self-reproach
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Origin of self-reproach
First recorded in 1770–80
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Self-reproach, too, was fighting a fairly even fight with the excitement that had been called up by that same pair of brown eyes.
From El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
Self-reproach filled her for the interval that seemed to lie between them....
From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor
Self-reproach may be a wholesome medicine, but it is a bad food.
From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by Clarke, James Freeman
Self-reproach, eternal self-reproach--the most terrible of all things--to which no other mental or corporeal pain can ever reach, would prey upon my heart for ever, and bear me down into the grave.
From The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
Self-reproach would not only magnify defeat but poison success, since, if she availed herself of her advantages, no success would ever prove worth while.
From The Dust Flower by Kline, Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren)
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