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Meanings of unpardonable fault in English

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Usage of unpardonable fault in English
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Besides, hers was the unpardonable fault of never forgetting the time.
The Extra Day
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One unpardonable fault, the fault of tediousness, pervades the whole of the Fairy Queen.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
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This is the time for America to correct her unpardonable fault of wastefulness and extravagance.
Why We Are at War : Messages to the Congress January to April 19...
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Besides being guiltless of obesity, George Cannon was free from the unpardonable fault of clumsiness.
Hilda Lessways
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Still I own my nephew in a fault; but surely it is not an unpardonable fault.
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
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These courtesies, perhaps excessive in themselves, had the unpardonable fault of being offered when too late.
A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
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The one unpardonable fault is bad work.
The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
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Shortly after this Po committed an unpardonable fault which changed the goodwill of the King into mortal enmity.
Myths and Legends of China
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More discerning judges, however, while they admire the beauty of the details, are shocked by one unpardonable fault which pervades the whole.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3
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It was an unpardonable fault in Becker to have kicked and buffeted his ready-made allies into a state of jealousy, anger, and suspicion.
A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
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That seems to me very musical and accomplished; but it has what is to me the one unpardonable fault in poetry: it is literary.
Escape, and Other Essays
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She had great and unpardonable faults, but the beauty of her death almost redeems them.
Characters of Shakespeare's Plays
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"You're the last person I should like to quarrel with, for it would imply some unpardonable fault in me."
The Vicar's Daughter
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