attaint

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What simple thief brags of his own attaint?

From The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Clark, William George

Rosader's third Sonnet     Of virtuous love myself may boast alone,       Since no suspect my service may attaint:     For perfect fair she is the only one,       Whom I esteem for my belovèd saint.

From Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy by Baldwin, Edward Chauncey

He stood attainted by solemn Act of Parliament; and though the judges ruled that the possession of the crown cleared all attaint the stigma and peril remained.

From History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 by Green, John Richard

May He have mercy on him who saith: Look thou thy hoariness preserve from aught that may it stain,      For whiteness still to take attaint is passing quick and      fain.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III by Payne, John

Even to have kicked an outsider might have been held to attaint the foot concerned in that operation; so that, perhaps, it would have required an act of parliament to restore its purity of blood.

From Miscellaneous Essays by De Quincey, Thomas