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Mr. Cazeneuve called the allegations part of a “vile” and “calumnious” campaign to defame him and his ministry, but his job may be on the line. Attacks on the Streets of Western Europe Fuel a Summer of Anxiety 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z
The Rev. Federico Lombardi, the director of the Vatican Press Office, warned in a statement in May that her accusations were “calumnious affirmations — they are absolutely unacceptable, and subject to legal action.” Scapegoat or Spy? Vatican Consultant Commands Attention at Leaks Trial 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z
It would probably, as you suspect, enable calumnious people to say that you could make your resentments play second when they came in the way of your interests. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z
God is unchangeably good, and His goodness is a sure defence to His servants against all the calumnious devices of the greatest and strongest of men. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z
I would give my life rather than hear her aspersed by a calumnious word--give my life, aye, readily, willingly.' Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z
In the middle ages they had recourse to the scriptural defence of their own position, and calumnious attacks on Christianity. Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, July 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:19.393Z
They, however, persisted obstinately in their opposition to Damasus, combating him at first by riots, and then by calumnious law-suits, such as that instituted by one Isaac, a converted and relapsed Jew. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z
As Mr. Parton expresses it, he cleared the pure air of heaven from calumnious imputation and threw open the windows of mankind. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z
Two were named and characterized as “calumnious,” both published at Paris. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z
It inundated the towns of the Archipelago with calumnious and libellous leaflets in the native languages. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z
For the woman who makes to herself her own rule of conduct must be prepared for calumnious tongues. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z
The arraignment of the twenty-two, declared by the Convention "calumnious" six weeks before, was approved on June 2d. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z
All sorts of calumnious statements were allowed to be made in the House of Commons as to the conduct of the mob, by paid spies of the government. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z
Anonymous accusation might be neglected as calumnious; yet how name herself as belonging to the noble family from which she sprung, but by which she was unacknowledged? The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z
Beller´ophon had not, however, been long at Argos when the king was prejudiced by a calumnious report, and became jealous of the young hero. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z
He brought with him, for the refutation of calumnious reports circulated by his enemies, a written certificate from Cardinal Bellarmin, to the effect that no abjuration had been required of or penance imposed upon him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z
The Convention returned the petition to the Mayor, pronouncing it "calumnious," and it made the Constitution the order of the day. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z
And the treasurer’s accounts show that he was amply furnished with necessaries at the very time when those calumnious statements were asserted by men who knew them to be untrue. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z
Bothwell, however, was well aware that what he had told the Earl regarding the wishes of the Queen, was equally false and calumnious. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:23.870Z
It would be calumnious to say that it recalls the description of the English given by the Irishman Goldsmith, Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z
I will not believe it; it is calumnious—it is impossible! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z
The ‘calumnious speeches and erroneous suggestions’ had indicated several persons as having struck the fatal blow on that dismal morning in January. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z
The king, Bijala, well knew their merits, but closed his eyes to their superiority, and listening to the calumnious accusations of their enemies, commanded the eyes of Allaya and Madhuvaya to be plucked out. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z
I reflect much," he said, "and always with my eyes closed and a pillow under my head, and with such a semblance of perfect repose that calumnious people have said I was asleep. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z
But when did a calumnious report ever fall to the ground in Spain by the weight of its own absurdity?  The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z
In order to form a just idea of these occurrences, one must seek for truth not alone in calumnious orations in which they are distorted, but in the history of the Revolution. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z
No accusation against such a man would have been admitted; it would at once have been stigmatised as a lie, a calumnious lie, and suppressed as such. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z
