The whole truth was not known at Paris; but it was surmised; and the surmise was sufficient to envenom the whole course of the struggle between England and Napoleon.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
Or this, or somewhat like to this, I spoke, When I did see her weep so ruefully; For sure my love should ne'er induce the front And mask of Hate, whom woful ailments Of unavailing tears and heart deep moans Feed and envenom, as the milky blood Of hateful herbs a subtle-fanged snake.
"The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson"
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Algerian politics, also, envenom these squabbles.
"Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846"
James Richardson