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"If you are as good as you look," continued the old lady, with a cunning but indulgent smile, "some one has been slandering you."

From The Marrow of Tradition by Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell)

"He has been slandering the Colonel something dreadful the last few months, sneering at him, saying nothing definite, but insinuatingly taking away his character."

From The Red Planet by Locke, William John

"Who has been slandering me, sir?" asked Dawkins, very pale.

From Paul Prescott's Charge by Alger, Horatio

Perhaps my neighbour, little Michael, has been slandering me to you, or perhaps he will do so.

From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir

"Who has been slandering me?" he demanded, angered suddenly by her retort.

From Gordon Keith by Page, Thomas Nelson