| 单词 | knavish |
| 例句 | Teacher of strange ways is Love, that knavish boy, maker of mischief. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Jess is direct but guarded when it comes to her life, and John is pretentious and calculating, though he gets Jess to open up with his knavish charm. ‘Cost of Living’ Review: Worth Its Weight in Gold 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Which shrewd and knavish sprites devised the Faerie Kebabs, each one a toothpick jammed into an olive, a mushroom and a dried apricot? At These High-End Dinner Theaters, Classics Come With Crudités 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z His DJ, on the other hand, is a knavish Han Solo type without a mitigating heroic streak. The Last Jedi Blu-ray is a chance to reevaluate the film’s casino subplot 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The ad explained that Sandy was “greatly addicted to drink, and when drunk is insolent and disorderly, in his conversation he swears much, and in his behavior is artful and knavish.” Hunting down runaway slaves: The cruel ads of Andrew Jackson and ‘the master class’ 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z The phrase "Thy choicest gifts in store" sounds like a supermarket advert, and "knavish tricks" is all too reminiscent of the Bullingdon Club. A Point of View: Is it time for a new British national anthem? - BBC News 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z The answer is almost always that you are trying to hide something, which is counterproductive and potentially knavish in a transparent culture. 9 Rules For Emailing From Google Exec Eric Schmidt 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Isn't this sort of thing supposed to be one of those "knavish tricks" of foreigners referred to in the actual second verse of the national anthem? The Football Association has a dream – that it has stopped racism in football 2013-03-29T17:25:00Z You are certainly impudent enough for your profession," replied the Count, "and in this instance as foolish as knavish. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z The Morning Herald rejoiced that there were still places which would not put up with the incursions of the Manchester League, "the most knavish, pestilent body of men that ever plagued this or any country!" The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z "Where," he exclaimed with emphatic continuation, "where shall we find a more foolish knave or a more knavish fool than this?" Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z Why, friend Amos, that knavish vessel was my own tight bark the Pascha yonder, and 'twas I myself that chased thee, ay, and would have caught thee, too, but for the huffling of the wind. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Gillin still beguiled him to the Little House--the knavish, cruel woman! My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z The state of oppression in which the negro slaves live in North America, makes them corrupt and knavish, which travellers often have occasion to learn by their own experience. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z I fled,—nay, not so knavish low As you have fancied, did I fly; I sought her at that shrine, and I Told her full frankly I should go. Songs of the Mexican Seas 2012-02-06T03:00:16.913Z It was held that the right did not extend to others than those whose offences entailed forfeiture of life and limb, but in practice knavish debtors, fraudulent executors, etc., availed themselves of the protection. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z We fled from that craft which in our thought was a knavish vessel of Spain, and remained a night and a day to refresh ourselves, intending to sail thence on the morrow. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Through an older companion, young Montague sought the good offices of a knavish money-lender, who, making himself acquainted with the lad’s position and prospects, advanced him a sum of money. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z When my ponies were ready, I showed Yoshitaro and his knavish friends how I had sold them. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z If she have been the victim of knavish designs, 'twill be easy for her to acquit herself; carelessness, perchance, may be the only charge to be brought against her. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z But I will not refer to Protestant authority; knavish, lying, Popish priests may question it! Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z "Nor shall not," replied the seaman; "but we'll first give the knavish vessels yonder a taste of our lead, an ye will but give us leave." With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z And I am much mistaken if the knavish Jesuits who infest this country, do not soon find that the observation of Dr. South is correct. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z Vile despots, with their minions knavish, Would drag us back to their embrace; Will freemen brook a chain so slavish? Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z What could we expect from men of such knavish characters as regards the moral regeneration of the contemporary Japanese? An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z At the same time, to retain his hold on his apprentice until the expiration of his term, James resorted to a knavish expedient. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Jan was by the table, opposite him the stranger, whose knavish face, with his short cropped hair, peered curiously out of the monk's hood. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z Forcing "enemies" to rhyme with "arise" seems positively virtuosic in the context of an attempt to rhyme "politics", "knavish tricks" and "hopes we fix". So Lewis Hamilton wants a longer national anthem. Has he heard the second verse? 2011-07-31T21:30:02Z A knavish speech sleeps not so surely in a foolish ear, as a passionate rhapsody in one that is indifferent. The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:14.900Z "Either I mistake your shape and making quite, Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite Called Robin Goodfellow." A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z To lay duties on a commodity exported, which our neighbours want," he wrote to James Lovell in 1778, "is a knavish attempt to get something for nothing. