Confessed

Examples

• We have in our police reports realism pushed to its extreme limits, and yet the result is, it must be confessed, neither fascinating nor artistic. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He had confessed a taste for the pursuit of love under difficulties; here was full gratification for that taste. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Attending court the other day--I attend it regularly, with my documents--I taxed him with it, and he almost confessed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It must be confessed, however, that the case looks exceedingly grave against the young man, and it is very possible that he is indeed the culprit. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I confessed, that I might obtain absolution; but now that falsehood lies heavier at my heart than all my other sins. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• If there was a sincere liking between George and the Major, it must be confessed that between the boy and his uncle no great love existed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It must be confessed that he felt very happy at that moment leaning on the chair. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Thus adjured, Topsy confessed to the ribbon and gloves, with woful protestations of penitence. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Well, he has confessed, all right. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mr. Garth would take no important step without consulting Susan, but it must be confessed that before he reached home he had taken his resolution. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Reluctantly, I confessed myself quite unable to answer the question. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• True, said I, and I remember all the servant maids and Yorkshire milkwomen confessed his power. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• His lips were mute, but his eye confessed the impeachment. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He confessed that he did. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• But she has confessed. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The person to whom I addressed myself added, that Justine had already confessed her guilt. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• No, but this horrible man confessed to having been there, and the Lascar was at the foot of the stairs. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Have you confessed yourself, brother, said the Templar, and have you heard mass this morning, that you peril your life so frankly? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• If I had been younger, I might have confessed as much to Mr. Franklin. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I did confess; but I confessed a lie. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• He had not confessed to himself yet that he had done anything in the way of contrivance to this end; he had accepted what seemed to have been offered. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• And it must be confessed that on this point Emmy was very ignorant, and that is a pity some people are so knowing. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Livius confessed he knew not what to make of it; and put out his head to inquire of his footman what was the reason of being kept stationary. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Neither you nor she shall see each other again till you have confessed the truth. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I do not venture to say that mine would; it has suffered, and, it must be confessed, survived. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But she had confessed to her mother that she loved cousin Franklin, and her mother had trusted cousin Franklin with the secret. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• One scientist confessed that it was only by a figure of speech that he could describe his recollection of a scene as a mental image to be perceived with the mi nd's eye. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• But it must be confessed, that this mixture seems at first sight to be contradictory to my system. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• I told Em'ly I adored her, and that unless she confessed she adored me I should be reduced to the necessity of killing myself with a sword. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Laurie has confessed, asked pardon, and been punished quite enough. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

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