Remonstrance

Examples

• He has, however, retained some degree of self-respect, he continued, disregarding my remonstrance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• And without giving Mr. Pickwick time to offer remonstrance or denial, Mr. Leo Hunter stalked gravely away. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The church-bells were going for a week-day service; they suggested a word of affectionate remonstrance on my part. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She tendered not even a remonstrance; she testified no shade of surprise. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• No, no, not so bad as that, said Lydgate, giving up remonstrance and petting her resignedly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I tried a last remonstrance before we returned to the house. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Dorothea quietly persisted in spite of remonstrance and persuasion. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Bounderby,' said Mr. Gradgrind, in a tone of temperate remonstrance, 'I speak of a very special letter I have written to you, in reference to Louisa. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• If I had contemplated interposing any remonstrance of my own humble devising, I might possibly have still hesitated. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Here Miss Bella offered the remonstrance: 'Don't talk nonsense, ma, please. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He murmured a soft remonstrance. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The school gossiped, the kitchen whispered, the town caught the rumourparents wrote letters and paid visits of remonstrance. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Mr. Woodhouse's peculiarities and fidgetiness were sometimes provoking him to a rational remonstrance or sharp retort equally ill-bestowed. Jane Austen. Emma.
• But I cannot close this letter without adding a word here of serious remonstrance and reproof, addressed to yourself. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• These harsh unfeeling letters excited in Worcester a spirit of defiance, such as mild remonstrance never could have produced. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• At present I cannot spare energy and nerve force for digestion, he would say in answer to my medical remonstrances. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• It will cost me several cups of tea, some toast and cake, and an ample measure of remonstrances, expostulations, and persuasions. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She interposed, gently but firmly, in the middle of my remonstrances. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Osborne said to his friend's remonstrances, when they quitted the invalid, leaving him under the hands of Doctor Gollop. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Take the matter as you find it: ask no questions, utter no remonstrances; it is your best wisdom. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• By this time, the walk in the rain had reached Mrs. Elton, and her remonstrances now opened upon Jane. Jane Austen. Emma.
• It may expose you to the ridicule of fools; it may subject you to the remonstrances of friends whose opinions you are bound to respect. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The evident sincerity and affection which inspired these remonstrances would have influenced any man with an atom of good feeling in his composition. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I spare you the recital of Mrs. Todd's hospitable remonstrances and refusals. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Remonstrances were useless. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Many timid remonstrances had she uttered to George in behalf of her brother, but the former in his trenchant way cut these entreaties short. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Mr. Woodcourt, disregarding my remonstrances, had hurriedly taken off his cloak and was putting it about me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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