calumny

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Calumny, too," continued the old man, whose passion was now roused, "is conducted on the division-of-labor principle.

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James

Calumny itself has not dared to breathe a word against you.

From Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) by Pont-Jest, Ren? de

Calumny, the most elusive and dangerous enemy that woman may have to face, was routed... and some six months after the death of President Faure my receptions were more largely attended than ever.

From My Memoirs by Steinheil, Marguerite

The great Apelles has represented her, in his painting of Calumny, under the appearance of a modest female; in her hand is placed a round mirror.

From Heathen Mythology by Various

Calumny, which does not always favour the Royal Blood here, could never shed its Venom upon this Princess, and the whole Court ever admir’d her for her Sobriety and Virtue.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von