For two years his faith was spurned, his zeal denied recognition, his charities taken in ill part, and he remained a prisoner to one of the cruelest tribes of the Nyambarra, the object of every species of maltreatment.

Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context

This was taken in ill part by a great many people, who persisted in believing that Flintwinch was lying somewhere among the London geological formation.

Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context

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