| 单词 | housebreaker |
| 例句 | If you’ve any followers—housebreakers or such like—anywhere near, you may tell them we are not by ourselves in the house; we have a gentleman, and dogs, and guns.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Now suppose that you were, in truth, the owner of that house, and could not still get in; and think there was to you no conscience of the housebreaker, what would you do?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Your friend and apprentice housebreaker, Denna, pstscrpt—Please rest assured that I did not notice the disgraceful condition of your bed linens, and did not judge your character thereby. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In his bedroom there stood a wardrobe constructed by William Brodie, and young Stevenson's nanny would tell him the story of Brodie, who had been a respected citizen by day but housebreaker by night. Ian Rankin on The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 2010-08-16T14:31:00Z Mr Turner said he discovered the housebreaker in his bedroom with the top drawer of his bedroom cabinet open. Man, 86, offers housebreaker a lift 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z It would appear that most people in Ireland form an image of Travelers from depictions of them as tight-knit gangsters, housebreakers and feuding thugs. Deadly Fire Exposes Ireland’s Contempt for Traveler Minority Group 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z "They were the housebreakers, the pickpockets," he laughs. South African photographer recalls joy of Mandela's release 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z They were quite ready to drop the case, loudly ascribing the deed to an ordinary housebreaker, or to some unknown enemy from out the impenetrable rabbit warrens of New York City. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z Who were the marauders, these burglars that left their booty behind them; these housebreakers that not merely broke into a house, but spoiled nearly everything in it out of sheer wantonness? The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z The housebreaker fled after Mr Turner turned his back to lock his front door after offering the man a lift. Man, 86, offers housebreaker a lift 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z If I did, the lawyers first and the housebreakers afterwards, would pull down all I have with it! The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z This Kennedy had been a pickpocket and a housebreaker, could240 neither read nor write, and had been only elected captain for his cruelty and courage. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z They are murderers, housebreakers and sneak thieves of the most desperate kind. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z At once, Blagden put his arm around him, and half drew, half carried him into the bushes, but at the contact the housebreaker could not keep back a groan. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z There was no housebreaker in question at all. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z He is the smuggler on the coast, the footpad on the common, the poacher in the forest, the housebreaker, the horse-stealer, the sheep-slayer, or the incendiary. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z The insidious servant becomes a tyrannical master; the housebreaker is innocent, the horse thief guiltless in comparison. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z In the exquisite, neat little matted cradle of glistening milkweed flax, lined with down from the fronds of fern, the skulking housebreaker deposits her surreptitious egg for the little yellow mother-bird to hatch and tend. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z But to his dismay the housebreaker showed a wonderful vitality and tenacity of life. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z One certainly cannot regret the disappearance of some of the abominable slums that not so long ago stood where the housebreaker's pick and shovel have been at work. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Do you not therefore call a sinner, an unjust man, a thief, a housebreaker, a wizard, one who is sacrilegious, and a robber of sepulchres? Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix 2011-10-12T02:00:42.117Z A clamorous consultation, spoken in half a dozen different dialects, now ensued, as to how the housebreaker was to be disposed of. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z I run up to the window, I see the Rebbe is really in the room, he is walking up and down, I am about to enter like a housebreaker. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z Here's Mills, pals with the celebrated Stoat, who claims to be the best little housebreaker in New York. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z I fancy, Archer, you have been more successful in your adventure than the housebreakers. The Beaux-Stratagem A comedy in five acts 2011-08-26T02:00:26.760Z And in his Morose Man he speaks as follows:— See how these housebreakers do sacrifice! The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z A hapless housebreaker and a credulous co-conspirator, his criminal misadventures were equaled only by his skill escaping from the dungeons and bagnes that passed for a penal system in the pre-Napoleonic era. How we became a nation of warriors 2011-07-31T16:01:00Z That nothing had been taken from the house seemed to indicate a want of fixed purpose in the mind of the housebreaker—to go to all that trouble for nothing. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z And once more regaining the housebreaker's side, he drew a notebook from his pocket, and with scrupulous care transferred the table of figures from the case. