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Where they have crouched and crawled and prayed I stand, the self-doomed, unafraid, Unfellowed, friendless and alone, Indifferent as the herringbone, Firm as the mountain ridges where I flash my antlers on the air.

From Time Magazine Archive

Again, Richardson was an adept in drawing women rather than men and hence was self-doomed in electing a masculine protagonist.

From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Burton, Richard

The sun was still some little distance above the horizon when the last of the self-doomed band sank panting at the edge of the cliff.

From By Veldt and Kopje by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

Thus the great banker stood, a colossus of wealth and stability to the eye, though ready to crumble at a touch; and indeed self-doomed, for bankruptcy was now his game.

From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles

The great banker stood, a colossus of wealth and stability to the eye, though ready to crumble at a touch, and, indeed, self-doomed; for bankruptcy was now his game.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur