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  • After reaching the rendezvous with his aboriginal allies, he sent word to the elders of Favorolang that he "had come with a powerful army, combined with a great number of natives [inhabitanten] in order to punish ... those malevolent and evil-hearted Favorolangers who, out of pure evil intent and insufferable perniciousness, chased away all the Chinese we had permitted to hunt in the Favorolang fields, killing three and badly injuring others."

    How Taiwan Became Chinese 2006

  • By 1644, the pax hollandica had been extended to include the once "stubborn" and "evil-hearted" Favorolangers.

    How Taiwan Became Chinese 2006

  • The governor immediately set out with 210 Dutch soldiers "to exact a fitting revenge and attack this evil-hearted nation if they should refuse to hand over those who have killed and injured the Chinese."

    How Taiwan Became Chinese 2006

  • Gunnar answered in such wise that few might hear him, “Many a vile word hast thou spoken, and an evil-hearted woman art thou, whereas thou revilest a woman far better than thou; never would she curse her life as thou dost; nay, nor has she tormented dead folk, or murdered any; but lives her life well praised of all.”

    The Story of the Volsungs 2008

  • I got a kindhearted woman do anything in this world for me I got a kindhearted mama do anything in this world for me But these evil-hearted women Man they will not let me be Though there are blues songs about many subjects -- natural disasters, the harvest, the boll weevil -- topicality is, in fact, rare.

    When Bad Times Make Good Art 2008

  • Before 1638 company officials had felt the company's interest was best served by protecting Chinese from the "evil-hearted" northern natives.

    How Taiwan Became Chinese 2006

  • I repeat: I am not an evil-hearted woman who will not let him be.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Ann Althouse 2007

  • He was not really an evil-hearted boy, but his belief in the astrologer was strong, and opportunity is the lover of temptation.

    Asian-Pacific Folktales and Legends Jeannette L. Faurot 1995

  • Whether Sir Felix be rich or poor, the world, evil-hearted as it is, will never think him a fine fellow.

    The Way We Live Now 2004

  • So that you can go off and dash your brains out against some evil-hearted order magician from the black isle?

    The White Order Modesitt, L. E. 1998

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