most pestilent
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"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 Bird, Robert Montgomery
He is a most pestilent, abominable man, Mr. Boothby.
From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Trollope, Anthony
"He is the son of Caboche, the head of the flayers, one of the most pestilent villains in the city."
From At Agincourt by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
And thus ended my long and persistent pursuit of one of the most pestilent and formidable gangs of pirates that had haunted the Atlantic and West Indian waters for many years.
From A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron by Hodgson, Edward S.
Much of his early writing has encouraged among the modern youth that most pestilent of all popular tricks and fallacies; what is called the argument of progress.
From George Bernard Shaw by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
