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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.
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There, that ought to console you, even if Madame de Verzenay should asperse your character.”
From Sword and Gown A Novel by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)
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 Walpole, Horace
Thou dost asperse me rudely, and excuse Of ignorance hast none, far better taught; What words were these?
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
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
When I remonstrated for more seamen, I was called an enemy to Government: now I am told that I want to strew the King's pillow with thorns: am traduced, aspersed, calumniated from morning to night.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose
On the first Sunday of his residence at the convent, as he went to high mass, he observed the friar who was sprinkling the holy water, hesitate when his turn came to be aspersed.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
He sent two gentlemen to Boston to obtain satisfaction, and received only a letter "clearing the magistrates, but not the generalty, still aspersed without any known cause, complaint or notice."
From A Memoir of Sir Edmund Andros, Knt., Governor of New England, New York and Virginia, &c., &c. by Whitmore, William Henry
If with the aspersed one he should fail, The asperser’s sure to fall; For, losing Christian charity, Have we not lost our all?
From Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life by Gurney, Eliza Paul
He had brought this suit against Le Journal of Paris for libelously aspersing his patriotism as an Alsatian.
From Time Magazine Archive
J. Without unfairly aspersing Homer Cummings, it can be said that the D. o.
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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 Holt, Emily Sarah
I have read with great pain the Lord Lieutenant's speech at Belfast, aspersing the country as disloyal and threatening them with greater tyranny.
From The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland by McDougall, Margaret Moran Dixon
Amen! with all my heart to thy benediction and prayer, O priest! as, aspersing his lifeless remains with holy-water, thou sayest, Requiescat!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 by Various
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