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Pity or not, at 70* H. G. Wells remains what he has always been�a cheerful chider of human shortcomings, with one exuberant eye cocked on his fellow Englishmen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ever and anon the great chider would burst forth in oratory, belaboring the Republicans —regular and insurgent—making the galleries laugh.

From Time Magazine Archive

But ye gaze, laugh, and greet the gruff chider, with mocks.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 by Various

The energy with which this reproof, though severe, was begun denoted what self-flattery might well have construed into affection; for it proved the interest the lovely chider took in the rectitude of my conduct.

From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Holcroft, Thomas

By Allah, O my chider for my sister leave, ah! leave * My heart      to moan its grief and feel the woes befitting me.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir