"Ill-treat" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... opinion that tree-spirits stand very stiffly on the point of honour and visit men with their displeasure for any injury done to them. Hence after building a house, whereby they have been forced to ill-treat many trees, these people observe a period of penance for a year during which they must abstain from many things, such as the killing of bears, ...
— The Golden Bough - A study of magic and religion • Sir James George Frazer
... to hear this. I can scarcely believe that any of my pupils would ill-treat a companion because she was so unfortunate as to be plain and poor. But you have made a noble confession, and I forgive you as freely as I believe she will, when she knows how truly you ...
— The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls • Various |
