vilest

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Vilest of men, and most detestable of plotters, are hard words!—From the pen of such a lady too.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5 by Richardson, Samuel

Vilest of creatures, do you pry into your mother's heart in such matters, do you watch her glances, count her sighs, sound her affections, intercept her letters, and accuse her of being in love?

From The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

Vilest amongst the vile, he had been cast forth from the haunts of beggars and reprobates, as no fitting company for honourable thieves or cadgers of good repute.

From Charlotte's Inheritance by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

Touched Thee, and we touch it: dear, Dark it is; adored, abhorred: Vilest, yet most sainted here.

From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George

Vilest of all, they actually quote the bewilderment produced among the poor by their first blunder as a reason for allowing them to blunder again.

From Eugenics and Other Evils by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)