The men of Israel were foolish to take offence; but the men of Judah were neither magnanimous nor forbearing in dealing with their unreasonable humour.
I must be going soon," he answered; "but it would be too bad to take offence at the old lady's first touch of temper.
I say having no pretext; for there is not a shadow of foundation for the assertion that I called on him and his party to follow my lead, at which he seemed to take offence, as I have already shown.
It's frightfully good of you, my dear chap, not to take offence, and I feel sure you will be able to win Myra over.
I told you that the love-making of men like Don Carlos should not be taken seriously, and it was foolish of you to take offence.
Perhaps I have really nothing to forgive, Carlos, and it was folly on my part to take offence," Myra answered, with an alluring glance.
I hastened to apologise, begging him not to take offence at a stranger's heedless questions; and this seemed to calm his anger.
I have fallen myself, and I should be cruel and unjust if I were to take offence at anything you may tell me, for you cannot have done anything with her that Coudert did not do to me.
This request confers upon me a certain right to express my opinion on this weighty subject without fear and without reproach even from those who might be ready to take offence at one of the laity for meddling with pulpit questions.
But supposing any one do take offence at first sight, let him look over these notes again, and see whether he is quite sure he does not agree with most of these things that were said amongst us.
It would not have been worth while to take offenceat his plain speech, if he had been so disposed; for he might wish to consult him the next day as to "what he should take" for his dyspepsia or his neuralgia.
Andrei Ivanovitch," he said at length, "what was there to take offence at?
I'm not ready to take offence, only annoyed at his liberty.
Every one would laugh, anyway, and see that there was nothing to take offence at.
But do you know, I felt sure you'd be the first to take offence.
You are at perfect liberty to take offence at my manner, if you choose.
But gods like us have too much sense At poets' flights to take offence; Nor can hyperboles demean us; Each drab has been compared to Venus.
I tell you it ain't fair to take offence," Quade went on.
The indignant red has rapidly died out of Byng's face; his placability being only to be surpassed by his slowness to take offence.
Elizabeth is never one apt to take offence, or she might resent his delay in making any observation on her ended story.
Byng is far too thoroughly healthy and happy a young animal this morning to take offence easily.
There are many incidents given in the trial that point to Alan's fiery spirit and Highland quickness to take offence.
But the worst of them, his childish propensity to take offence and to pick quarrels, he greatly laid aside in my case, out of regard for the battle of the round-house.
But besides that I was of an unforgiving disposition from my birth, slow to take offence, slower to forget it, and now incensed both against my companion and myself.
I am as suspicious and prone to take offence as a humpback or a dwarf.
Perhaps she was like you, proud, ready to take offence, not like the others; perhaps she looked like a queen, and knew what happiness was in store for the man who should love her and whom she should love.
Tell me frankly; I assure you beforehand that I am not quick to take offence?
If I do abuse the French, what reason have you to take offence?
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