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z "Do you take me for a housebreaker?" asked Cornelius; "I tell you I want to speak to Mr. Thornton on business." Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z Better might this description apply to the conspirators now in session; and at a still later period, when the housebreakers are about entering on the “job.” The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z My captors had only to hand me over to the police as an apprehended housebreaker—an attempted assassin, and nothing that I might do could save me from a long term of imprisonment. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z He was not a housebreaker, for he had simply walked in through open doors, and no one had been on guard to prevent such intrusions. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z Then, without a glance at the housebreaker, "Saved," he murmured. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z For St. Ignatius to speak of Popes, when it was a matter of Bishops, would have been like sending an army to arrest a housebreaker. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z The next day, reading the morning paper, I saw the arrest of a pair of housebreakers, and the name of the chief was George Vyking, late valet to Sir Noel Thetford. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Her husband, a distinguished housebreaker, had been transported some years before. Where the Pavement Ends But far more dangerous than the pickpockets are the housebreakers. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 All gentlemanly housebreakers did the like, he reflected. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure Had the irruption been one of veritable housebreakers, had the occasion been what newspapers stereotype as a "Daring Burglary," Kate Dalton might, in all likelihood, have distinguished herself as a heroine. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life In the newspapers of the following day, you may read of a gang of housebreakers, or coiners, having been secured in this spot. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 From her greeting, as from the blurred effacement of the apparition himself, one divined without trouble the person of that former redoubtable housebreaker: Carron. Where the Pavement Ends Formerly watch-dogs were most useful to warn against housebreakers, but the Khalifa decreed that they were impure animals, and forbade them to be kept. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 For the punishment of wrong deeds done against the law, done by the unorganized selfishness of thieves, housebreakers, murderers, and other workers of unrighteousness; 2. The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence Too often etherealized ghosts turn out to be most mundane burglars and housebreakers. The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories In the lanky gentleman's career as a housebreaker he had, doubtless, had many narrow shaves; but never had he stood so close to death as he did at that moment. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist He must have been built somewhat after the pattern of Jack Sheppard; but the famous housebreaker, we may be certain, was no lout. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) "Certainly not; but they can hardly be housebreakers, or they would not keep knocking at the door," said I, as the sounds were repeated more loudly than before. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 When tranquillity was somewhat restored, and complaints were made against housebreakers, it was found that everything was already confiscated—libraries, archives, colleges, museums, etc. Pius IX. And His Time "Passing now to your capture of the housebreakers," said he, "tell the jury how you came to arrest the girl." They of the High Trails There was now nothing but a thin layer of the same substance between the housebreakers and the adjoining room. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist Bacon, however, had endeavoured to manufacture some evidence in order to give countenance to a theory that the murder had been committed by housebreakers during his absence. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice These again are sub-classified, e.g., thieves are classified as housebreakers, those who rob with violence, those who use weapons, those who rob from the person, and those who break safes. A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science With the deftness and celerity of a true housebreaker she de-framed the tinker and stuffed the photograph in the pocket of her stolen Norfolk. Seven Miles to Arden One of the last executions which took place on Kennington Common was that of seven men; three of whom belonged to a notorious gang of housebreakers, eighteen in number. Notes and Queries, Number 231, April 1, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. His cottage had been entered by no ordinary housebreaker, for the purpose of plunder, but with a set of false keys, and with a far more serious object. The New Tenant I then thought, and I still think, that it is wrong to arrest men and put them in prison on the ground that they may be murderers and housebreakers. Lord John Russell Fritz caught me this morning just as I was scaling the garden wall, and I was obliged to make myself known to him, otherwise he would have given me in charge as a housebreaker. Major Frank It was as if a housebreaker took it upon himself to protect the building he had just robbed. