She indeed came to the conclusion that he must not suffer from his father's indignity, and so it was for him that, with extraordinary strength of will, she ever preserved a proud demeanor, feigning that she was ignorant of everything, never addressing a reproach to her husband, but remaining, in the presence of others, the same respectful wife as formerly.

The poor girl had besides to endure all the reproaches of her relatives, who, knowing nothing of what had passed between her and Padre Camovra, laughed at her fears.

"Say no more," answered Jahir, "and spare me these reproaches, for, by the faith of an Arab, I will not return the colt, unless compelled by main force.

Many, I believe, there are Who live a life of virtuous decency, 135 Men who can hear the Decalogue and feel No self-reproach; who of the moral law Established in the land where they abide Are strict observers; and not negligent In acts of love to those with whom they dwell, 140 Their kindred, and the children of their blood.

Henry, as he rode with the patriarch back to Dover, listened with his strange habitual forbearance while Heraclius poured forth angry reproaches for the iniquities of his whole life, and declared at last that he had almost with his own hands slain St. Thomas.

He (the virtuous man) rejoiceth with a friend in the good things he enjoys; fears not the reproaches of any; no evil spirit can approach to hurt him here, or accuse him in the great day of the Lord, when every soul shall be judged according as they have done good or evil.

Brave Youth, whose Infant years did bring us Conquests; And as thou grew'st to Man, thou grew'st in Glory, And hast arriv'd to such a pitch of it, As all the slothful Youth that shall succeed thee, Shall meet reproaches of thy early Actions: When Men shall say, thus did the brave Alcippus; And that great Name shall every Soul inspire With Emulation to arrive at something, That's worthy of Example.

I believe he thought that Providence had sent a wife of high rank to his very door to enable him partially to wipe out his reproach.

My zeal in your behalf has drawn your reproaches down upon me?

I repeatedly renewed my bitter reproaches, and asked how he could bear, for the sake of a woman's beauty, to implicate the welfare of two nations.

On looking back over the course of his life,that labyrinthine way of error,a man must see many points where luck failed him and misfortune came; and then it is easy to carry self-reproach to an unjust excess.