evil-disposed

I have a big undertaking on, the stocks, as you probably have heard; but, if it should happen that evil-disposed persons succeeded in shaking the absolute confidence I enjoy, it might land me in the greatest difficulties.

Pillars of Society 2008

I have a big undertaking on, the stocks, as you probably have heard; but, if it should happen that evil-disposed persons succeeded in shaking the absolute confidence I enjoy, it might land me in the greatest difficulties.

Pillars of Society 2008

This would be inconceivable did we not know how much almost every writer has suffered his pen to belie his heart — with what facility his own feelings have been sacrificed to the fear of enraging some evil-disposed pedant — in a word, how inconsistent he has been with himself.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

Dredgermen, nor other evil-disposed person or persons; but went ashore at

Reprinted Pieces 2007

It is not assumed and taken for granted that being there they must be evil-disposed and wicked people, before whose vicious eyes it is necessary to flourish threats and harsh restraints.

American Notes for General Circulation 2007

‘Such a childish escapade might have been misrepresented by any evil-disposed person, might it not?’

A Pair of Blue Eyes 2006

The Sultan of Bihawana, though his subjects were evil-disposed, and ready-handed at theft and murder, contented himself with three doti as honga.

How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

“Gone to her room a little evil-disposed, I am informed, and laid down in her bed for a gliff,” said her grandmother; “as soon as she wakes, she shall take some drops.”

Old Mortality 2004

So, in crossing the square, the duke paused before me and remarked: ‘So you are an evil-disposed person?’

The Honor of the Name �mile Gaboriau 2003

The British army officer and explorer Thomas Whiffen, whose book Schultes had read, wrote that the forest was innately malevolent, a horrible, most evil-disposed enemy.

One River Wade Davis 1996