hell-broth
Example Sentences
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"I would swallow the stuff were it Locusta's hell-broth, for your sake."
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
My faith in Shakspeare is so unbounded, that I verily believe the hell-broth of Macbeth’s witches would, if properly mixed, engender a real armed head and bloody child.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter
The dog, who still sat watching the hell-broth brewing, saw him hurrying past the door, but he thought to himself, "When I have had something to eat, I will soon catch froggy up."
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Sir James George Frazer
I have not yet stirred up the hell-broth of personal vices, nor do I intend to do so.
From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Martin Luther
The Allies are not prepared to intervene in force; they cannot leave Russia to stew in Her own hell-broth.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 19, 1919 by Various
