Palmerston, who expressed himself as "extremely flattered and highly gratified" by the references to himself, did not in terms reprehend the language used of the two Sovereigns, and added, in a phrase immortalised by Leech's cartoon, that ❋ Queen Of Great Britain Victoria (1860)
Gentles, do not reprehend: with Hero Histories, we will mend: ❋ Unknown (2009)
The modification of old-fashioned rules in this regard has made the lines faint, it is true, and there is no book on etiquette that does not reprehend as “unbecoming a gentleman” smoking in drawing-rooms, boudoirs, dining-rooms, restaurants, where now men not only are allowed, and invited, to smoke, but where highly respectable women have been known to join them. ❋ Unknown (2010)
But above all, Sir Anthony, she should be mistress of orthodoxy, that she might not misspell and mispronounce words so shamefully as girls usually do; and likewise that she might reprehend the true meaning of what she is saying. ❋ Unknown (2010)
But it's odd that we have to step outside of the language of public life when we want to express authentic indignation or forcefully reprehend somebody simply for being bad, which, while I'm at it, is another word that Dickens took a lot more seriously than we do. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Indiana, now, was preparing to scream, and Miss Margland was looking round to see whom she should reprehend; but young Westwyn, coolly opening the door, with a strong arm, and an able jerk, twisted the perfumer into the passage, saying, 'You may send somebody for your goods.' ❋ Unknown (2008)
And that such as have a great and false opinion of their own wisdom take upon them to reprehend the actions and call in question the authority of them that govern, and so to unsettle the laws with their public discourse, as that nothing shall be a crime but what their own designs require should be so. ❋ Unknown (2007)
To reprehend princes is dangerous; and to over-commend some of them is palpable lying. ❋ Unknown (2007)
XIV., would not meet with a very gentle reception from the learned; he who is disposed to reprehend Virgil for having described King ❋ Unknown (2007)
In such esteem it continued for many ages, till at length Mesue and some other Arabians began to reject and reprehend it, upon whose authority for many following lustres, it was much debased and quite out of request, held to be poison and no medicine; and is still oppugned to this day by [4225] Crato and some junior physicians. ❋ Unknown (2007)
I reprehend it not moderately used; but to some men nothing can be more offensive; they had better, I speak it with Saint [2947] Ambrose, pour so much water in their shoes. ❋ Unknown (2007)
And now, methinks, O most worthy Hippocrates, you should not reprehend my laughing, perceiving so many fooleries in men; ❋ Unknown (2007)
A short list of the causes of Chavez that are anti UK, not anti Blair: the Falklands, Mugabe, Ahmadinejab, British investments in Venezuela, bad mouthing the UK in general, indirect support of terrorist if not directly by Chavez himself, he knows better, by his people that he fails to reprehend. ❋ Unknown (2006)
I severely reprehend him on this occasion: and ask him, with what view he can take so witless, so despicable a liberty, in which only the most abandoned of men allow themselves, and yet presume to address me? ❋ Unknown (2006)
Whereby is declared, that whosoever is desirous to reprehend sinne in other men, should first examine himselfe, that he be not guiltie of the same crime ❋ Unknown (2004)
The effort did not entirely fail; she listened with apparent chearfulness, while Madame Cheron expatiated on the splendour of her house, told of the numerous parties she entertained, and what she should expect of Emily, whose diffidence assumed the air of a reserve, which her aunt, believing it to be that of pride and ignorance united, now took occasion to reprehend. ❋ Unknown (2004)
I am often surprised, I must own, to observe how humbly he deports himself to you, notwithstanding the haughty airs you give yourself; I wonder he has patience to humour you so: if I was he, I know, I should often be ready to reprehend you, and make you know yourself a little better. ❋ Unknown (2004)
