culpa

• “For this, I can only beat my breast violently and mutter _mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa_.”

  Dead Giveaway

• “_Mea culpa, mea culpa_,' he murmured wearily, then as he rose up with pale cheek a gleam of fire lit in his eye, for he would die rather than permit Saint Oswyn's shrine to be pillaged by the heathen.”

  Border Ghost Stories

• “I heard him murmur to himself: '_Illa culpa, illa culpa, illa maxima culpa_.”

  Border Ghost Stories

• “_Mea culpa, mea culpa_; and _can_ you forgive a very much mortified old lady who is really and truly fond of you?”

  The Younger Set

• “And then there rises up in our hearts a veiled form, and from its majestic lips comes 'Thou art the man'; and our whole being echoes assent -- _Mea culpa; mea maxima culpa_ -- 'My fault, my exceeding great fault.”

  Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy.

• “_Men culpa, mea culpa_!" cried poor Father Jordan, as though he were at confession, to the excessive amusement of the young men.”

  The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century

• “If this be so, he can only plead, _Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa_.”

  The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper

• “a saint -- but -- but -- _mea culpa, mea maxima culpa_, I don't want him to show me those special treasures of yours.”

  The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance

• “Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.”

  OpenOffice.org 3.1 Has Smoother Drawing And Usability Tweaks | Lifehacker Australia

• “Such a mea culpa from the director at the opening of the film invites viewers to ask themselves as well if they have been honest with about their fears regarding American education.”

  The Huffington Post: Ruth Starkman: Waiting for Solutions

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