flagitiousness

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He lays his plans with all the subtlety of a Machiavel, and all the flagitiousness of a Borgia.

From Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian by Godwin, William

Dark hints of flagitiousness were thrown out, which our innocence wholly failed to comprehend.

From All Men are Ghosts by Jacks, L. P. (Lawrence Pearsall)

The flagitiousness of that embassy had been attempted to be concealed by directing the public attention to the price which, the gentleman says, was given for the disclosure.

From American Eloquence, Volume 1 Studies In American Political History (1896) by Johnston, Alexander

Urged by the flagitiousness of this last example, people learned to recollect every other instance of his excesses, and it was, no doubt, a fearful catalogue that rose up in judgment against him.

From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William

On one point, however, the neighbours, Mrs. M'Gurk not excepted, were practically unanimous, the utter flagitiousness, namely, of Tishy M'Crum.

From Strangers at Lisconnel by Barlow, Jane