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France He did not in his heart believe that Sam Brattle had intended to enter his house and rob it; but he did believe that the men with whom Sam was associated were thieves and housebreakers. The Vicar of Bullhampton In a city where change is so constant and the housebreaker's pick so active, any work dealing with monuments of the past must needs soon become imperfect. The Story of Paris It was not necessary, therefore, to become a housebreaker. In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia Taking advantage not only of the lad’s sleeping soundly, the housebreakers had used some an�sthetic, for a wad of cotton that smelled like a drug store lay on the carpet. Radio Boys Loyalty Bill Brown Listens In Well, fifteen years or so ago, there was a gang of housebreakers and burglars that got on people's nerves. William Adolphus Turnpike The father had told the parson to his face that he, the parson, had led his son astray; and the son in his revenge had brought housebreakers down upon his old friend's premises. The Vicar of Bullhampton The four housebreakers again set their heads together; and after a few whispered words, to settle all particulars about their plan of proceeding, advance towards the door. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Highway robbers, housebreakers, and habitual thieves, received, in great numbers of cases, sentences of imprisonment, instead of transportation for life or fourteen years. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 I am not sure whether it was at these assizes or the next in the same town, that he had less success in the case of a certain notorious housebreaker. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) Sir,—Endowed by nature with an imperfect moral sense and a complete inability to discriminate between meum and tuum, I was irresistibly impelled at an early age to adopt the precarious profession of housebreaker. Punch, or the London Charivari, July 1, 1914 I don't think housebreakers ever cut throats in these days. The Vicar of Bullhampton Such are the wild exclamations that issue from the lips of the disappointed housebreakers, as they turn away from the dismantled dwelling, and hasten to regain their horses. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea It has paid some bills which I know made Edward anxious; and that is far better than its being in a housebreaker’s hands.” Deerbrook Another and a more creditable feeling helped to tie his tongue—a sense of shame at employing such a subterfuge in order to betray the goddess into the lawless hands of these housebreakers. The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance Probably one in a thousand turns out to be a real, live housebreaker. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture “He would merely have you arrested as a housebreaker,” said the Cherub. The Car of Destiny Prisoners are safe amidst scenes which present no allurements adapted to their former habits: the pickpocket is perfectly trusty as a shepherd; the housebreaker makes a confidential dairy-man. The History of Tasmania , Volume II There is something much more human about a housebreaker than I had fancied. Deerbrook He had served a term at Sing-Sing as a housebreaker, and later another term in a Western penitentiary. The Young Miner or Tom Nelson in California For a long time left to decay, it was finally doomed to demolition, when for the same sum offered by a housebreaker of Vevey, it was happily purchased by M. Bovy of Geneva. The Counts of Gruyère Visions of housebreakers, robbing, and perhaps murdering, if their wishes were denied them, flitted through Agatha's perturbed mind. The Carved Cupboard He knew the general neighborhood too well not to be sure that it was not a region where a housebreaker of even the most exalted rank could live unchallenged. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Not for an instant did I mistake it for a deer, or a gamekeeper, or a poacher, or a housebreaker. Kate Coventry An Autobiography “Hall right!” exclaimed the young housebreaker, with a reckless toss of his shaggy head, as he laid his hand on the jug: but the elder scoundrel laid his stronger hand upon it. My Doggie and I If there was one thing that Miss Millet had a horror of, it was housebreakers. Jeff Benson, or the Young Coastguardsman Among them were several who had not the appearance of seamen, and who, I surmised, were highwaymen or housebreakers. Paddy Finn To be sure the shooting of an armed housebreaker was justifiable, but the thought of coroner's inquests and dallyings with the police filled him with horror. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Not that housebreakers or footpads are to be found, but it is not safe to leave things about in one’s room. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar I fancy, Archer, you have been more successful in your adventures than the housebreakers. The Beaux-Stratagem C.—A French housebreaker who had been in English prisons before. Six Years in the Prisons of England If we’re taken roving about the house this fashion, we shall all be clapped in prison for housebreakers. Frank Oldfield Lost and Found "He has chosen a fit man to do his work," said the colonel, in haughty scorn; "failing gentlemen, he must needs take blackguards and bullies into his service as housebreakers and raiders." For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution The tools I shall take with me," Roche interrupted, "are common housebreaker's tools. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo "Take that burly housebreaker, bind him, and put him to the test," were the instructions they received. