That Lingard, in the throes of his passion for her, should go through moments of acute self-depreciation and remorse, only made her feel her power, her triumph, the more.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
As Mary re-read the letter, she felt that every line breathed this tone of depreciation.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Lassalle explained this depreciation of value by saying that the time of labour socially necessary to produce the articles in question had diminished.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae