malison

Example Sentences

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There seemed a fell malison on this spot which the Mason-Blodgett troupe had found.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Take a father's malison with you, unhappy wretch!" said Lord Huntinglen.

From The Fortunes of Nigel by Scott, Walter, Sir

That words, which to use are a shame and a sin too, Had thus on their speaker recoiled, and his malison Placed in the hands of the Devil's own "pal" his son!--

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

Back he drave them, rank on rank,Routed, with psalm, and malison, and ban,As from a sling flung forth. 

From The Legends of Saint Patrick by De Vere, Aubrey

Does a bookseller misdirect a parcel, he exclaims, 'My malison on all Blockheadisms and Torpid Infidelities of which this world is full.'

From Obiter Dicta by Birrell, Augustine