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales The mansion itself was palatial, and its owner had not only surrounded himself with every luxury, but had taken every precaution to exclude housebreakers and thieves. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City Began life as a pickpocket and housebreaker in London. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers One night not very long since I was awakened by noise and, after listening, I came to the conclusion that it proceeded from housebreakers. The Opinions of a Philosopher The three burglars were led through the kitchen door to the yard and marched off, three of the most surprised housebreakers that were ever captured; and right here we have a word to say. Oscar the Detective Or, Dudie Dunne, The Exquisite Detective Then Mr. Bull remarked that Miss Friggs had better sleep in a bandbox or an old stocking, as folks packed away valuables in such things, because they were seldom looked into by housebreakers. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy If they were sitting up for housebreakers, I was decidedly a better-looking one than they had any right to expect. Wandering Heath The black-haired man who is now looking over my shoulder is the celebrated thief Palacio, the most expert housebreaker and dexterous swindler in Spain—in a word, the modern Guzman Dalfarache. George Borrow The Man and His Books In short, my Lords, we find that this was a seminary of robbers, housebreakers, and every nuisance to society; so that the Company was obliged to turn out the master, and to remodel the whole. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) After an hour's waiting, their patience was rewarded, and the two housebreakers appeared upon the scene. Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School Or, Fast Friends in the Sororities Observing that the remote neighbourhood of the place lent itself favourably to burgling operations, Solomon visited his benefactor the same evening in company with a housebreaker. Masques & Phases "Do you know that, if I choose, I can march you off to jail for a common housebreaker?" Wandering Heath The colonel, the Squire and Maguffin prepared their pistols for the first volley on the housebreakers. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life All the light upon the scene came from a smoking torch which one of the housebreakers held. The Mormon Prophet There was a window in the landing, looking over the yard where the housebreakers were, and they stood at it in silence, straining their eyes into the darkness. Fern's Hollow He hated professing people, as they are called, and would rather shake hands with a housebreaker than a saint. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 His fellows were unjust public weighers, usurers, rioters, habitual tax-evaders, broken debtors, forgers and housebreakers. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt The corridors and staircase were dark, but by the time the squire had mounted on his gouty legs, candles had been lighted, and the face of the housebreaker was for the first time visible. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India All the assemblage, accompanied by Jonathan, set off in this direction, when it turned out that the supposed housebreaker was a harmless beggar, who had been found asleep under a hedge. Jack Sheppard A Romance He may become a housebreaker or a murderer. The Nest in the Honeysuckles, and other Stories But there 's really no need to disturb yourself: I'm quite competent to take care of any housebreaker—" "That," she broke in, "is something you'll have to show me.... The Day of Days An Extravaganza The more she regarded him, the stronger in her mind became the idea of the housebreaker. The Claverings The man on the right is Mr. C——, who they call the 'cracksman,' because formerly he was a professional housebreaker, but he has given up that trade, and turned gentleman, bets, and keeps a gaming-table. Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities "It is Jack Sheppard, the noted housebreaker," cried Jonathan, at the top of his sonorous voice. Jack Sheppard A Romance Jemmy had managed to pass himself off as a shrewd, cunning, but withal very honest sort of fellow; he was, nevertheless, in heart and soul, a housebreaker of the first order. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841 We all saw some man—a housebreaker—It must have been some housebreaker. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood You are indifferently sharp, my dear sir, for a housebreaker. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 Hence thieves and housebreakers, from a surprisingly early period, find means of rendering children useful in their mystery; nor are such acolytes found to evade justice with less dexterity than the more advanced rogues. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft "Page 274And, does any of our bright blood flow in the veins of a ruffianly housebreaker?" cried Trenchard, with a look of bewilderment. Jack Sheppard A Romance About a fortnight before our adventure the same policeman had stopped a man who was carrying a similar bag to mine, and found in it a complete set of housebreaker's tools. From John O'Groats to Land's End You are indifferent sharp, my dear sir, for a housebreaker. I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales Among them lurked the housebreaker, the highway robber, and the pickpocket. As We Are and As We May Be Why, this, that if you had paid more to the School Board, I would have received a better education, and have never been a housebreaker. