We hope that they at least will acquit us of any intention of Blemishing the fair front of human nature, or of darkening any of the windows that administer to its requirements of light and air.
"A Cursory History of Swearing"
Julian Sharman
Ruth Somerville saw In sorrow and silence this Blemishing flaw In the friend whom she loved with devotion!
"Three Women"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Oh, Saladyne, the faults of thy youth, as they were fond, so were they foule; and not onely discovering little nourture, but Blemishing the excellence of nature.
"A History of English Prose Fiction"
Bayard Tuckerman