speak evil of

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I just stopped—because—well, I remembered that one of the Pioneer laws is not to speak evil of any one.

From Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer by Halsey, Rena I.

"Do not you speak evil of dignitaries, or you will be getting into trouble!"

From The Story of Francis Cludde by Weyman, Stanley John

All men there speak evil of England, and threaten it in their foolish manner.—Vaughan to Cromwell: State Papers, Vol.

From History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. by Froude, James Anthony

But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a mighty work in My name, and be able quickly to speak evil of Me.

From The Gospel According to St. Mark by Chadwick, G. A.

Back′bite, to speak evil of any one behind his back or in his absence.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various