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Hearing at another time, that an intimate friend of his had spoken detractingly of him, I am sure he would not do it, says he, if he had not some reason for it.

From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton

To speak detractingly of great and good men is frequently the result of malice combined with egotism.

From The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 by Gillman, James