I wasn't ashamedof the jail sentence, at any rate.
Every race adores the epoch when their fathers grew ashamed of their gods and identified them as dragons--the supreme cruelties of nature--welcoming the man who first rose from his knees and defied them.
She had spoken truly when she said that she was ashamed of herself for having allowed herself to think of him.
I don't care what this fellow thinks about me, and yet I am ashamed to tell him that I have not come up for training, at all.
He had stood like a sulky school-boy, ashamed of his cowardice, but still a coward.
But now--well, before I received this Oxford paper I felt ashamed to meet my friends.
Some of 'em just make meashamed of myself sometimes.
I am ashamed of myself when I think of him," and Nancy's voice was hoarse as she spoke.
What I once thought, or rather feared, I am now ashamed of, and now that I have told you so I am more at ease.
I have never before been in a position when I have been ashamed of anything I have done.
He was ashamed to confess even to himself that he had the feeling of a wanderer who has come home.
I am ashamed to say," her sister confessed, "that he stayed down in the morning room while Gossett fetched him a glass of sherry.
I am ashamed when I think of your kindness, of your fidelity, of all that you have given and done for me throughout these years.
I have done it, I kept my word, I am miserably ashamedof myself, and I have but one feeling now--to get as far away as I can.
Jarwin, feeling ashamed to appear in so very light a costume before a lady, turned smartly round and walked away.
Thus clad in waves and locks, her eyes divine From them ashamed would she turn and twine.
But he felt ashamed at the same time; and casting his eyes down, he said to himself, "Ah, mad and unworthy Orlando!
He meant no ill--he was certain he meant no harm to any one--it was only to see the child that he went, and why should any man be ashamed to go and see a child?
Why have we good reason never to be ashamedof the Catholic faith?
By anointing the forehead with chrism in the form of a cross is meant that the Christian who is confirmed must openly profess and practice his faith, never be ashamed of it; and rather die than deny it.
The young Frenchmen soon became the very best shots I ever saw: even “Sligo” now need not be ashamed of them.
The Hackin, or great sausage, must be boiled at daybreak, and if it failed to be ready two young men took the cook by the arm and ran her around the market-place till she was ashamed of her laziness.
You have dishonored and disgraced me; I am ashamed to look my neighbors in the face.
There's surely nothing in that that thee need beashamed of.
Americans, who are ashamed to confess to doing the most innocent thing for the sake of mere enjoyment, must be cajoled into every form of exercise under the plea of health.
I am ashamed of it; but there it is,--neither worse nor better.
The man who held the Colonel down left him at liberty, and the latter rose, ashamed and partly stunned.
But he soon perceived that the old man had no intention of betraying him, and, ashamed at the suspicion he had evidenced, he hid his weapon.
I think you need not feel ashamed of it or fear unfavorable criticism, my dear girl,” added Violet.
I hate cheapness to an extent that I amashamed of, and I certainly always have an instinct for the most expensive articles in the shops, though I never think of the price.
I am ashamedto think so much about my beautiful room and home.
Moonshine, at length ashamed of the feeling of fear he experienced, moved forward a step and boldly cocked his rifle.
The girl, ashamed of the confession she had allowed to escape her, buried her head in her hands, and burst into tears.
At length the hacendero, ashamed of showing the terror he felt, haughtily raised his head, and angrily stamped his foot.
In the ancient part, he copies the prejudices of Nairon and the other Maronites of Rome, which Assemannus is afraid to renounce and ashamed to support.
I shall be content to fortify my narrative by the names and characters of these respectable guides; and in the contemplation of a minute or remote object, I am not ashamed to borrow the aid of the strongest glasses: 1.
The satirical historian has not blushed [23] to describe the naked scenes which Theodora was not ashamed to exhibit in the theatre.
Belisarius is his subject; and we ourselves, whose birth is not inferior to your own, are not ashamed of our obedience to the Roman emperor.
That I confess I'm afraid of, nor am I ashamed to confess it.
I am not the least ashamed of anything I have done, and I will cut that man's throat who says I have cause to be.
A scholar's mind should be set on the search for truth, and he should not be ashamed of poor clothes or of plain or even of insufficient food.
Be not ashamed of any action which is in accordance with Nature, and never be misled by the fear of censure or reproach.
If even the image of God were present, you would not dare to act as you do; when God Himself is within you, and hears and sees all, are not you ashamed to think and act thus, insensible of your own nature and hateful to God?
It seems as if parents of the Christian profession wereashamed to tell their children anything about the principles of their religion.
With faith in her beauty, all her feminine soul was expanded within her; she had a horror of merinos, and felt ashamed of plush.
Gillenormand, without confessing it to himself, however, for he would have been furious and ashamed of it, had never loved a mistress as he loved Marius.
The officer thought himself bound to smile, and she turned away ashamed and indignant; she would have gladly thrown something at his head.
I am ashamed of my hesitation now, but this is supposed to be a truthful chronicle.
I am ashamed of you, and, if I thought you really meant to use it, I should be still more ashamed.
Bein' an honest, decent man, I'm ashamed to be seen here as it is.
If 'twas Alvin Baker you ought to be ashamed of yourself, spongin' on him for your vittles.
I felt ashamedfor him and ashamed of myself for having seen him in such a condition.
I was ashamed of it and now I denied it, indignantly.
I was sort ofashamed after I told her and I explained to her that I hadn't ought to done it.
You ain't done nothin' to be ashamed of, have you?
As I looked at her I was more ashamed of my own unpremeditated nap than ever.
You ought to be ashamedof its being there, George.
I was ashamed to have my former acquaintances know what I had become, and they, apparently, were quite willing to forget me.
After all that I had said before I would have been ashamed to do anything else.
But Lisette," inquired Dorsain, with an air of astonishment, for though he had heard words from her lips during their walk to the chateau that made him ashamed for her, yet he believed they were known only to himself.
But the brother remembered how he had treated her and was ashamed to accept.
Virtue 's a dunghill cock, ashamed Of self when paired with game ones; And wildest elephants are tamed If stuck betwixt two tame ones.
Perhaps, like all great men, especially of a liberal turn of mind, you areashamed of old friends, eh?
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