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

His heart was warm, his pride was up;25 Sweet Willie kentna fear; But yet his mither's malison Ay sounded in his ear.

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

She's ta'en the keys intill her hand, And threw them deep, deep in the sea; "Lie there wi' my sad malison, 40 Till my gude lord return to me."

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

If this be done, I should have peace from all my malison.

From The Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripides by Murray, Gilbert

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