So I hope you will kindly contradict this calumnious story whenever you can; indeed, in writing, it was partly my object to ask you to do so. The Life of Roger Langdon Told by himself. With additions by his daughter Ellen. [With a preface by H. Clifton Lambert.] 2010-12-21T22:55:56.210Z
"I decided not to waive this fundamental right to restore my honor, dignity and integrity following the calumnious accusations I suffered," Temarii wrote in a letter released by the OFC. Oceania gives up fight for 2018, 2022 WCup votes 2010-12-01T02:01:00Z
Earlier this spring, the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, dismissed news reports questioning the pope’s role handling abuse as archbishop of Munich in 1980 and as prefect for the Vatican’s doctrinal office as a calumnious “attack.” Pope Pleads for Forgiveness Over Abuse Scandal 2010-06-11T13:17:00Z
Accusing the news media of calumnious attacks is a routine strategy in Italy, but it has not gone over well internationally. Memo From Rome: Sexual Abuse Crisis Puts Strain on Vatican Management 2010-04-07T01:40:00Z
It will invent a hundred calumnious reports and shocking stories; but these, like the criticisms on an immoral play, will only serve to fill the house. The Fortunes Of Glencore
I only know, if I were in your place, how I should actually seize the very opportunity of openly flouting such calumnious rumor; never was there an occasion to do so on cheaper terms. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II)
In War again, he has helped to conquer Corsica; fought duels, irregular brawls; horsewhipped calumnious barons. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII
Every vice and debauchery of a corrupt age was triumphant, and even openly defended on the base and calumnious pretence that the company was at least as moral as that of the "Petit Trianon." Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience
Eric could not help smiling at these strange tales and implications; and it was also painful to him that great wealth always stirred up new and calumnious reports. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine
Remember, besides, that in the world we live in, they who wreck character are not the calumnious, they are simply the idle,—the men and women who, having nothing to do, do mischief without knowing. One Of Them
But in considering an age when it was usual for people to circulate calumnious reports against their rulers, the evidence should be strong before we condemn the Palæologi princess. Women of Early Christianity
We may well give as little heed as did C�sar himself to the calumnious stigma upon his name which disgraces the pages of the historians and the verse of Catullus. Roman Women
That was a time, when neither the hireling patriot nor the calumnious press could sow discord between you. St. Patrick's Eve
This throws a flood of light on calumnious man—and the scandal-mongering sun. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25)
But the words, as they stand, carry with them a sweeping detraction and are nothing less than calumnious. Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863
And even his enemies maintained and justified their hatred only by inventing calumnious falsehoods about him. The Philosophy of Spinoza
That North Carolina has been wronged by calumnious imputations, and many in the army and elsewhere made to believe she was not putting forth all her energies in the work of independence. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital
In 1605, “Against certain calumnious surmises concerning the church government of Scotland.” Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3
His face was marked by capacity, temper, and a kind of bold, piratical dishonesty which it would be calumnious to call deceit. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25)
This calumnious disguise was crowned and completed by a soft felt hat of the Tyrolese design and several sizes too small. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25)
Catharine had no need, however, of crediting these calumnious tales in order to be moved to hostile action. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2
If the New-York correspondents of some English journals have been virulent and calumnious, their virulence and their calumnies have been drawn, to a great extent, from the American circles in which they have lived. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864
On second thoughts, however, he reasoned that the writer would be unlikely to rest content with a single letter; but would, in all probability, make the same calumnious statements to others. Malcolm Sage, Detective
She found no difficulty in refuting the malicious accusation, but she was stung to the quick by the calumnious attack, the pain it inflicted vanishing only in the presence of a grave danger. Jewish Literature and Other Essays
Mysterious destiny! strange fatality! which neither personal demerits, wrongs, nor faults justified, which neither love, devotedness, nor unfailing virtue, approved and respected even by the calumnious, could avert. Political Women, Vol. 2
So "I put over my calumnious adversary into the hands of the righteous God." Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply
She adroitly put aside the insinuations of the nun as imaginary or of calumnious intention, and treated witchcraft and possession of the Devil as things which enlightened people no longer believed in. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847
And this is by no means a calumnious charge. The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church
The whole of Aemilianus' calumnious accusation was centred in the charge of magic. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura
