most pestilent
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"It is notoriously the most pestilent robber's nest between Mayence and Cologne."
From The Sword Maker by Barr, Robert
‘He died by reason of a most pestilent fever,’ answered the wounded man.
From The Red Romance Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)
In the seventeenth century, it was agreed that, next to the Münster Anabaptists, the Quakers were of all dissenting sects the most pestilent and blasphemous.
From Beginnings of the American People by Dodd, William E.
Brébeuf especially was accounted the most pestilent of sorcerers.
From The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century by Parkman, Francis
"The boy was in a most pestilent fright," said Lazaro, "and therefore somewhat more snowy than was natural; nevertheless, I have seen darker skins among the damsels of La Mancha."
From Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Bird, Robert Montgomery
