I often wondered why my father did not check these persecutions, for they were such, and very cruel ones too; but he scarcely seemed to notice them, or if he did, it would be by a smile, far more like enjoyment of Cleremont's coarse wit than Reprehending or reproving it.
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever
This the curious Gul did clatter in the ears of Venus, Reprehending her son.
"The Golden Asse"
Lucius Apuleius
He never made the mistake of Reprehending the man who had done his best to succeed, and contented himself with pointing out, quietly and courteously, how failure might have been avoided.
"Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War"
G. F. R. Henderson