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

Then she has lock'd her cellar door, For there were fifty steps and three; 35 "Lie there wi' my sad malison, For this bad news ye've tauld to me."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various

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

And when his mother put it to him to take the half cake with her blessing, he took it instead of having the whole with her malison.

From English Fairy Tales by Rackham, Arthur