speak evil of
Example Sentences
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It was this:— “Have communion with few, be intimate with One, deal justly by all, and speak evil of none.”
From Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various
"Yes, if thou wilt never more speak evil of Sir Kagg�, or require I should forget him, and leave off dreaming of him, for that I cannot; that I will not do."
From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
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.
Better speak nothing, than speak evil of another; better correct an evil thought, than have to repent of an evil act.
From Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours by Bunbury, William Henry
No one on earth, 253 no one should speak evil of thee to me!
From Jan Vedder's Wife by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
