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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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Let no one write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives dares now to vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them.

From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield

But we may question whether the poet did not unduly idealize the past, as is the custom of poets, and whether he did not unfairly asperse the present.

From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Brander Matthews

Thus far we may credit him— but what man of common sense can believe, that Richard went so far as publicly to asperse the honor of his own mother?

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

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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The offender must bathe in the ocean; the kumu then aspersed him with holy water, uttered a prayer, ordered a penalty, an offering to the kuahu, and declared the offender clean.

From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Nathaniel Bright Emerson

But Sabellianism was a general slander with which they aspersed all orthodox pastors.

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

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

"Sciochezza di Napoli" retorts the dealer at Messina or Palermo, vindicating at once his own honour, which seems aspersed, and that of his Trinacrian associates.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various

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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When the practice of 'reversing' Revolutionised the dance, Dear Mamma was heard aspersing Fashions introduced from France.

From The Motley Muse (Rhymes for the Times) by Harry Graham

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

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