take amiss
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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
Nothing thou writest of this sort can I take amiss.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Richardson, Samuel
This was one of those enigmas in which the Delphian oracle usually spoke, saying things with a double meaning, and which men were apt to take amiss.
From Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
What is there that I could take amiss in it?
From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. by Auerbach, Berthold
Three more words about thee the world will still not take amiss from me!
From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul
