Could he with reason murmur at his case,
Himself sole author of his own disgrace?

Could he with reason murmur at his case,
Himself sole author of his own disgrace?

To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.

To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.

That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.
[Lat., Id demum est homini read more

That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.
[Lat., Id demum est homini turpe, quod meruit pati.]

And wilt thou still be hammering treachery
To tumble down thy husband and thyself
From top of read more

And wilt thou still be hammering treachery
To tumble down thy husband and thyself
From top of honor to disgrace's feet?

Come, Death, and snatch me from disgrace.

Come, Death, and snatch me from disgrace.

She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at read more

She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at least a dozen, and that they all fit.

Let us not speak of them; but look, and pass on.

Let us not speak of them; but look, and pass on.

Disgraced like a man whose own pet bites him.

Disgraced like a man whose own pet bites him.

The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the
nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is read more

The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the
nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone!