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I forged that lie; for whose forgiveness kneels This self-accused, self-punished criminal.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Scott, Walter, Sir

This theme of self-punished revenge, as we know, was afterward thoroughly wrought out in "The Scarlet Letter."

From A Study of Hawthorne by Lathrop, George Parsons

All her soul was in the cry, all her outraged, self-punished heart.

From The Covered Wagon by Hough, Emerson

But in war I have noticed that temerity and cowardice are often self-punished, and bravery rewarded.

From In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland by Morse, John