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The upbraider, you know, my dear, is in some sense a superior; while the upbraided, if with reason upbraided, must make a figure as spiritless as conscious.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 by Richardson, Samuel

He grumbles at the ingratitude of men that shun him for his kindness, but indeed it is his own fault, for he is too great an upbraider.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

It has a half-dramatic framework of question and answer between St. Patrick, who appears as upbraider, and the poet, who laments joys gone and the Christian present of Ireland and his own feeble age.

From Irish Plays and Playwrights by Weygandt, Cornelius

Quick let me fly, and find the fair upbraider; Tell her she wrongs me, tell her I would die Rather than meet her anger.

From The Fatal Falsehood by More, Hannah