hell-broth

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The moor, which is broken into humps and hillocks, smokes and boils and babbles like the hell-broth of Macbeth’s witches, and across it winds, snake-wise, a steaming brook.

From Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance by Westall, William

Now there is only one man more—and after that, one more tub to be lowered—and the hell-broth is cooked once again, and will come streaming forth.

From Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

So I looked out for some quiet retired place, where I might be out of reach of my friends, and have leisure to cook up some delectable dish of poetical "hell-broth."

From Tales of a Traveller by Irving, Washington

This yellow, sinuous beast with hell-broth slavering from its jaws!

From The River and I by Neihardt, John G.

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