The imposture was promptly exposed to ridicule by one who was designated as "a malignant, calumnious, and reproachful man, a coal from hell." The Witch of Salem or Credulity Run Mad
It is said, in vindication of the character of these great men, that they were abused into a mutual dislike merely by the calumnious misrepresentations of pretended friends. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3
The chariest maid is prodigal enough, If she unmask her beauty to the moon: Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical
Then he might easily be dangerous—then he would hit out and become calumnious. A London Life and Other Tales
We will pass in silence over the calumnious and dishonourable accusations which poisoned her years of triumph, and with which it has been sought to tarnish her memory. Modern Saints and Seers
All charges of cruelty and inhumanity were vile and calumnious falsehoods. The War in South Africa Its Cause and Conduct
Faith has been kept with him in spite of calumnious assertions to the contrary by those who assume to speak for us or by frank opponents. America First Patriotic Readings
This was an utterly unfounded accusation, for Vespucius was both loved and esteemed by Columbus and his contemporaries, and there is nothing in his writings to justify this calumnious assertion. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World
The calumnious and persecuting measures they have pursued from time to time to accomplish their purpose, I need not enumerate. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada
They were always cleanly, tall, and stately in their figures, and corresponded in no particular to the calumnious descriptions we so often read of this people in European and American writings. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II
He then proceeds—"We desire to encourage the cloudless flames of rectified communion," rejecting "each effusion, however splendid, of degenerate curiosity and perverted genius—of misanthrophic ascerbity and calumnious retrospection." The History of Tasmania, Volume I
And with this calumnious epithet—for brutes can love dearly—Margaret resumed her former attitude. Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century
Cavelier de la Sale could not allow himself to remain exposed to these calumnious imputations. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World
You are married to Monsieur de G—, and I can accept nothing from one who has made you believe that Valerie could be calumnious and ungrateful. Valerie
"To prove that the assertion is calumnious," replied he, "I have only to do this." The New Pun Book
To say that they will be admired by posterity is praise as hyperbolical and unjust, as ranking them in farce is calumnious and untrue. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1
Even here she trenches too closely upon the truth to escape the calumnious supposition that she is writing of herself. My Contemporaries In Fiction
As false, fatal, and calumnious," exclaimed the other, with a degree of ardor befitting one resenting a stigma upon the family escutcheon, "and for a father to give his son—monstrous. The Confidence-Man
He received the two men, however, with the hearty air of a man who knows that the suspicions entertained of him by the calumnious world are false. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines
Madame,—On the strength of calumnious imputations fomented by an Ulysses who could not console himself for the departure of Calypso, and complacently listened to, you have been prosecuted for cruelty to your pupils. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889
This alleged act of cowardice on the part of Sinclair appears, however, not to have really taken place; but it was made the groundwork of a calumnious imputation. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.
Now, all this was not only sarcastic, but calumnious. My New Curate
It is marvellous that so learned and so distinguished a man should have fallen into such a mistake; and, on hearsay, ventured to utter a most calumnious accusation against the friends of the slave. Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854)
They must be, not imperfect merely, but false; and not false merely, but calumnious against human nature. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
The answer to all these calumnious innuendoes is to be found in documents and title-deeds of decisive authority, and is simple enough. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
Sir, every charge of disunion which is made on that part of the South which I in part represent, and whose sentiments I well understand, I here pronounce to be grossly calumnious. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
"That's a calumnious exaggeration," I said; "don't I remember all about Job, and Daniel, and the synoptic Gospels." My New Curate
It is plain that these calumnious attacks sprang largely from Cooper's personal unpopularity. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters
Accepting the calumnious insinuations of Dion Cassius, these gladiators of the new faith found a terrible rhetorical weapon ready to their hands in the canonisation of a court favourite. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series
Again, if the visitor has penetrated into his district, his suspicion may be aroused to its full force by calumnious reports or rumors that may have preceded the visitor's arrival. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir
