take amiss
Example Sentences
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George R. Tracy San Clemente, Calif. Not all vegetarians would take amiss John Leo's remark about their preverbal innocence.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Right, Brunck�; contradict me tomorrow at table, in the king's hearing, and I will reply in a manner which you must only feign to take amiss."
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
Your Majesty's gracious friendship will certainly not take amiss this addition to my letter, though it be not conformable to strict etiquette.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 by Benson, Arthur Christopher
Make poetry of what you please for me; But how if Mrs. Halm should take amiss Your breaking of her furniture to pieces?
From Love's Comedy by Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold)
Three more words about thee, the world will still not take amiss from me!
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas
