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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
For of late years the character of the British sparrow has been aspersed in this country, but more particularly abroad; and I think he ought to have a fair and impartial trial.
From In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life by Gordon Stables
If I could have had it at all, it would have been on account of Father La Combe, whom they vilely aspersed, though he was absent.
From The Autobiography of Madame Guyon by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon
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
It is true that his affection was of a somewhat odd type, presenting no obstacle to his aspersing the character of his lady-love, when he found it convenient to point a moral by so doing.
From Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century by Emily Sarah Holt
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
Do you remember her aspersing Miss Blandy's character?—I do not recollect.
From Trial of Mary Blandy by William Roughead
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