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He has overthrown, he has mortified me, where I alone should have stood supreme and supereminent.

From Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by Simms, William Gilmore

Disappointment has mortified me, and made me good-natured.—I will welcome adversity, if it enlarge my charity.

From The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) by Richardson, Samuel

I am afraid that little affair of yesterday has mortified her to death.

From The Actress' Daughter A Novel by Fleming, May Agnes

Hinder her not, thou man of little faith, For she has mortified herself.

From The Jew of Malta by Marlowe, Christopher