crime-stained

Nevertheless this discreditable change of attitude, this deliberate quarrel with his mother, must not be laid to his charge, but to that of his father-in-law, Herennius Rufinus, whom you see before you, a man than whom no more worthless, wicked, and crime-stained soul lives upon this earth.

The Defense Apuleius 2008

Nevertheless this discreditable change of attitude, this deliberate quarrel with his mother, must not be laid to his charge, but to that of his father-in-law, Herennius Rufinus, whom you see before you, a man than whom no more worthless, wicked, and crime-stained soul lives upon this earth.

The Defense Apuleius 2008

All this was music to the crime-stained soul of the guilty listener, who exulted in the success of his scheme, and felt additional assurance of ultimately triumphing in all his undertakings.

Eveline Mandeville The Horse Thief Rival Alvin Addison

Buffalo Bill said nothing, and the crime-stained wretch was dragged out of the saloon, a rope put around his neck, and he was hanged for his many red deeds, thereby escaping death at the hands of the scout.

Beadle's Boy's Library of Sport, Story and Adventure, Vol. I, No. 1. Adventures of Buffalo Bill from Boyhood to Manhood Prentiss Ingraham

Finds a prayer his mother taught him, trembling on his crime-stained lip.

Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two Various

We have seen him scorning even an allusion to the higher life of the soul, -- but success was then within the reach of his crime-stained hand!

Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue Warren T. Ashton

In the first place he rebelled instinctively from shooting a man down in cold blood from ambush, even if he was as desperate and crime-stained a character as Captain Bill Broom, besides it would not save Tom and

Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power Wyn Roosevelt

But if his Holiness, against our honor and the peace of our subjects, sides with the crime-stained partisans of

The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa Paul Barron Watson

George packed his small hand-bag; placed upon the table money to pay his bill; lifted the crime-stained basket; addressed the red-headed

Once Aboard the Lugger 1925

A mile up the road behind a man was running, tall and powerful and black, with crime-stained face and convicts 'stripes upon him, and shackles on his legs.

Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil 1915