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.
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You will not take amiss what I have said, as it arises from no personal ill-feeling towards you.”
From The Ferryman of Brill and other stories by Kingston, William Henry Giles
He certainly will not take amiss my sending him the part.
From Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1 by Köchel, Ludwig Ritter von
Nothing thou writest of this sort can I take amiss.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Richardson, Samuel
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 Auerbach, Berthold
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