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Meanings of take amiss in English

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Usage of take amiss in English
1
Good Captain Brown will not, I hope, take amiss his old acquaintance Jo.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.
2
Nothing thou writest of this sort can I take amiss.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8
3
No person there can take amiss our not visiting.
The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Vol. I. / With A Su...
4
Maybe you won't take amiss the things I asked.
The Triumph of John Kars: A Story of the Yukon
5
No person can take amiss our not visiting.
The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson
6
Let no one take amiss the frequent entries marked "cider."
Shandygaff / A number of most agreeable Inquirendoes upon Life &...
7
Monsieur, you will not take amiss this heartfelt tribute from so old a soldier as I.
The Eagle of the Empire: A Story of Waterloo
8
You will not take amiss what I have said, as it arises from no personal ill-feeling towards you.
The Ferryman of Brill, and Other Stories
9
I afterwards told him my opinion of this species of prayer, which however, he did not take amiss.
Travels in England in 1782
10
Nothing I might take amiss.
The Wise Man’s Fear
11
If you think the Dutch would take amiss our not applying to them, I will join you in the application.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
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Who could take amiss the rebuke of the kindly satirist, who was so ready to show up his own weaknesses?
Horace
13
Curlydown was a strictly hospitable man, and in his own house would not appear to take amiss anything his guest might say.
John Caldigate
14
Excuse me, my dearest creature, for those liberties which, innocent as they were, your too great delicacy may make you take amiss-
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5
15
If ever I am in rough water and foul weather, I hope he will not take amiss anything I have here written about him.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 2
16
But his appearance there could not on that account be taken amiss.
The Way We Live Now
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Take amiss across language varieties
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