injurious

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Injurious influence of Louis XIV. on, 118, 119.Natural and revealed, does not admit of progress, iii.

From Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Before accomplishing this purpose, however, I thought I would consult my "oracle," "Harris's Insects Injurious to Vegetation"—a most beautiful and valuable entomological work, by-the-way, which should be in every boy's library.

From Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton)

Injurious to me because I can only win by lessening your repute which I desire to maintain.

From The True Story of my Parliamentary Struggle by Bradlaugh, Charles

The third year this tree bore about a peck of very large nuts, to which I shall have occasion to refer again under "Injurious Insects."

From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Fuller, Andrew S.

Injurious upstart: if by Hecuba Thou pointest darkly at my lovely cousin, Know that she is to me, and I to her, What never canst thou be.

From The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded by Shaw, Bernard