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z "That, too, is cowardly and knavish," he said to himself, in painful self-condemnation. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z We quote a part of it, in which he describes a knavish practice of which great numbers are every year made victims. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z In truth, he was an odd creature; ignorant of common life, fond of rudely opposing received opinions; slovenly to extreme dirtiness; enthusiastic in some points of religion, and a little knavish withal. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z If man's soul is not subject to material conditions, why do I find knavish souls?—Why slavish souls?—tyrannous souls? A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z In truth, he was an odd fish; ignorant of common life, fond of rudely opposing received opinions, slovenly to extreme dirtiness, enthusiastic in some points of religion, and a little knavish withal. Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z "What a cowardly, knavish, trick!" she exclaimed, indignantly. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z "Crack-brained, but valiant," answered he of the Wood, "and more knavish than either." The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Scatter our enemies, Who mock Thy truth; Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks: In Thee our faith we fix; God save the South! Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z For many years after his death there was a common phrase in the neighborhood, "I'll introduce you to Peacher's wheel," whenever any one was suspected of knavish practices—especially a child or a superstitious person. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z Did that knavish bailan divinity know beforehand what was about to happen to him, and that he had to leave the house in which he had lived for so long a time? The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z But although prostrations are wanting, and rosaries are untold, the vagrants still preserve their knavish reputations unblemished. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z There are in this world men who are overpowerful, knavish, and who fear not God.” The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z What, sir, have you the face to put this question to me,—to H.M.'s Minister at this court,—the subject of this knavish buffoonery? Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service 2011-02-04T03:00:18.850Z So these knavish lawmakers called this penalty a "tax"; and the court says that such a "tax" is clearly constitutional. A Letter to Grover Cleveland On His False Inaugural Address, The Usurpations and Crimes of Lawmakers and Judges, and the Consequent Poverty, Ignorance, and Servitude Of The People 2011-01-22T03:00:14.093Z Like knavish cards, the leaves of all great books were covertly packed. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Can any man point to a country in Europe in which a great political movement has commenced on a principle as barefacedly knavish as that of transferring property from one class of men to another. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z What I chiefly wanted, I suspect, was a genius for the knavish parts of the profession. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 On, and quick!" shouted Don Hernan, "or the knavish colour-man will spring from his perch, and so rob ye of the gold. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico It need not," he gave a little knavish laugh, "be all strictly correct according to 'Ume and Smollett. A Poached Peerage And this man with the knavish eyes is nothing more than a black particle blown by the wind to the end of this promontory where a few clustered pines taper into the azure. Woman Hang out your lanthorns, trim your lights To save your days from knavish nights! One-Act Plays By Modern Authors With it he might, if he had the courage, outwit the knavish tricks of his personal enemies, and appeal to the assistance of the Courts. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers Se�or general and governor," he cried, "I doubt whether this knavish impostor be worthy your attention. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico If, as I still hope, it is false that another person knew of this knavish trick, it is that other's business to avenge the insult that was offered to him even more than to me. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History I believe you are employed in knavish work.' Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. In astonishment, he contemplated his conclusion; it made beastly grimaces, knavish and jeering, and he dashed into fragments the provoking mockery. The Progressionists, and Angela. He has a knavish look, sister, and has been hatching mischief with every step of his horse. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Here hath some knavish gunner left his piece charged, and the grains of sulphur still heaped up from rimbase to cascable. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico In fact, the man was only forced to leave at last because of his own knavish trickery. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Choisseul once more withdrew, to perform the treacherous and knavish part assigned him. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 A knavish glance shot from the huntsman's eye, as he spoke. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine The streets are irregular, tortuous, and narrow; the aspect of the whole town is sombre and sinister, and the Chinese who inhabit it have, if possible, a more knavish look than their countrymen anywhere else. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] "I fail to see why he need take any roundabout lane to get at such a knavish result," Harvey suggested. The Minute Boys of Boston The defaulting tenant is a “wrong-doer,” the landlord is the “injured party,”; any attempt to defeat the landlord’s remedy by carrying off distrainable goods is denounced as “fraudulent and knavish.