Patteson brought news of the coronation of Lady Anne this coming Easter, and he begs father to take a fool's advice and eat humble pie; for, says he, this proud madam is as vindictive as Herodias, and will have father's head on a charger.

The ruined towns and villages prove the melancholy truth, that the general corruption of a nation prepares the way for general anarchy, and that the blindness of political rage is always more vindictive than even private hatred.

Carlos (Don), son of Philip II. of Portugal; deformed in person, violent and vindictive in disposition.

But Mahomet knew well the value of mercy, and he was not by nature vindictive towards the weak and inoffensive.

I think that from some cause, the surgeon felt vindictive toward him, and that his subordinates took their cue from him.

It shrilled on in her very face, and there seemed something taunting and vindictive about it.

"But now," she continued after a time, "I want to ask you whether I've been ungenerous or vindictive with you" "Vindictive?

The Ordinance drawn up in 1648 by the Puritan authorities was incredibly vindictive against what they judged to be heretical.

That the end of punishment should be the prevention of future crime, rather than the gratification of vindictive feelingswhether those of states or of injured individualsbut few will venture to deny; and yet how little calculated is the punishment usually inflicted on young offenders in this country, to answer that end!

We are not vindictive to a beaten enemy, and when the Germans offer themselves as pupils we are not likely to be either enthusiastic in our welcome or obstinate in our refusal.