And in point of fact persons with any depth of sympathy and spiritual sensibility cannot help taking upon them the sins of others, and cannot help suffering their own life to be greatly marred and limited by the sins of others.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
Add to that," continued he, after a pause, "when a man comes to a certain time of life without marrying, the world has given to him a certain place, assigned to him, as it were, a certain part which would be utterly marred by a wife.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
In fact, the beauty of the sunset was considerably marred by the thought that the day before I had seen my father off for "home," for England, while I had been condemned to indefinite exile in a lake town famous for its manufacturing; and I felt much like the hero at the end of a certain type of Greek tragedy.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford