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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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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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For endeavoring to asperse your petitioner's personal character in the most infamous manner.

From Colonel John Brown, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Brave Accuser of Benedict Arnold by Archibald Murray Howe

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

Who dare asperse the sweet sincerity of feminine friendship?

From Marion's Faith. by Charles King

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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"Well," said the Doctor, "repel this error, and do justice to the innocent name you have aspersed, for the Count gave me that very list, and here it is."

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various

I aspersed their motives, and not unfrequently their lives.

From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Charles James Lever

Brooke is aspersed as a man of the meanest talents, insensible to the genius of Camden, rankling with envy at his fame, and correcting the “Britannia” out of mere spite.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli

Other charges having a similar bearing upon the integrity of Hamilton were made, and the administration was most foully aspersed.

From Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. by Benson John Lossing

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

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

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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

She went still further, and wreaked her vengeance on St. James for the wounds he had inflicted on her vanity, by aspersing and slandering the innocent Rosalie.

From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz

In the sixth place the assembly had no purpose of aspersing the right and constitutional administration of justice.

From The Wearing of the Green, or The Prosecuted Funeral Procession by A.M. (Alexander Martin) Sullivan