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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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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

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

Let it not be supposed for a moment that in urging the merits of small horses the writer seeks to asperse the value of heavy cavalry.

From Small Horses in Warfare by Sir Walter Gilbey

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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How strangely and how cruelly has the character of a bibliographer been aspersed!

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall Dibdin

She had to take this "dear lady" as applying to herself; which disconcerted her when he might now so gracefully have used it for the aspersed Kate.

From The Wings of the Dove, Volume II by Henry James

Florentius, a priest in the neighboring country, though unworthy to bear that sacred character, moved by a secret jealousy, persecuted the saint, and aspersed his reputation with grievous slanders.

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

"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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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

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 Margaret Moran Dixon McDougall

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