Know you not likewise the adventure of Palamedes, who was so envied by Ulysses for his great capacity, and who perished wretchedly by the calumnious artifices of that rival?  The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates
We need not believe this perhaps calumnious little tale. Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment
His factious followers had sent home calumnious reports about him, and Ribault brought out orders to send him home to stand his trial. Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733
To perpetuate these calumnious reports was the real interest of the Christian apologists, who not unnaturally thought it scandalous that a handsome page should be deified. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series
Without doubt, calumnious sayings against the preceptor always consume the lives of those that utter them. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
These words, by which our faith and practice are regulated, are too clear to need comment, and sufficiently justify catholics from the foolish and calumnious charge of idolatry. The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome
It was the work of twenty years' sedulously applied deception and calumnious machinations. Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked
There are in all neighborhoods perfidious, sneaking, dastardly, filthy, calumnious, vermin-infested wretches, spewed up from perdition, whose joy it is to write letters with fictitious signatures. Around The Tea-Table
Comments of this nature are all the more distressing that they cannot be thrust aside as calumnious. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference
Thus do calumnious tongues pervert the judgments of men to think ill of the most innocent, and meanly of the worthiest actions. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)
Nor did he cease his intrigues against Scipio until by calumnious and false accusations he drove him out of Rome, and stigmatized his brother with the disgraceful charge of embezzling the public money. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II
He implored her to pay no attention to the calumnious distortion of a friendship which had already served Aileen's interests no less than his own. Lady Rose's Daughter
"Well, then, sire, these compliments are only an insinuating prelude to calumnious accusations against your friends and mine." The Forty-Five Guardsmen
Young women, in his opinion, could hardly be too careful, in a calumnious world. The Testing of Diana Mallory
Even now I believe that, were I left alone with her for an hour, with none of her relatives nor a policeman near, I could persuade her to retract her calumnious statement about the poker. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 9, 1891
His own men circulate such calumnious reports against him that he is unable to get canoes for the navigation of the Lualaba. The Personal Life of David Livingstone
I repel as a calumnious and slanderous accusation against the Catholic clergy of Ireland this charge, that by their mourning for those three martyred Irishmen, they expressed sympathy, directly or indirectly, with murder or life-taking. The Wearing of the Green, or The Prosecuted Funeral Procession
It appears to me to be slanderous and calumnious to compare a Diamond Beetle to the filthy and mischievous animal libelled. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character
He did just what a man ought to do, and anything that you have heard to the contrary is calumnious and false. Mr. Scarborough's Family
We hear many clamours of declining trade, which are not, in my opinion, always true; and many imputations of that decline to governours and ministers, which may be sometimes just, and sometimes calumnious. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces
He refuses to follow his father's orders and leaves him with the avowed intention of going to Wallenstein and calling upon him to clear himself of the calumnious charges of the court. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
This throws a flood of light on calumnious man - and the scandal- mongering sun. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2
But this base attempt to injure Mr. Pickwick recoiled upon the head of its calumnious author. The Pickwick Papers
It is a matter of utter indifference to the ex-slaveholders what this calumnious little fice says about them, if he will but refrain from voiding his fetid rheum upon their families. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10
The sources may be—they too frequently are—contaminated by political rancour and bias, and calumnious accusation against historical figures too often is founded on mere envy. She Stands Accused
His face was marked by capacity, temper, and a kind of bold, piratical dishonesty which it would be calumnious to call deceit.  Prince Otto, a Romance
Of course, if his accusers magnified their mean suspicions and calumnious imaginings to the point of formulating a charge, it would be one of immorality. The Damnation of Theron Ware
This petition, though declared calumnious, was the first attack upon the convention from without, and it prepared the public mind for the destruction of the Gironde. History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814
The poem "Edmund" is called "Lines on a Friend who died of a frenzy fever induced by calumnious reports." The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820
Jeffrey denied the existence of any such claim, and maintained that whatever was scandalous or calumnious in the defence was absolutely untrue. Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1
