hell-broth
Example Sentences
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The higher powers must have thought that I had swallowed enough of this hell-broth; for, at this juncture, the dictation and compulsion suddenly ceased.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 by Various
I went down into the same hell-broth of sweat and confusion.
From Jaffery by William John Locke
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
In Ireland itself, moreover, the hell-broth of agitation is kept constantly seething to the inevitable detriment of recuperative effort, which cannot do its full work without security for the future.
From Irish History and the Irish Question by Goldwin Smith
The moor, which is broken into humps and hillocks, smokes and boils and babbles like the hell-broth of Macbeth’s witches, and across it winds, snake-wise, a steaming brook.
From Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance by William Westall
