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With this threat blazoned, the British note went on to asperse individually and by name five officials of the Soviet Government.

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The hereditary duties of the King's Champion are to "gird himself in complete armor," ride out upon a noble charger, fling down his gauntlet, offer to fight all "liars and traitors" who asperse King Edward.

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It is probably only those who have had the bad taste to eat bull-beef who have ever found occasion to asperse the reputation of Bison americanus as a beef animal.

From The Extermination of the American Bison by William Temple Hornaday

I am sure Mr. Fullarton would not asperse any one’s character knowingly.

From Sword and Gown A Novel by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence

The historical inaccuracies of authors, their carelessness about truth, whether the result of malice or inattention, revolted Lord Byron, and especially if such untruths tended to asperse a great character.

From My Recollections of Lord Byron by Sir Hubert E. H. (Hubert Edward Henry) Jerningham

During the first nine months of 1923 there were: Births 584,458 Deaths 506,007 Birth rate excess 78,451 The Paris press aspersed U. S. lib erty.

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Florentius, a priest in the neighboring country, though unworthy to bear that sacred character, moved by a secret jealousy, persecuted the saint, and aspersed his reputation with grievous slanders.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler

How strangely and how cruelly has the character of a bibliographer been aspersed!

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall Dibdin

This lady's charms the nicest could not blame, But vile suspicions had aspersed her fame; That was with sense, but not with virtue, blest:240 And one had grace, that wanted all the rest.

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope

It was nothing of the sort, Mrs Fyne assured me with some resentment, as though I had aspersed little Fyne’s sanity.

From Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad

He had brought this suit against Le Journal of Paris for libelously aspersing his patriotism as an Alsatian.

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J. Without unfairly aspersing Homer Cummings, it can be said that the D. o.

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Here we see the origin of the tale relating to the duchess of York; nullus certus & incorruptus sangnis: from these mistaken or perverted words flowed the report of Richard's aspersing his mother's honour.

From Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third by Horace Walpole

He continued simply to attack me, to make insinuations aspersing my honesty, playing the secret back-hand game of defamation conducted by his friends of his Arctic Club.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook

At one time he thought of writing to the Home Office and aspersing his accuser; then he regretted his visit to Ashtown Park.

From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Charles Reade