slanders

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Slanders, like mists, still vanish at the sight Of innocents, who bring their lies to light.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert

Among the nasty bits of gossip with which "Dr. Slanders," as he was called, delighted to regale his audience, some are absurd, such as that Anne Boleyn was Henry VIII's daughter.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

Slanders of all sorts were circulated against him, and his works were no longer well received.

From The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)

Sir Walter Scott quotes a curious tract in Woodstock, entitled Vindication of the Book of Common Prayer against the Contumelious Slanders of the Fanatic Party terming it "Porridge."

From Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

The asseverations employed by the Shallows and Slanders are as limpid and as timorous as those of Falstaff and Bardolph are downright and headstrong.

From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian