"Thieving" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... there was no thieving, and he is entirely satisfied. He thanks you for your friendly zeal. The Oriental was not Dexippus's slave, and Xerxes does not need such boys for spies. I am certain Glaucon would not insult Sparta. So let us part without ...
— A Victor of Salamis • William Stearns Davis
... "Here's your first sight of a wild coon, boys. I wish to goodness it had been a different sight, but I suppose he must pay for his thieving." ...
— Camp and Trail - A Story of the Maine Woods • Isabel Hornibrook
... is common enough in England," said Hardy; "but they do less in telling fortunes or in thieving farmyards then formerly was their custom. They appear to do a good business in small wares, as brushes and mats, which they take ...
— A Danish Parsonage • John Fulford Vicary
... of the men who engaged with you in that cattle-thieving business were hanged for horse-stealing," ...
— Elam Storm, The Wolfer - The Lost Nugget • Harry Castlemon
... the weight as of a great mountain rolled away. She was afraid of the immense sense of relief that now seemed coming upon her. Could she really become free of the horrible Molly of the last months—this noxious, vile, lying, thieving woman? What an awful strain that woman had lived in! She had told Mark that what frightened her was the thought that she would still be herself. She longed now to cut away everything that had belonged to her. Might she not by God's grace, in poverty and hard work, with everything around her ...
— Great Possessions • Mrs. Wilfrid Ward
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