All 4 Uses of
contrite
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Still, an act of perfect contrition.†
Chpt 10 *
- Ben's contrite beard confessed. in nomine Domini, in God's name he knelt.†
Chpt 11
- And careworn hearts were there and toilers for their daily bread and many who had erred and wandered, their eyes wet with contrition but for all that bright with hope for the reverend father Father Hughes had told them what the great saint Bernard said in his famous prayer of Mary, the most pious Virgin's intercessory power that it was not recorded in any age that those who implored her powerful protection were ever abandoned by her.†
Chpt 13
- …I blessed myself and said a Hail Mary like those awful thunderbolts in Gibraltar as if the world was coming to an end and then they come and tell you theres no God what could you do if it was running and rushing about nothing only make an act of contrition the candle I lit that evening in Whitefriars street chapel for the month of May see it brought its luck though hed scoff if he heard because he never goes to church mass or meeting he says your soul you have no soul inside only grey…†
Chpt 18
Definition:
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(contrite) feeling sorrow or regret for a fault or offense