to make false or defamatory statements to damage someone's reputation; slander
Paradise Lost
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Pretending so commanded to
consult
About the great reception of
their King,
Thither to come, and with
calumnious art
Of counterfeited truth thus
held their ears.
Thrones, Dominations,
Princedoms, Virtues, Powers;
If these magnifick titles yet
remain
V, 768-773
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Paradise Lost
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Messiah was declared in sight
of Heaven,
The Mountain of the
Congregation called;
For thither he assembled all
his train,
Pretending so commanded to
consult
About the great reception of
their King,
Thither to come, and with
calumnious art
V, 765-770
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Paradise Lost
@paradise-lost.bsky.social
The Mountain of the
Congregation called;
For thither he assembled all
his train,
Pretending so commanded to
consult
About the great reception of
their King,
Thither to come, and with
calumnious art
Of counterfeited truth thus
held their ears.
V, 766-771
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