most pestilent

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And while ye go about to drive your neighbour out of his land, ye must needs first bring into your own land the most pestilent puddle of unthrifts that can be.

From Against War by Erasmus, Desiderius

Most cunning and most pestilent of men,   Nor I, nor any other Argive, saw   Thee toiling in that fray, when Trojans strove   Fiercely to hale away Achilles slain.

From The Fall of Troy by Way, Arthur Sanders

Quadr.” is an innocuous and sweet animal; but, when pressed hard by dogs and men, it can eject such a most pestilent and fetid smell and excrement, that nothing can be more horrible.

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Morley, Henry

As represented by Lord Palmerston, Great Britain had got to be regarded as the most pestilent, intrusive, mischief-making of neighbours.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 by Various

"It is notoriously the most pestilent robber's nest between Mayence and Cologne."

From The Sword Maker by Barr, Robert