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Ruffians have maltreated him, rascals have misled him, philanthropists established a bank for him, but the South, with the North, protests against injustice to this simple and sincere people.

From America First Patriotic Readings by McBrien, Jasper Leonidas

The Hart, at the point of death, groaned: "I am rightly served, for I should not have maltreated the Vine that saved me."

From Aesop's Fables Translated by George Fyler Townsend by Townsend, George Fyler

The Amalekites had captured and carried off every thing, but they do not seem to have maltreated or killed any of their enemies.

From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles

Nor, again, are the margins of certain poets entrusted to man for the composing thereon of infinitely superior rhymes on the subjects themselves have maltreated: a depraved habit, akin to scalping.

From Pagan Papers by Grahame, Kenneth

That he should have maltreated Wilhelm Meister is quite excusable.

From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George