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Powell had even gone so far as to reprehend him for having done so.

From A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

What a man saith well is not, however, to be rejected because he hath some errors; reprehend who will, in God’s name, that is, with sweetness and without reproach.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

They were felt to be in character by the older officers; and, while obliged to reprehend, I doubt whether some of them would not have more enjoyed taking a share.

From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

In submitting to your view the conduct of the troops under my command on this occasion, I find every thing to applaud, nothing to reprehend.

From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand

And so he departed, continuing as long as he remained in my hearing to reprehend his younger daughter concerning her unseemly and ill-timed outbursts.

From Fibble, D.D. by Sarg, Tony

This we learn from an epistle of that father, in which he very severely reprehends them.

From Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness by Samber, Robert

Hence Pope Julius I reprehends some who "keep throughout the year a linen cloth steeped in must, and at the time of sacrifice wash a part of it with water, and so make the offering."

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

He reprehends other anchorets, who, upon a pretence of continual prayer, did not work at certain hours of the day, making it a cloak of gluttony and laziness.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban

She hated his Calvinism, and thought that the spirit of scornful denunciation everywhere prevails when Cowper reprehends the errors of mankind. 

From Anna Seward and Classic Lichfield by Martin, Stapleton

Spelman, in replying to this concealed motive of the Catholic, reprehends him with equal humour and bitterness for his desire of roasting a Protestant parson.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

Ernesto, 91, was famously reprehended in public by Pope John Paul during a visit to Nicaragua in the 1980s.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2016

Yet that is what a crowd did at St. Louis last week and, curiously enough, its indecorum was too inevitable to be reprehended.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is, of course, gross degradation; it destroys much of the dignity even of the rest of the building, and is in the very strongest terms to be reprehended.

From The Seven Lamps of Architecture by Ruskin, John

Parson Thatcher was accused and reprehended in 1675 for making visits with a coach and four.

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse

They would be reprehended while they are looked on.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

I grant there is a manner of reprehending which turns a benefit into an injury, and then it both strengthens error and wounds the giver.

From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by Clouston, William Alexander

The excellent Jonas Hanway wrote a pamphlet reprehending this objectionable custom.

From De Libris: Prose and Verse by Dobson, Austin

This is very true, and we join with the Advertiser in reprehending the course pursued by the President toward the Cherokees.

From Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe Or, the Pretended Riot Explained by Apess, William

It does not assume the office of reprehending or warning through a motive of bitter zeal.

From Fraternal Charity by Valuy, Benôit

Celsus, assuming the person of a Jew, represents him as speaking to Jesus, and reprehending him for many things.

From Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix by Taylor, Thomas