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And while she is thus refreshing her spirit from the brimming cup of life, her matter-of-fact elders are reproaching her for 238getting her dress soiled.

From The Vitalized School by Pearson, Francis B.

"While you are reproaching me, Mr. Whippleton is raising money on the notes of the firm."

From Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk by Optic, Oliver

"We are reproaching him with deserting Mistress Beaton—who had even a fortune."

From His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

And now by themselves and their friends, dependents, and votaries, they are reproaching those very men and women with those vices and follies, sins and crimes.

From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail

Prof. Harnack and similar people are reproaching us, I understand, for having broken "the bond of Teutonism"—a bond which the Prussians have strictly observed, both in breach and observance.

From New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index by Various