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

She had risen to speak; the words were upon her lips:    "Phrenzy to her heart was given,    To speak the malison of Heaven," when she met the full and glaring force of Henry's flashing eyes.

From Ellen Middleton—A Tale by Fullerton, Georgiana

Better hae stapt it afore this," said Archee; "he has said ower meikle, or not aneuch, The Deil's malison on thee, fellow, for a prophet of ill!

From The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison

The senses feel life's snow, But not less hot the tides of passion flow: Such is our earthly nature's malison!

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas

So he was in luck; but he had yet to learn that a mother's malison is sure to bring misfortune some time or another.

From English Fairy Tales by Rackham, Arthur