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In all talking and conversation let something be always said of spiritual things, and so shall all idle words and evil-speaking be avoided.
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In all talking and conversation let something be always said of spiritual things, and so shall all idle words and evil-speaking be avoided.
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So he bore with his injurious usage, saying to himself, Verily insolence and evil-speaking are causes of perdition and cast into confusion, and it is said, ‘The insolent is shent and the ignorant doth repent; and whose feareth, to him safety is sent’: moderation marketh the noble and gentle manners are of gains the grandest.
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Such, too, was Moses rising up with great heart upon sinners against God, but with meek soul bearing their evil-speaking against himself.
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I have suffered too much from calumny to give a handle for evil-speaking.
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Then Clara had, in her own judgment, accused the rector of lying, evil-speaking, and slandering, and had increased the measure of her cordiality to Mrs
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She, too, was civil, not to say choice, of speech, and quickly made proclamation of her Christianity and abhorrence of evil-speaking and cards.
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The original sense of obloquy was “evil-speaking,” but the current sense is the result of all the defamation, vituperation and invective: disgrace.
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The original sense of obloquy was “evil-speaking,” but the current sense is the result of all the defamation, vituperation and invective: disgrace.
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Thus then as regards the evil-speaking against Demaratos, that is to say about one who is my guest-friend,
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