As an allegory, Carnations predicts that Ray aka Redfeather—shy, passive, loving but distant as a parent and as a son, insecure as a husband, self-accused and self-punished in the world—will survive all forms of internal and external pressure, judgment, and chaos. ❋ Carol Sklenicka (2009)
One can say, at any rate, that deformed in his own private life, he became absorbed in what has come to be called the metaphysic of a bureaucratic nightmare in which one is born powerless, accused and self-accused, not knowing of what. ❋ Pritchett, V.S. (1982)
In conclusion, the Author must add, in order that he may not stand self-accused of misleading his readers with regard to his personal position, that good fortune has so far favoured his own exertions, that, although still of the craft, he can no longer lay claim to the title of a ❋ William Duthie (N/A)
On our return we passed one of the worst self-accused sinners busily hauling in the cast catch from his weir along the shore. ❋ Various (N/A)
And inasmuch as calamitous events, such as the appearance of comets, earthquakes or pestilences, are usually the signal for great moral reforms, doubtless many a promise of a purer life was registered in that hour of terror by those self-accused by their quickened consciences. ❋ Various (N/A)
Apart from the Inspector and the self-accused man the room also contained Mr Campion, lounging carelessly against the bookcase, his fair head bent and his hands thrust deep in his pockets. ❋ Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 (1934)
She stood there with her head bowed, like a child self-accused of wrong-doing, with all the flaunting joy of spring tapping against the window on which she had turned her back. ❋ Coningsby Dawson (1921)
So says this order of sceptic, and, to my mind, he says a great deal more than his facts justify; for although contemporary writers generally are agreed that a large percentage of those people who voluntarily confessed they were werwolves were mere dissemblers, there is no recorded conclusive testimony to show that all such self-accused persons were shams and delusionaries. ❋ Elliott O'Donnell (1918)
He scrambled awkwardly to his feet, and said to the self-accused murderer in tones of limpid penitence: 'I'm awfully sorry, my dear sir, but your tale is really rubbish.' ❋ Gilbert Keith (1911)
He scrambled awkwardly to his feet, and said to the self-accused murderer in tones of limpid penitence: "I'm awfully sorry, my dear sir, but your tale is really rubbish." ❋ Unknown (1905)
"Guineas," said another voice self-accused of iniquity. ❋ Arnold Bennett (1899)
Liar, deliberate liar and self-accused gambler as he was, he felt that he had lived during that speech; he felt that it was the supreme moment of his life. ❋ Arnold Bennett (1899)
But to the man self-accused of robbing her of love and life, this sweet reflected glory from the other side of the dark gateway brought no consolation. ❋ A. Ethelwyn Wetherald (1898)
Now I come to the crime of which I stand self-accused. ❋ George Barr McCutcheon (1897)
The one a dull, listless man, mechanically forcing a tired, overworked body to action, and the other a self-accused murderer. ❋ Gene Stratton-Porter (1893)
The communication with him should be kept going, and if letters are bright, chatty, and without a word of indiscreet reproach for any lack of attention on his part, depend upon it he will ultimately melt into penitence and become a self-accused rascal. ❋ Walter Runciman (1892)
After many days -- although self-accused -- he felt deeply conscious of his recent lack of faith, and, in the few hours still left him, he determined to atone for the temporary halt in his allegiance. ❋ Richard Harding Davis (1890)
In her he beheld only a penitent, who was self-accused and self-convicted. ❋ Richard Harding Davis (1890)
And retired from the field of dispute, self-accused. ❋ Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1887)
Up to the present moment no further details were obtainable, but it was believed that the self-accused assailant had put himself in communication with the police. ❋ George Gissing (1880)
