malice prepense
Example Sentences
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On this subject he spares no sensibilities, not even his own, minces no words, without malice prepense.
From Time Magazine Archive
"There was no malice prepense to-day," said Mr. Linden.
From Say and Seal, Volume I by Warner, Susan
Occasionally they come into keen polemical strife; but it amounts to little more than a gladiatorial exhibition, or rather a light skirmishing, without malice prepense, or much evil result.
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert
Anania spoke in the tone of an injured woman, defrauded of her rights by the malice prepense of Stephen.
From One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
And therefore, he every now and then plunges into slang, not irreverently, as a vulgar writer might do, but of malice prepense.
From Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
