But if I had known what infamous Calumnies I should have to encounter, how people turned the purest motives into their contraries, and what ready credence they gave to the most wretched lies-well, I hope my purpose would not have been changed, but it would have cost me a severe and bitter struggle."
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
He tears up the flimsy Calumnies which have been launched against her and himself; flinging them back in short, contemptuous utterances in the teeth of whosoever may believe them; begs his judges to forget his violence; and makes a last attempt to convince himself and them that no selfish desire underlies it.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
Not only were her husband's affairs becoming a nightmare to her, but the looks of hatred which she encountered as she went abroad in her capital, and the vile Calumnies which her enemies were not ashamed to publish and to scatter broadcast among her people were the beginning of a martyrdom such as only a woman can know.
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes