Rascals

Examples

• One of these fat bare-footed rascals came here to Civita Vecchia with us in the little French steamer. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• My head ached with wondering how it happened, if men were neither fools nor rascals; and my heart ached to think they could possibly be either. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Though he knows,' said Mr. Bounderby, now blowing a gale, 'that there are a set of rascals and rebels whom transportation is too good for! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Well, they are safe so far, said the Demarch thankfully; but, by Jupiter, Maurice, those rascals have heard the rocket go! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• We are a set of rascals this morning, but we'll come home regular angels. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Do they think we are communing with a reserve force of rascals at the bottom? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I should have committed murder--I know I should--if we'd caught one of them rascals. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Not rebels, nor yet rascals. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Lincoln Steffens calls these people our damned rascals. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• They know where he is, the rascals! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Ah, well I know those two rascals are hatching plots against me. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• They called us Mounseers, German moustache rascals, and Frenchmen. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I tell you they are rascals: men fit to send to the hulks. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The rascals evidently know how weak we are in numbers, else they would not be so careless of their camp. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The donkey-boys were lively young Egyptian rascals who could follow a donkey and keep him in a canter half a day without tiring. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• They are not my spies, not my rascals. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I think the rascals have a wholesome dread of me now, finished the old man grimly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The coolness of you two rascals is amazing, began Mr. Pickwick, trying to get up an awful frown and only succeeding in producing an amiable smile. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• They were good-natured rascals, and so were the donkeys. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Pawnbroker's shop--duplicates here--small sums--mere nothing--all rascals. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The great cities of Europe had not been as yet open to the enterprise of our rascals. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• What gasconading rascals those saints must have been, if they first boasted these exploits or invented these miracles. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• These rascals were all on foot, but no matter, they were always up to time--they can outrun and outlast a donkey. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• My rascals are no milk-and-water rascals, I promise you. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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