animadvert on
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It is with concern that I find myself obliged to animadvert on the inaccuracies of Mrs. Piozzi's Anecdotes, and perhaps I may be thought to have dwelt too long upon her little collection.
From Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 by Boswell, James
It is with regret that I animadvert on such a veteran in literature as Mr. Cumberland.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)
I disdained to animadvert on these defects, naturally supposing that his house could furnish no better.
From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden
It is not with any secret Pleasure, that I so frequently animadvert on Mr. Pope as a Critick; but there are Provocations, which a Man can never quite forget.
From Preface to the Works of Shakespeare (1734) by Dick, Hugh G.
Replying to an extremely dear reader: Whenever we animadvert on the human race we include ourself.
From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston
