Sentence examples of "confess" in English
I have often observed how little young ladies are interested by books of a serious stamp, though written solely for their benefit. It amazes me, I confess; for, certainly, there can be nothing so advantageous to them as instruction.
Ich habe oft bemerkt, wie wenig sich junge Damen für Bücher mit ernsthaftem Einschlag interessieren, wenn sie auch einzig zu Ihrem Nutzen geschrieben sind. Ich gestehe, es erstaunt mich; denn sicherlich ist nichts so vorteilhaft, wie Belehrung.
One day Mark Twain surprisingly confessed: "I am not as young as I was several years ago..."
Eines Tages bekannte Mark Twain überraschend: "Ich bin nicht so jung, wie ich es vor einigen Jahren war..."
According to the papers, the man has finally confessed.
Den Zeitungen zufolge hat der Mann endlich gestanden.
Tom was kicked out of his house by his parents when he confessed to being an atheist.
Tom wurde von seinen Eltern aus dem Haus geworfen, als er gestand, Atheist zu sein.
I have been more than once intoxicated, my passions have always bordered on extravagance: I am not ashamed to confess it; for I have learned, by my own experience, that all extraordinary men, who have accomplished great and astonishing actions, have ever been decried by the world as drunken or insane.
Ich bin mehr als einmal trunken gewesen, meine Leidenschaften waren nie weit vom Wahnsinn, und beides reut mich nicht: denn ich habe in meinem Maße begreifen lernen, wie man alle außerordentlichen Menschen, die etwas Großes, etwas Unmöglichscheinendes wirkten, von jeher für Trunkene und Wahnsinnige ausschreien musste.
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