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 10, 1891 He's the most daring and expert housebreaker that ever used a crow-bar. Jack Sheppard A Romance "You are worse than I thought—eavesdropper, housebreaker!" The Port of Missing Men I was seized as a housebreaker; and to exonerate myself from a greater crime I had to accuse myself of a less. Tales of a Traveller The scientific tools of housebreakers are known to be made by certain journeymen in the steel toy trade. Rides on Railways I—I cannot reconcile your voice with what I am forced to consider you—a housebreaker—" "We will discuss that later. The Tracer of Lost Persons Which of us ever thinks, as a matter of personal concern, of the law which sentences to death murderers, or housebreakers, or those who maliciously set fire to their neighbours' property? The Christian Life Its Course, Its Hindrances, And Its Helps You were not detached from the army to find a housebreaker. The Port of Missing Men And I will shoot Mr. Wood and his deputies through the head, like highwaymen or housebreakers, if they dare to force one farthing of their coin upon me in the payment of an hundred pounds. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 The Drapier's Letters I mean, from the enormous profusion of housebreakers, highwaymen, and footpads; and, what is worse, from the savage barbarities of the two latter, who commit the most wanton cruelties. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II Mr. Duffy has clearly proved to us how drink, especially bad and illegal drink, like poteen, can change a man from a law-abiding, self-respecting, and obedient husband into a demon and a housebreaker. Duty, and other Irish Comedies Laughing extravagantly over their being taken for housebreakers, Gladys climbed into the window and went downstairs. The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers I once knew one of the speculatists of cowardice, whose reigning disturbance was the dread of housebreakers. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II I was surprised, and not a little startled, to find them fall almost immediately into conversation about my history, whom, with a slight variation of circumstances, they styled the notorious housebreaker, Kit Williams. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are MALMESBURY, who has lately been the victim of a burglary, attributed it to housebreakers having been demobilised before policemen. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919 The housebreaker had mounted a fresh disguise for the occasion, and flattered himself, to use his own expression, that he looked "quite the gentleman from top to toe." M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." She was not going to leave "the little lad" to be a prey to housekeepers—housekeepers, indeed, she called them housebreakers! The Aspirations of Jean Servien If I would sell my soul for drink, why wasn't I a thief, swindler, housebreaker, area sneak, robber of pence out of the trays of blind men's dogs, rather than your drudge and packhorse? Nicholas Nickleby It is like enough that poor Leonard and I may have hardship enough to undergo, among strangers, and being obliged to hide ourselves like housebreakers or highwaymen. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are Sergeant Mith, a smooth-faced man with a fresh bright complexion, and a strange air of simplicity, is a dab at housebreakers. Reprinted Pieces What the housebreaker saw was a vision of dazzling beauty in a flood of light. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." The housebreaker flung the girl from him to the further end of the room, just as the Jew and the two boys returned, dragging Oliver among them. Oliver Twist The handsome black-haired man who is now looking over my shoulder is the celebrated thief Palacio, the most expert housebreaker and dexterous swindler in Spain—in a word, the modern Guzman Dalfarache. Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society For boy housebreakers, and for ruffians who commit criminal assaults, the rod or the lash is the only treatment. Tracks of a Rolling Stone The darkness of the upper hallway offered no obstacle to this familiar housebreaker. The Oakdale Affair He lived a second and darker life as a desperate housebreaker. The Innocence of Father Brown The Jew motioned to the Dodger to place what eatables there were, upon the table; and, seating himself opposite the housebreaker, waited his leisure. Oliver Twist "Pardon: monsieur labours under a misapprehension," the housebreaker interposed drily. The Lone Wolf A Melodrama He's a housebreaker, though," she rejoined with a grim chuckle; "and he'd better go home again as fast as he can. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood Six pairs of eyes, blear or foxy, were riveted upon the boyish figure of the housebreaker. The Oakdale Affair The doctor and the girl left their horses tied some distance from the house, and walked together to the window with the stealthy steps of a pair of housebreakers. In the Midst of Alarms The housebreaker freed one arm, and grasped his pistol. Oliver Twist He knew well—none better—how such protection could be rendered valueless by a thoughtful and fore-handed housebreaker. The Lone Wolf A Melodrama "There's nothing left for me but to turn housebreaker," he said to himself; "and the first house I'll try my hand upon shall be Valentine Hawkehurst's." Charlotte's Inheritance At the top was a door, fastened only with a bolt inside—against no worse housebreakers than the winds and rains. Wilfrid Cumbermede What honest man, on being casually taken for a housebreaker, does not feel rather tickled than vexed at the mistake? Villette The word would not have been exchanged, but that the housebreaker was unable to open the door: on which he was expending fruitless oaths and violence, when the Jew came panting