Calumny

And here I (Who wish to give the devil her due) declare Against that ugly piece of calumny, Which calls them Highland pebble-stones not worth a fly.

Or is that some calumny your sister put about?” “It’s true enough.” The weight of his golden hand had grown irksome.

Certain strong and dangerous instincts, such as the love of enterprise, foolhardiness, revengefulness, astuteness, rapacity, and love of power, which up till then had not only to be honoured from the point of view of general utility—under other names, of course, than those here given—but had to be fostered and cultivated (because they were perpetually required in the common danger against the common enemies), are now felt in their dangerousness to be doubly strong—when the outlets for them are lacking—and are gradually branded as immoral and given over to calumny.

The castle which formed the protection of the town was given up to the Turks by a French officer named Fernand, in whom the grand vizier, Ali Tepelini, had reposed the greatest confidence.” “Well,” said Monte Cristo, “what do you see in that to annoy you?” “What do I see in it?” “Yes; what does it signify to you if the castle of Yanina was given up by a French officer?” “It signifies to my father, the Count of Morcerf, whose Christian name is Fernand!” “Did your father serve under Ali Pasha?” “Yes; that is to say, he fought for the independence of the Greeks, and hence arises the calumny.” “Oh, my dear viscount, do talk reason!” “I do not desire to do otherwise.” “Now, just tell me who the devil should know in France that the officer Fernand and the Count of Morcerf are one and the same person?

Show us every mark of deepest respect, while we treat you like the scum of the earth.’ The miscreants have written a tissue of calumny in their article, and these are the men who seek for truth, and do battle for the right!

He gazed at the brat with the amiable smile of a good man who is flattered by the calumny, and said in an aside: “Well, what now?

The Leaders of the Crowd They must to keep their certainty accuse All that are different of a base intent; Pull down established honour; hawk for news Whatever their loose fantasy invent And murmur it with bated breath, as though The abounding gutter had been Helicon Or calumny a song.

Everything which happens is as familiar and well known as the rose in spring and the fruit in summer; for such is disease, and death, and calumny, and treachery, and whatever else delights fools or vexes them.

You would have had to put up with indiscreet questions, calumny, contempt, insult perhaps.

By my faith, if it were permitted me and time allowed, I could prove, not only to those here present, but to all the world, that there is no virtue that is not to be found in a duenna.” “I have no doubt,” said the duchess, “that my good Doña Rodriguez is right, and very much so; but she had better bide her time for fighting her own battle and that of the rest of the duennas, so as to crush the calumny of that vile apothecary, and root out the prejudice in the great Sancho Panza’s mind.” To which Sancho replied, “Ever since I have sniffed the governorship I have got rid of the humours of a squire, and I don’t care a wild fig for all the duennas in the world.” They would have carried on this duenna dispute further had they not heard the notes of the fife and drums once more, from which they concluded that the Distressed Duenna was making her entrance.