hell-broth

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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 Frazer, James George, Sir

At short irregular intervals the hell-broth in the hole seemed as if boiling up. 

From Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram

He pitched pell-mell into the hell-broth of his criticism any image that assaulted his fecund brain.

From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James

Two centuries ago there was a prescription for scurvy containing "stercoris taurini et anserini par, quantitas trium magnarum nucum," of the hell-broth containing which "guoties-cumque sitit oeger, large bibit."

From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

The time soon came when I remembered his simile, and acknowledged its truth; and I knew then that that pot was filled with hell-broth!

From The Red Symbol by Ironside, John