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Meanings of bear the punishment in English

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Usage of bear the punishment in English
1
Of the faults which a man commits he must bear the punishment.
Framley Parsonage
2
He had sinned; it is but right his house should bear the punishment.'
Oriental Encounters: Palestine and Syria, 1894-6
3
His must have been the fault; he it must be to bear the punishment.
The Jungle Girl
4
God sent Him, that He might bear the punishment, due to us guilty sinners.
A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller. P...
5
If convicted he would bear the punishment, still hoping that an end might come.
The Way We Live Now
6
You shall never be punished for anything if I can bear the punishment for you.
The Farringdons
7
Iskender, poor misguided boy, will bear the punishment.
The Valley of the Kings
8
Therefore fate has sent them here for a while to bear the punishment of their misdoings.'
The Orange Fairy Book
9
He pities us, and he has given his own Son to bear the punishment which we deserve.
The Child at Home: The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Ill...
10
You live in the midst of those little wrestlers, and naturally bear the punishment of the injury done to them.
The History of a Mouthful of Bread / And its effect on the organ...
11
He had disobeyed the rules of the school, and he must now bear the punishment, be it what it would.
The Story of Sugar
12
George Eliot in Adam Bede: There is no sort of wrong deed of which a man can bear the punishment alone.
Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
13
Your pupil will have the caprices you have taught him; it is fair you should bear the punishment of your own faults.
Emile
14
You have doubly wronged me; first you scorned my love, and then you stole my ring, and you must bear the punishment.'
The Yellow Fairy Book
15
She had acted on her own judgment in marrying him, and had been a fool; and now she would bear the punishment without complaint.
The Prime Minister
16
And I related to him how last night I had repudiated her, cast her off and fled, leaving her to bear the punishment alone.
The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and might...
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