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wanting to see others suffer; or threatening evil
- Her wretchedness I could have borne, but her passion—her malice—At all events it must be appeased.Chapter 44 (73% in)
- When the note was shown to Elinor, as it was within ten minutes after its arrival, it gave her, for the first time, some share in the expectations of Lucy; for such a mark of uncommon kindness, vouchsafed on so short an acquaintance, seemed to declare that the good-will towards her arose from something more than merely malice against herself; and might be brought, by time and address, to do every thing that Lucy wished.Chapter 36 (95% in)
- That Lucy had certainly meant to deceive, to go off with a flourish of malice against him in her message by Thomas, was perfectly clear to Elinor; and Edward himself, now thoroughly enlightened on her character, had no scruple in believing her capable of the utmost meanness of wanton ill-nature.Chapter 49 (49% in)
There are no more uses of "malicious" in Sense and Sensibility.
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