take amiss
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George R. Tracy San Clemente, Calif. Not all vegetarians would take amiss John Leo's remark about their preverbal innocence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Do not take amiss my telling you this—I do so from the best of motives.
From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. by Berthold Auerbach
It would clearly be impossible to take amiss anything that this woman might choose to say.
From Captain Desmond, V.C. by Maud Diver
"Dear Johanna, you must not take amiss what he says," Helena began, with a furtive smile.
From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Claire Von Gl?mer
And the wretched Libor, bowing almost to the earth, made hurried answer, "How could I possibly take amiss anything that his Highness the Khan, my lord and master, may choose to do?"
From 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar The Scourge of God by Mikl?s J?sika
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