up. Oliver Twist To accuse a well-known housebreaker of a burglary that he had not committed, nor had any immediate thought of committing, is the very luckiest stroke of fortune that could befall him. Lord Kilgobbin Somebody else had known a man whose father had fired at the butler, under the impression that he was a housebreaker, and had broken a valuable bust of Socrates. The Gem Collector I stood in the dark, a stranger and housebreaker, where so often I had sat waiting the visits of my angel. The Portent & Other Stories For the first time in his life, again, he was under necessity of dealing with a housebreaker. The Brass Bowl Nancy, apparently fearful of irritating the housebreaker, sat with her eyes fixed upon the fire, as if she had been deaf to all that passed. Oliver Twist Look at the splendid qualities that go to the making of a successful housebreaker. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke There is no doubt these housebreakers generally find out what chance there is of resistance, and, hearing that we were both away, may have decided on making an attempt. Colonel Thorndyke's Secret I felt like a housebreaker; but I said, "It is her right." The Portent & Other Stories But most stupefying of all he found the fact that this housebreaker, this armed midnight marauder, was a woman! The Brass Bowl There is so little robbery committed in this part of the country, that the thought of thieves or housebreakers never for a moment disturbs our rest. Life in the Clearings versus the Bush They might as well say I was a horse-stealer or a housebreaker. The Virginians These knights of the road don't often mix themselves up with the London housebreakers. Colonel Thorndyke's Secret "What do you want?" said the servant, eying me as if I were a housebreaker. Redburn. His First Voyage Yes, February was bad, but Mrs. Phillips wanted to make sure, toward the end of the winter, that the house hadn't blown away,—nor the contents; for we have housebreakers every so often. Bertram Cope's Year There's every sort of thief among his lodgers, from a pickpocket to a housebreaker. The Fallen Leaves Mr. Knapp was confident that they were ordinary housebreakers, but I knew better. Blindfolded A confederate of the "accomplished housebreaker" was in the hands of the police, and the police were on the track of the "accomplished housebreaker" himself. The Eustace Diamonds Remembering that I had been careful to put out my lamp before I left, I feared, as I opened the hall door, a troublesome encounter with a mad housebreaker. Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel This fear of publicity, of opposition, you have proved afresh, by the nocturnal visits of your National Guards to the printing offices, wherein they forced an entrance like housebreakers. Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) To the Belgian, a German in his home or in his town was no more than an armed housebreaker. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front Suspected by Fagin of plotting against her accomplices, the Jew so worked on Sikes that the savage housebreaker murdered her. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction As I passed along Great Queen Street the other evening, I saw that Boswell's house, so long threatened, is at last falling a victim to the housebreaker. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough "But surely madame la princesse must appreciate the police might be at a loss to know which housebreaker to arrest." Red Masquerade Another five minutes would see an experienced housebreaker like Birchill inside the house. The Hampstead Mystery I right well know he's been a housebreaker. The Mystery Don't stare at me, girl, as if I was a housebreaker.' Alice Sit-By-The-Fire F. L.—'No, not at all; but I am afraid because some people think he's a housebreaker!' Note Book of an English Opium-Eater You think, perhaps, that I am a thief as well as a housebreaker—that it is in the hope of royal treasure left unguarded that I have come here. King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays At least they were openly these, but, secretly, they were river pirates, "lumpers," "light horsemen," housebreakers, and bravoes. Mysteries of Paris, V3 Scandalous!" he exclaimed; "why, this is no better than being a housebreaker! Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1 A skeleton key used by housebreakers to open a lock. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue In all his career as a housebreaker, he had never before been caught, and now to be captured in such a way and treated in such a way was far past comprehension. Castle Craneycrow These two were condemned to the guillotine, the others sent to the galleys at Brest or Toulon—the forger along with the petty thief, the housebreaker with the absconding clerk. I Will Repay But we take good care not to make the hangman and the housebreaker the judges of that. The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors It has its schools of instruction for thieves and housebreakers, where even little children are educated to the business of stealing and robbery. Cast Adrift A. bottle of phosphorus: used by housebreakers to light their lanthorns. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue They at once began to dispute, and such a row! why, the most abandoned housebreakers and pickpockets would have blushed to hear such Billingsgate. File No. 113 You see a couple of shabby excursionists from Brighton, who have wandered to Dimchurch—and you instantly transform them into a pair of housebreakers in a conspiracy to rob and murder me! Poor Miss Finch The handsome black-haired man, who is now looking over my shoulder, is the celebrated thief, Pelacio, the most expert housebreaker and dexterous swindler in Spain—in a word, the modern Guzman D'alfarache. The Life of George Borrow O my child, behold thy bridegroom whence he cometh unto thee, but robbers arrive not save by the roof, and had he not been a housebreaker he would have entered by the door. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 An instrument used chiefly by housebreakers and thieves, for propping open the mouth of a person robbed, thereby to prevent his calling out for assistance. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue You poor specimen of a housebreaker, suppose you were caught at it! The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography There were no highwaymen and housebreakers in the Highlands. Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground She might at least have produced an offshoot, a race of housebreakers, who would invade cells by demolishing doors. The Mason-Bees And when I saw your two shapes my poor nerves magnified ye to housebreakers, and Boneys, and I don’t know what all.’ The Trumpet-Major Who knows that he mayn't be a murderer, or a housebreaker, or a utterer of forged notes? The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush What, when there's scarce a cutpurse, housebreaker, or vagabond in Venice who has not been enlisted in our service, would it be so strange if the Doge discovered a little of the business? The Bravo of Venice; a romance It was vain to tell the common people that the mutilators of the coin were causing far more misery than all the highwaymen and housebreakers in the island. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Even delicate women, who had tears for highwaymen and housebreakers, breathed nothing but vengeance against him. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 You will come here at daylight in the morning, and claim admittance, not as a vagabond, a housebreaker, but as my son. Two Men of Sandy Bar; a drama I feel enough like a sneakin' ragamuffin and housebreaker as 'tis. Thankful's Inheritance He was believed to have been the associate of a band of housebreakers. Under Western Eyes Under the Conventicle Act his goods had been distrained; and he had been flung into one noisome gaol after another among highwaymen and housebreakers. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 It was her uncle; his face cadaverous; his eyes dull, but with a kind of glitter in them; his look like that of a housebreaker. Donal Grant, by George MacDonald And most of them were neither more nor less than housebreakers. A Set of Six Highwaymen, housebreakers, murderers, come forth to swell the mob by which they have been set free. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 That horse has a mane, says the Chinese housebreaker, speaking of a wall well studded at the top with pieces of broken glass or sharp iron spikes. Historic China, and other sketches Yet this ring may perhaps convince you I am no common housebreaker. The Slowcoach His horses are sleek and lazy and prance slowly before his state carriage; and his house-dogs sleep quietly about the door and will hardly bark at a housebreaker. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon Feel how it takes liberties with everything, having taken primary liberty for itself; feel that the wind is always a vagabond and sometimes almost a housebreaker. A Miscellany of Men "There were six of 'em besides Mac: two for sheep, four housebreakers; but nothing of consequence, I fancy." Catherine: a Story Already a potential housebreaker, I avoided policemen, and the very jingling of the keys in my pocket sounded loud and incriminating to my ears. Sight Unseen In the exquisite, neat little matted cradle of glistening milk-weed flax, lined with down from the fronds of fern, the skulking housebreaker deposits her surreptitious egg for the little yellow mother-bird to hatch and tend. Bird Neighbors Two of them were confederate housebreakers who had been caught red-handed at their midnight task. The Financier, a novel His testimony simply corroborated O'Ryan's statement that the prisoner had done and said nothing which would indicate that he was other than he seemed—a housebreaker. The Red Seal After another glance round, my housebreaker plucked the walnut doors open and rummaged inside. Manalive For he lived the king of housebreakers, and he died a warning to all evildoers, with a prayer of intercession trembling upon his lips. A Book of Scoundrels If you’ve any followers—housebreakers or such like—anywhere near, you may tell them we are not by ourselves in the house; we have a gentleman, and dogs, and guns.” Jane Eyre It was that of the two housebreakers whom Cowperwood had been and was still studying with much curiosity. The Financier, a novel But in any case you will wear gloves fitted with the finger-prints of a notorious housebreaker. Secret Adversary It could be no trained and practised housebreaker; he would have had better tools. Rupert of Hentzau And yet for the craft of housebreaker he had one solid advantage: he knew the locks and bolts of Edinburgh as he knew his primer—for had he not fashioned the most of them himself? A Book of Scoundrels The one was a man about town masquerading as a thief; the other the most serious among housebreakers, singing psalms in all good faith. A Book of Scoundrels Again you reflect that, if Peace is the most accomplished Classic among the housebreakers, the Deacon is the merriest companion who ever climbed the gallows by the shoulders of the incomparable Macheath. A Book of Scoundrels The sole monarch of housebreakers was Charles Peace. A Book of Scoundrels |
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