Admonitor


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Ad`mon´i`tor


n.1.Admonisher; monitor.
Conscience is at most times a very faithful and prudent admonitor.
- Shenstone.
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(88.) 1.-Dissertatio Antiblasiana, seu Blasius admonitor in Blasium Commonitorem.
LA LITERATURA DE LOS JESUITAS EXPULSOS DE LA PROVINCIA DEL PARAGUAY. MEMORIAS DE UNA INTENSA LABOR
En 1613 dejo este cargo y llego a ser consultor, admonitor y prefecto de estudios en el Colegio Todos los Santos de Nagasaki, aunque solo durante un ano, ya que al ano siguiente tuvo que salir como consecuencia del mandato de expulsion decretado por Tokugawa Hidetada.
Joao Rodrigues Tsuzu, de linguista a historiador. El Livro terceiro da historia eclesiastica de Japao, un codice olvidado (siglo XVII)
This detached personification of instincts and desires which were once felt to be unacceptable, but which can be satisfied without responsibility in this indirect way, appears in other forms of the theme as a beneficient admonitor (e.g., William Wilson) who is directly addressed as the "conscience" of the person (e.g., Dorian Gray, etc.).
"Flounder, Flounder": Doubling in Eudora Welty's "Music from Spain"

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