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I thus left off my own paltry Efforts, and began to wonder at the Cost of continuously exposing Yourself to such Calumnies.
"The man of the moment is an urchin, a wraith or an underfed runt." Ann Althouse 2008
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A few pages on there comes the subheading “Calumnies Caustic and Catty by Callie.”
Middlesex Eugenides, Jeffery 2002
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(Apparently Castro aside --) (? they don't thank me for it.) (laughter) Calumnies such as those launched against our party, his attempt to divide it, and incidents such as the murder of Iribarren Borges (words indistinct).
LASO CLOSING SESSION 1967
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Calumnies arise, that it is absolutely necessary to support the Characters of
Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 June 1776, letterbook copy 1963
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I suppose the Calumnies that were written or otherwise insinuated into the
John Adams autobiography, part 1, "John Adams," through 1776 1961
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From first to last I never said a Word about fees, in any of those Cases, and I should have said nothing about them here, if Calumnies and Insinuations had not been propagated that I was tempted by great fees and enormous sums of Money.
John Adams autobiography, part 1, "John Adams," through 1776 1961
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Pop-up large image to suffer my Character to lie under infamous Calumnies, because the Author of them, with a Pistol Bullet through his Spinal Marrow, died a
John Adams autobiography, part 1, "John Adams," through 1776 1961
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I was extreamly sorry for these Altercations and Calumnies, knowing that Parties and divisions among Americans here, must have disagreable and pernicious Effects both at home and abroad.
John Adams autobiography, part 2, "Travels, and Negotiations," 1777-1778 1961
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Group of them as in a Conspiracy to persecute him and the two Lees and all their friends, and related to me an amazing number of Calumnies they had propagated concerning them at Court, in Paris,
John Adams autobiography, part 2, "Travels, and Negotiations," 1777-1778 1961
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For in this malignant ulcerated age of the world, nothing is so safe and secure from Calumnies, but it is taken in a wrong
The Golden Calf, Which the World Adores, and Desires John Frederick Helvetius
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