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He tells me his was a very strange letter, and that probably it has affronted you.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

Mrs. Somers has affronted me before M. de Brisac, in a manner that I cannot, that I ought not, to endure—that you, Emilie, ought not to wish me to endure.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 06 by Edgeworth, Maria

We have relegated to the Middle Ages, to which it belongs, the notion that the criminal is a man who has affronted society, and that society may take a revenge on him.

From The War and the Churches by McCabe, Joseph

Thus ended the French King's regiment of Swiss Guards, like one of those sturdy oaks whose prolonged existence has affronted so many storms, and which nothing but an earthquake can uproot.

From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron

"If you will assure me that he has affronted you, and permit me to let him know, privately, the cause of my quarrel."

From An Enemy to the King by Stephens, Robert Neilson