"Self-reproach" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... when his affairs were in the most embarrassed condition, and his absence from Vienna frequently caused by the pressure of creditors. He appears at this time to have experienced moments of poignant self-reproach. His love of dancing, masquerades, masked balls, &c., was so great, that he did not willingly forego an opportunity of joining any one of those assemblies, whether public or private. He dressed handsomely, ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. • Various
... domestics, they would have opined that 'she ought to be married.' In which they would have entirely agreed with Maryllia's 'dragon' Aunt Emily. But Maryllia's own mind was far from being set on such themes as love and marriage. Her meditations were melancholy, and not unmixed with self-reproach. She blamed herself for having stayed away so long from her childhood's home, and her ...
— God's Good Man • Marie Corelli
... wearying. Hope, now, and excited wonder were giving the little one new life. Dave Patton cringed within at the thought of the awakening, the disillusionment, the desolation of sorrow that would come to the baby heart with the dawn of Christmas. He was overwhelmed with self-reproach, because he had not realized all this in time to make provision, before the deep snow had blocked the trail to the Settlement. ...
— The Backwoodsmen • Charles G. D. Roberts
... pang of keen self-reproach. Yes, it had been easy enough for a girl with a pretty face to make him forget his friend. He turned quickly toward the door. But Carrie moved even more rapidly, and by the time he reached it ...
— The Wharf by the Docks - A Novel • Florence Warden
... self-reproach streaming from her eyes, Rebecca flew up the hill, sure of sympathy, and hoping against hope for help ...
— Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm • Kate Douglas Wiggin
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