admonisher

Example Sentences

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The truth of this remark was quite manifest; and concluding that I was not exactly suited to the character of admonisher, I never renewed the attempt.

From A Grandmother's Recollections by Church, Ella Rodman

Admiral Bluewater, my memory needed no admonisher to tell me that.

From The Two Admirals by Cooper, James Fenimore

Horace was a mild admonisher, a court satirist, fit for the gentle times of Augustus, and more fit for the reasons which I have already given.

From Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by Dryden, John

I took an opportunity to give him a taste of the end of the main-clew-garnet, as an admonisher; and there the matter ended, so long as I remained in the ship.

From Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast by Cooper, James Fenimore

Carmen shook her head, and with that peculiar mixture of pride and child-like humility which marked her character, she bowed herself submissively before her faithful admonisher.

From Sister Carmen by Corvus, M.