self-reproach
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Origin of self-reproach
First recorded in 1770–80
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Self-reproach and dejection drove him further from the right course, and in proportion to the greater amount of conscience he had by nature, his character was the more deteriorating.
From The Caged Lion by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Self-reproach for their vain repinings heightened her misery, and misery at last grew into despair.
From The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others by Fullerton, Georgiana
Self-reproach may be a wholesome medicine, but it is a bad food.
From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by Clarke, James Freeman
Self-reproach, in the true sense of the word, she did not, could not, feel.
From Story of Waitstill Baxter by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
Self-reproach, eternal self-reproach--the most terrible of all things--to which no other mental or corporeal pain can ever reach, would prey upon my heart for ever, and bear me down into the grave.
From The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
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