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
And the wretched Libor, bowing almost to the earth, made hurried answer, "How could I possibly take amiss anything that his Highness the Khan, my lord and master, may choose to do?"
From 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar The Scourge of God by Mikl?s J?sika
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 Benjamin Drake
Let no one take amiss the frequent entries marked "cider."
From Shandygaff by Christopher Morley
I hope he did not take amiss this national reflection.
From Life of Adam Smith by John Rae
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