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“They will think I am scolding thee,” she said with a tremulous little laugh.

From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Madison, Lucy Foster

If I have ever failed, even loved you less than you wished, scold me, dear Robert, as I am scolding you now, and I will love you the more for it.

From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss

It was a bit of slang, and I like to use bits of English slang when I can; they’ll be so useful to know by-and-by when I am scolding my people.

From Glyn Severn's Schooldays by Pears, Charles

Do not think I am scolding you—and don't let me worry you either.

From Edgar Saltus: The Man by Saltus, Marie

Why, even now, while I am scolding you, you are itching to laugh and run away.

From Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett by Hewlett, Maurice Henry