Robber

Examples

• Tell him that we yield to his rapacity, as in similar circumstances we should do to that of a literal robber. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• This done, Madame would send Désirée out for a walk with her _bonne_, and profit by her absence to rob the robber. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Probably the most interesting of them all is the great Robber-crab, which is found on certain islands of the Pacific. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Whose good lance, replied the robber, won the prize in to-day's tourney? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Courage and ambition, when not regulated by benevolence, are fit only to make a tyrant and public robber. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Is it a robber who has made his way through the open street-door, and lies there in wait? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Pa,' said Lavinia, 'we have got a Robber. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I should have such strength,' muttered the robber, poising his brawny arm, 'that I could smash your head as if a loaded waggon had gone over it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• If a robber, he will stab me, if I make a noise, or desire my maid to call for help. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• We shall see that presently, said the robber; and, speaking to his companions, he added, bring along the knave. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I am no robber. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Now,' said the robber, 'come and sit aside of me, and put on your own face; or I'll alter it so, that you won't know it agin when you do want it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Do I look like a robber! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• You appear to take it for granted that, although the door was forced, the robber never got in. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• A light was procured accordingly, and the robber proceeded to examine the purse. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• A forfeit--a forfeit, shouted the robbers; a Saxon hath thirty zecchins, and returns sober from a village! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• This must have been well known to the robbers, or they would not have acted as they did. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Rascally, pettifogging robbers! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I know that you _are_ not, nor ever were, subject to material terrorsfears of robbers, &c. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• This poor child can never have been the pupil of robbers! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Hast thou brought home thy charge, sirrah Gurth, or hast thou left them to robbers and marauders? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• You are,' continued Mr. Pickwick, resuming the thread of his discourse- -'you are a well-matched pair of mean, rascally, pettifogging robbers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It is all summed up in that,' rejoined Mr. Pickwick; 'they are mean, rascally, pettifogging robbers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• There is honor among thieves, and a band of robbers has a common interest as respects its members. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Gentle thieves they are, in short, and courteous robbers; but it is ever the luckiest to meet with them when they are at the worSt. How so, Wamba? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• In those days, travellers were very shy of being confidential on a short notice, for anybody on the road might be a robber or in league with robbers. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• 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.
• If robbers abounded, tax-gatherers and creditors had disappeared. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Will you return to this gang of robbers, and to this man, when a word can save you? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• You hold our friends for robbers, then? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

Edited by Enrico