detraction

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On the Detraction which followed upon my writing certain Treatises.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

Detraction had worn itself out upon the former, for want of a new occasion.

From Bricks Without Straw by Tourgée, Albion Winegar

If e’er Detraction shore to smit you, May nane believe him!

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

In Cumberland’s Choleric Man, the chief characters, though he seems to deny it in his dedicatory epistle to Detraction, have also been traced after those of the Adelphi.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John

Detraction, reasons for resistance to contumely or detraction, 2019; duty of one who answers contumely or detraction, 2020; definition, 2030 c.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome