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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.
From Time Magazine Archive
With this threat blazoned, the British note went on to asperse individually and by name five officials of the Soviet Government.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Who dares to say," exclaimed Arundel, whose irritation this fresh taunt increased, "that Sir Christopher assumes a title which belongs not to him, or to asperse in any respect his character?"
From The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance by John Turvill Adams
She is of most amiable disposition, and I never knew her to—if I may coin a word—to asperse.
From Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 by Various
Let it not be supposed for a moment that in urging the merits of small horses the writer seeks to asperse the value of heavy cavalry.
From Small Horses in Warfare by Sir Walter Gilbey
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
First, He hath aspersed that church in the point of promiscuous communicating.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
In Job, God is not aspersed, a thing so easy to do in literature and so often done.
From A Hero and Some Other Folks by William A. (William Alfred) Quayle
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
All my husband's love and tenderness rose in remembrance, vindicating his aspersed honor.
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz
J. Without unfairly aspersing Homer Cummings, it can be said that the D. o.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had brought this suit against Le Journal of Paris for libelously aspersing his patriotism as an Alsatian.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nel didn’t tell you, I suppose, while he was engaged in aspersing my character, that there is a feud of long standing between us which is principally of his making?”
From The Shadow of the Past by F.E. Mills Young
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
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
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