"Excusatory" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... she has done you a thousand, and you know that she is ready to double the number, still it is that individual face. Neither can you say of it, that it would be a good face if it was not marked by the small pox—a compliment which is always more admissive than excusatory—for either Mrs. Conrady never had the small pox; or, as we say, took it kindly. No, it stands upon its own merits fairly. There it is. It is her mark, her token; that ...
— The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2 • Charles Lamb |
