tua culpa

Example Sentences

• "It seems a long time since Mr. [Paul] Henneberg has vouchsafed the public a flute solo: he was in rare form and it was a grand treat. The masterly manner in which the virtuoso deals with the most intricate execution and the expression that he develops is always a signal for an outburst of genuine applause. “I do not like the flute,” remarked a lady, “the physical effort is too palpable.” “Tua culpa, madam, don’t look at the performer.”"
• "We did not attend the Bazaar and Supper, Saturday, dared not. Understood we stood-in, not well, but for a thrashing. But still it was a success and netted a nice sum for the Aid.—Why? Well, we took the item via phone and got our wires crossed. Mea culpa, tua culpa, or what means the same."
• "When we do not hear from you and Annette for a long period, we get uneasy and wonder what can the matter be? In our busy life, we do not stop to question is it mea culpa or tua culpa, but just start as I am doing now."
• "In my desperation casting about, I caught at the last word of the last line to connect it with you trying to be even feebly departmental with English at our Amherst College. You barely succeed. You envy those in equivalent positions at Mount Holyoke and Harvard. But desist. By so much more than you do of them do they fall short of ants that it is as if you were in the same row boat with them trying to overtake a liner that got away from the wharf while, tua culpa, you were being given a farewell dinner party at the Commodore [Hotel] by your friends."
• "Shattered another idol! / Busted another dream! / Culpa, tua culpa: / Such is my dismal theme. // Thou, C. C., ever unerring, / Keen as a radio beam— / Thou to let verses slip past thee, / With rhymes like “queen” [sic] with “dream!”"
• "The experience of many would indicate that the accountants, in general, are well ahead of technologists in their practical thinking, and the “tua culpa” attitude indicates more a juvenile than adult attitude in any areas of disagreement."