1 But Magua is pledged not to sully the lilies of France.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 17 2 Take these, and draw from the quiver an avenging shaft; by it shall he pay me forfeit of his blood, whoso, Trojan or Italian alike, shall sully her sacred body with a wound.
3 He was dressed now: he still looked pale, but he was no longer gory and sullied.
4 That woman, who has so abused your long-suffering, so sullied your name, so outraged your honour, so blighted your youth, is not your wife, nor are you her husband.
5 He drew over the picture the sheet of thin paper on which I was accustomed to rest my hand in painting, to prevent the cardboard from being sullied.
6 So they inwardly resolved that so long as they remained in the business, their piracies should not again be sullied with the crime of stealing.
7 Locusta and Agrippina, living at the same time, were an exception, and proved the determination of providence to effect the entire ruin of the Roman empire, sullied by so many crimes.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 80. The Accusation. 8 His nether garment was a yellow nankeen, closely fitted to the shape, and tied at his bunches of knees by large knots of white ribbon, a good deal sullied by use.
9 This it was I had to look for even from the time when I madly assailed celestial limbs with steel, and sullied the hand of Venus with a wound.
10 He was afraid of sullying what his soul was brimful of.