most pestilent
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He is known to be an influential member of one of the most pestilent secret societies in the country.
From The Gadfly by E. L. (Ethel Lillian) Voynich
‘He died by reason of a most pestilent fever,’ answered the wounded man.
From The Red Romance Book by H. J. (Henry Justice) Ford
Is there no lesson in the fact that she, nurtured in every luxury, braves the wildest day of winter in her mission of charity?—that the most squalid misery, the most pestilent disease never deterred her?
From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever
"The boy was in a most pestilent fright," said Lazaro, "and therefore somewhat more snowy than was natural; nevertheless, I have seen darker skins among the damsels of La Mancha."
From Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Robert Montgomery Bird
Oh cruell and wicked Dogge: yea, and if I may so call my father, Oh Traytor most pestilent, do thou enioy Mustapha, his Treasures, his Horses, Furnitures, and the sayd Countrey to.
From The Palace of Pleasure Volume 3 by William Painter
