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.
From Time Magazine Archive
"He said--I am sure you will not take amiss what he said?" responded Max.
From Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy by Major, Charles
Brothers: I hope you will not take amiss my changing my seat in this council.
From Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians by Drake, Benjamin
I am sure I ought not to take amiss anything you say to me when you thus mistrust your own father.
From Edelweiss A Story by Auerbach, Berthold
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
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