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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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

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

From Shakspere, Personal Recollections by John A. Joyce

He wishes, indeed, to asperse the conduct of Lady Edward Fitzgerald; but he well knew that, even were she in this country, she could not be called as a witness to contradict him.

From Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell by Anonymous

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

And in the case when a man's good faith is aspersed and his character assailed, the world's decision must rest either upon his own word or that of his detractors.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook

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

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

The politician perceives that his private affairs are deranged, his family neglected, his character aspersed, his feelings exacerbated.

From Gamblers and Gambling by Henry Ward Beecher

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

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

Then she commenced aspersing Isabel in every way, and Everard hotly defended her.

From Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma by Maude Alma

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