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Delille has expiated his popularity by a full half-century of contempt, and his work is, indeed, valueless as poetry.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

She succeeds, but her husband disappears, and she is not reunited to him until she has expiated her indiscretion by weary journeys and the performance of difficult tasks.

From Italian Popular Tales by Crane, Thomas Frederick

He has expiated guilt, he has ascended into heaven, all power is his in heaven and in earth.

From The Two Tests: The Supernatural Claims of Christianity Tried by Two of its Own Rules by Lisle, Lionel

If ever a poor soul has expiated her own offence, she has.

From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Kingsley, Henry

The virgin of Gaul has expiated her immortal glory.

From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne