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But the storm of popular obloquy which covered them proved that the nation as a whole was determined to support him in the defense of American rights.— Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times.
Amid obloquy, persecution and in some cases imprisonment (one of them was imprisoned for nine months for aiding Union prisoners) they never faltered in their allegiance to the old flag, nor in their sympathy and services to the Union prisoners at Libby and Belle Isle, and Castle Thunder.— Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience
For years he rested under a cloud of obloquy, but Bright was made of stern stuff.— Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power
I judge no man's service in the realm worth the entertainment with such a tale of obloquy, or occasion of speech to such men as of evil will are ready to find faults.— Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth
It was then I did not hesitate to say that I would not expose others to obloquy or suspicions from which I myself shrunk 169] Gleanings_, vii.— The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859

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