Scoundrels

Examples

• We have no boats—those scoundrels of Caliphronas' have destroyed them all. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• What with cannon, dynamite, and broken bottles to cut their bare feet, I fancy those scoundrels will get a warm reception. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I've no doubt, if we are forced to fill up the pass, those scoundrels will leave us. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• They are great scoundrels,' said Mr. Pickwick. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• You two are restless, meddling, impudent scoundrels, whose chief motive-principle is a selfish ambition, as dangerous as it is puerile. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I have been persecuted and annoyed by scoundrels of late, Sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• We are all scoundrels more or less, only some are cleverer at concealing it than other people, he said carelessly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• What do you want here, scoundrels? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Ah, if I only had the full strength of my Melnosians again, I would soon drive these scoundrels back to the ocean! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• We will hoist those scoundrels on their own petard. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Andros will do as he says, and bring Alcibiades here with his band of scoundrels. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I wasn't descended from a set of cut-throat scoundrels who lived by robbery and murder. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• These weaklings became self-excusing, self-indulging scoundrels. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• One despises such low scoundrels, observed Malone, in a profound vein of reflection. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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