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Meanings of breed a pestilence in English

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Usage of breed a pestilence in English
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If they did not devour it, the quantities would breed a pestilence.
Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey
2
The very lid of the old abominable close-stool is enough to breed a pestilence.
Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not
3
The weather is warm, and they will soon breed a pestilence that will revenge them on their slayers.
Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century
4
All putrescible matter liable to breed a pestilence is carried far from shore and sunk under fathoms of the never-stagnant sea.
Recreations in Astronomy / With Directions for Practical Experim...
5
Indeed, every part of the prison was foul enough to breed a pestilence; and the place was seldom free from fever in consequence.
The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 2
6
That night they cut up and removed the bodies, not to eat-forthe poison was still active-butlest they should breed a pestilence.
The Lost World
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"It is enough to breed a pestilence," I said; "why do you not all turn-to, get the stuff up and heave it overboard?
The Call of the South / 1908
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