But there was nothing in him of the angry polemic, nothing of the calumnious partisan. Wordsworth
Yes, as the Portuguese have circulated scores of calumnious lies on less foundation, one cannot be too particular. With Moore at Corunna
Lecointre's denunciation was premature; almost all the convention pronounced it calumnious. History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814
But I am noticing the calumnious threat I allude to more than it deserves. Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02
That Colonel Newcome has uttered calumnious and insolent charges against you. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
The lightest suspicion of what is known as clericalism, even when only a suspicion, based on anonymous and calumnious denunciation, is sufficient to condemn a functionary. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1
Then, as now, men of rank and power were the victims of calumnious gossips and slanderous pamphleteers. Horace
No calumnious language must be used against any one for the sake of promoting one's own interests. The Siksha-Patri of the Swami-Narayana Sect
It is therefore the most calumnious misrepresentation to say that the Hungarians struggled for the dominion of their own race. Select Speeches of Kossuth
Thus do calumnious tongues pervert the judgments of men to think ill of the most innocent, and meanly of the worthiest actions.  Sermons on Evil-Speaking
In compliance with his wish, Woodfall lost not a moment in transcribing the calumnious article into his columns—not doubting, of course, that the refutation of it would be furnished with still greater eagerness. Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01
The splenetic capacity, the calumnious credulity, the pleasures of prevarication and of rolling falsehoods like a sweet morsel under the tongue, have made those thirty thousand Cromwell pamphlets possible. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers
Failing in your own attempt, you would seek to fill my mind with calumnious impressions in order to prejudice the prospects of another. Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky
I deliberately mention this audacious and other calumnious phrases to show in what an atmosphere of malice, distrust, and disrespect I have to plod along the hard road of suffering. The Crushed Flower and Other Stories
“No balsam can heal the biting of a sycophant;” no thread can stitch up a good name torn by calumnious defamation; no soap is able to cleanse from the stains aspersed by a foul mouth.  Sermons on Evil-Speaking
I put down the cessation of all inquiries, certainly not without due justification, mainly to the effect of the false and calumnious reports in the papers. My Life — Volume 1
But since it hath pleased the court to make choice of my wisdom and gravity, come, my calumnious varlets; let's hear you talk for yourselves, now, an hour or two. The Poetaster
Even to look into her face did not silence the calumnious whispering. Demos
And, to be plain, Certain reports have been calumnious, And wronged an honest woman. The Dynasts
As if I knew not how to entertain These straw-devices; but, of force must yield To the weak stroke of their calumnious tongues. Cynthia's Revels
"All these charges are false and calumnious!" cried Anne Boleyn. Windsor Castle
What! will the royal Augustus cast away a gentleman of worship, a captain and a commander, for a couple of condemn'd caitiff calumnious cargos? The Poetaster
A week or two previously a certain statesman had written to the same effect in reply to calumnious statements, and Richard consciously made that letter his model. Demos
Such thy black caprices, O thou, the ever-shifting and calumnious,—Human Judgment! Zanoni
Three of the commissioners had strongly objected to some passages as indecorous, and even calumnious; but the other four had overruled every objection. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5
It might be true that a calumnious fable had done much to bring about the Revolution. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4
But Walker's accusers in their resentment disregarded truth and decency, used scurrilous language, brought calumnious accusations which were triumphantly refuted, and thus threw away the advantage which they had possessed. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3
"The truth in reply to calumnious charges against the department of Ain." The French Revolution - Volume 3
Convention declares the petition calumnious.—The commission of Twelve and the arrest of H�bert.—Plans for massacres.—Intervention of the Mountain leaders. The French Revolution - Volume 2
In these sad times one enemy and one calumnious report sufficed to excite the multitude. The French Revolution - Volume 1
All the evidence presented to the investigating judge by the police is nothing but a tissue of lies and calumnious insinuations. Anarchism and Other Essays
We owe it to her to preserve her honor untarnished, that the calumnious crowd may not pry into the motives of her generous act. The Daughter of an Empress
In War, again, he has helped to conquer Corsica; fought duels, irregular brawls; horsewhipped calumnious barons. The French Revolution
He concluded by calling for an investigation, which might dispose of the calumnious report before it had time to spread, and restore M. de Morcerf to the position he had long held in public opinion. The Count of Monte Cristo
You in vain struggle: the thing that is rejected as 'calumnious' to-day must pass as veracious with triumph another day: gods and men have declared that Sansculottism cannot be. The French Revolution
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