-
“
Law
and
religion
are
not
completely
efficient
against
the
spiritual
pestilence
”
– A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh
-
“
He
goes
about
like
a
man
afflicted
with
a
pestilence
”
– The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Various
-
“
Now
I
understood
that
all
the
slaves
were
being
thrown
overboard
because
of
the
want
of
water,
and
in
the
hope
that
it
might
avail
to
save
from
the
pestilence
those
of
the
Spaniards
who
still
remained
alive.
”
– Montezuma's Daughter by H. Rider Haggard
-
“
To
him
it
was
occupation
enough
to
apply
at
the
bedside
the
best
of
all
that
he
knew
for
the
good
of
his
patient;
to
protect
the
community
against
the
inroads
of
pestilence
to
teach
the
young
all
that
he
himself
had
been
taught,
with
all
that
his
own
experience
had
added;
to
leave
on
record
some
of
the
most
important
results
of
his
long
observation.
”
– The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)
-
“
It
was
always
said
that
50,
000
people
left
the
city
at
the
commencement
of
the
pestilence
and
that
14,
000
of
those
who
remained
in
it
fell
victims
to
the
disease.
”
– Wanderings in South America by Charles Waterton
-
“
But
if
the
moral
pestilence
that
rises
with
them,
and
in
the
eternal
laws
of
outraged
nature,
is
inseparable
from
them,
could
be
made
discernible
too,
how
terrible
the
revelation!
”
– Dickens As an Educator by James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
-
“
On
land
the
French
army
suffers
terribly
from
pestilence
”
– Napoleon's Young Neighbor by Helen Leah Reed
-
“
The
breath
and
the
charm
and
the
pestilence
of
her
passed
over
Neale
like
fire.
”
– The U.P. Trail by Zane Grey
-
“
Before
him
walked
the
pestilence
And
burning
coals
went
forth
at
his
feet.
”
– The Portland Sketch Book by Various
-
“
The
worship
was
accordingly
ordained
and
executed,
and
the
pestilence
forthwith
abated.
”
– Japan by David Murray
-
“
He
does
not
want
you
to
come
near
him,
lest
you,
too,
become
affected
by
the
pestilence
”
– The Nameless Castle by Maurus Jókai
-
“
And
again,
by
his
pen
and
otherwise,
in
theoretical
discussions
on
the
origin
of
the
pestilence
”
– The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University by Robert Peter
-
“
It
is
the
pestilence
that
walketh
by
night
that
is
intolerable.
”
– Prince Zaleski by M.P. Shiel
-
“
These,
for
a
short
time,
were
of
rather
a
dismal
character;
for,
hearing
the
noise
of
a
horse's
hoofs
in
the
silent
streets
at
that
hour
of
the
night,
the
people
opened
their
doors
as
he
passed
by,
thinking
it
the
pest-
cart,
and
brought
forth
many
a
miserable
victim
of
the
pestilence
”
– The Midnight Queen by May Agnes Fleming
-
“
They
kin
bring
on
all
manner
of
pestilence
an'
make
cows
go
dry
an'
hosses
fling
their
riders.
”
– A Pagan of the Hills by Charles Neville Buck
-
“
Even
at
Cambridge
the
spirit
of
the
age,
which
is
said
to
pervade
the
air
like
a
pestilence
had
infected
me;
and
I
set
out
on
my
first
visit
to
Paris
full
of
curiosity
about
what
was
then
the
contemporary
movement-
at
its
last
gasp.
”
– Since Cézanne by Clive Bell
-
“
These
were
the
names
of
twin
gods,
and
worshipped
at
certain
villages
in
time
of
war,
famine,
and
pestilence
”
– Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by George Turner
-
“
Pestilence
silk
and
skins
not
to
be
worn
during,
p.
”
– Early English Meals and Manners by Various
-
“
Otherwise
we
have
been
free
from
pestilence
war,
and
calamities,
which
often
overtake
nations;
and,
as
far
as
human
judgment
can
penetrate
the
future,
no
cause
seems
to
exist
to
threaten
our
present
peace.
”
– Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present by Various
-
“
Several
who
had
died
of
the
pestilence
and
whom
it
had
been
impossible
to
bury
by
day,
were
being
borne
to
the
grave
together.
”
– The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers
