self-reproachfully

And yet, still self-reproachfully, he also continued to search his soul concerning his own country, "our great unxix endowed, unfurnished, unentertained? unentertaining continent, where [...] we ought to have leisure to turn out something handsome from the very heart of simple human nature."

'The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1872-1876, Volume 1' 2009

See how wicked deeds are punished, and how bitterly and self-reproachfully the

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At a private interview with Miss Garth she had referred again, of her own accord, to the subject of her letter from London — had spoken self-reproachfully of her weakness in admitting

No Name 2003

"Here we are, letting you do all the work again," cried Betty self-reproachfully.

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"I've brought Lady Douglass's bag by mistake," she cried, self-reproachfully.

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Still, pleasant as her recollections were, she often looked back self-reproachfully upon passages of her youth; and Sainte-Beuve, though he calls her coquetry "_une coquetterie angelique_," recognizes it as a blemish.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Various

Mr. Trew, depressed by the failure of his elaborate scheme, walked behind the young people, grumbling self-reproachfully.

Love at Paddington

"Can you ever forgive me for bringing you out in such weather as this?" begged Alice, self-reproachfully.

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He remembered, self-reproachfully, that he must have seemed very neglectful, and he stammered something about having been busy.

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"No, I drank champagne and romped and tried to flirt, and was altogether abominable," said Meg self-reproachfully.

Little Women 1921