1 Such a marriage he regarded as no marriage at all, but as a shame and a disgrace.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET 2 It was even harder than he could have believed possible, to separate in his own conscience his abandonment by all his fellows from a baseless sense of shame and disgrace.
3 Those cottages are really a disgrace.
4 That punishment, the public punishment of disgrace, should in a just measure attend his share of the offence is, we know, not one of the barriers which society gives to virtue.
5 They'll all know what a clever fellow he was; he'll show it himself, and not disgrace his old pals and teachers.
6 It reflects disgrace on no one living, except you who use it.
7 No; he would never disgrace his name so far.
8 Public disgrace I might have faced, although I am a man whose character has never yet borne a stain.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET 9 That was our first drama at Hurlstone; but a second one came to drive it from our minds, and it was prefaced by the disgrace and dismissal of butler Brunton.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual 10 However, as you have been a long time in the family, I have no wish to bring public disgrace upon you.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual 11 I made no allusion to what had passed, and waited with some curiosity to see how he would cover his disgrace.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual 12 It was certainly more roomy than the ordinary four-wheeled disgrace to London, and the fittings, though frayed, were of rich quality.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter 13 I was spared the disgrace of appearing publicly as a criminal, as the case was not brought before the court that decides on life and death.
14 Do not return to your families with the stigma of disgrace marked on your brows.
15 The witnesses of Hester Prynne's disgrace had not yet passed beyond their simplicity.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In II. THE MARKET-PLACE