Murderers

Examples

• Neither shall they be told of such things as thieves or murderers; much less shall they hear anything about falsehood and deceit. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In the few cases that get into the newspapers, are there not instances of slain bodies found, and no murderers ever discovered? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But now, in the midst of the dying and the dead, how could a thought of heaven or a sensation of tranquillity possess one of the murderers? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Pleasure in our cities has become tied to lobster palaces, adventure to exalted murderers, romance to silly, mooning novels. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Its appearance and the dust upon the bottle showed that it was no common vintage which the murderers had enjoyed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Of piety and impiety to gods and parents, and of murderers, there were retributions other and greater far which he described. Plato. The Republic.
• And if Count Fosco must divide murderers into classes, I think he has been very unfortunate in his choice of expressions. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Murderers were not the only people liable to be hanged, and women convicts were not treated like ladies in undeserved distress. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Let no man talk of murderers escaping justice, and hint that Providence must sleep. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• In the defensive declarations and pretended confessions of murderers, the pursuing shadow of this torture may be traced through every lie they tell. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• These papers have all been burned by the murderers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I only hope this'll teach master not to have any more of these dreadful creatures, that are born to be murderers and robbers from their very cradle. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Would he steal on me in my sleep; or should I contend to the last with my murderers, knowing, even while I struggled, that I must be overcome? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• A short time ago three murderers were taken beyond the city walls and shot. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But the wickedness cannot be covered; the guilt will lie on the whole land, till justice is done on the murderers. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Another proclamation has been issued, offering a great reward for apprehending the murderers. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I've had to do with fifty murderers in my career, but the worst of them never gave me the repulsion which I have for this fellow. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Of parricides and other murderers he had tortures still more terrible to narrate. Plato. The Republic.

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