"Viperous" Quotes from Famous Books
... he then made bare his branded and ensanguined brow, which was like Cain's or Christ's. (35) Another Mountain Shepherd, 'the gentlest of the wise,' leaned over the deathbed. (36) Adonais has drunk poison. Some 'deaf and viperous murderer' gave him ... — Adonais • Shelley
... poison—oh! What deaf and viperous murderer could crown Life's early cup with such a draught of woe? The nameless worm would now itself disown: It felt, yet could escape, the magic tone 320 Whose prelude held all envy, hate and wrong, But what was howling in one breast alone, Silent with ... — The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume I • Percy Bysshe Shelley
... beforehand for the quarter; I have as much right to be here as any one else," she said, with a viperous ... — Father Goriot • Honore de Balzac |