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" As soon as the travellers stopped, these knavish Long-noses ceased to pelt them. The Three Mulla-mulgars Present State of Virginia," writing from Maryland in this year, says of the people there: "They are, generally speaking, crafty, knavish, litigious, dissemblers, and debauched. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia And ‘Confound their politics, frustrate their knavish tricks’—how is that for doggerel, eh?” Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion Mankind sometimes will act a knavish part, And unexpected use deceit and art. Poetical Works comprising Elegies, Sketches from Life, Pathetic, and Extempore Pieces If Mr. Tyss began now to amuse himself in society, his faithful companion also laid aside much of his gravity, and exhibited himself as a knavish little voluptuary, an amiable rou�. Specimens of German Romance; Vol. II. Master Flea Selected and Translated from Various Authors Like earthly monarchs, he has his jester, “that shrewd and knavish sprite called Robin Goodfellow.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare The first glance, that Althea cast upon his crafty knavish face, extinguished every spark of joy in her breast, and with icy coldness she asked what was Master Friend's pleasure? Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians Wherein the knavish practices of the evil witch are only insinuated, but not yet fully divulged. Pretty Michal For this I overlook your prying—nay, more, I will in confidence explain the secret of this chamber; but, mark you! keep it, or I shall soil my rapier with thy knavish blood. Olla Podrida Will you fill your brains with lying laws of man's contriving, and practise knavish tricks and schemes, and make a lucrative business of it to fatten yourself upon? Weird Tales, Vol. II. Hieing away to Paris, they found the knave Mazarin ready to protect their knavish selves. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages Fie, there's a knavish itch In that salt blood, an utter foe to smarting. Venice Preserved A Tragedy "The people here are cowardly, knavish, and ignorant," said an Irishman twenty years resident in Westport. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule "Where," exclaimed he, with great emphasis, "where shall we find a more foolish knave or a more knavish fool than he?" The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. In the meantime, Garoffi came to the house to-day,—that long, lank boy, with the nose like an owl’s beak, and small, knavish eyes, which seem to be ferreting everywhere. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal Flunker," he went on meditatively, "it hath a right knavish sound. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron Some knavish business doubtless, or my friend Roger would not be in it. Robin Hood Every man who knows anything of trade knows how general is the knavish practice of adulteration. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals The only thing to do was to treat the incident with philosophy, comforting myself with the remote hope of some day meeting with the scoundrels and of making them pay dear for their knavish trick. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) Corresponding with it, on the other side of the shop, is a painting of Mercury, to render that knavish god propitious to the owner's trade. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Every knavish venture brought in money or money's worth, every base plot was carried through triumphantly. The Dop Doctor It was averred that they conspired to pick the public pocket; that eminent conveyancers not less than copying clerks, swelled their emoluments by knavish tricks. A Book About Lawyers Good people, will ye see a lady tousled by knavish street brawlers! The Panchronicon Gangs could afford to corrupt witnesses or to pay knavish lawyers skilled in applying these vagaries of legislation. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. He’s a knavish fellow; his backers are recalling their bets. A Victor of Salamis This is precisely the modus operandi by which the knavish have imposed upon the foolish in all ages. Moon Lore Life is made up of such evasive entangled confused elements that any other attitude than this one is a noble madness if it is not knavish hypocrisy. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations The knavish Newton planted himself in the path of the laboring car, and waved its driver a command to halt. The Brown Mouse There are lying rogues, drat 'em, as say as how you can tell any one that comes from Ferrara by his knavish face. Turandot, Princess of China A Chinoiserie in Three Acts “What care I for your knavish and perverted foreign legalities over the sea?” snorted Sir Godfrey. The Dragon of Wantley His Tale The only hitch in his 'knavish piece of work' arose when, too assured, he placed upon the boards a real live judge, who refused to take the bench in the manager's sham Court of Justice. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 It is difficult to trace sources for Sterne in English letters, that is, for the strange combination of whimsicality, genuine sentiment and knavish smiles, which is the real Sterne. Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century A cockpit game at cards, called also blind hookey, apparently affording equal chances, but easily managed to his own advantage by a knavish adept. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Rome under the dying glories of the empire scarcely parallels its knavish gluttonies of illegal seizure. The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 Stephen had a considerable share of cunning, a sort of knavish sagacity and ready impertinence, peculiar to most of his kind. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Foolish ministers and ignorant and knavish politicians prated of British honor, and advised the adoption of rigorous measures for throwing back the swelling tide of rebellion in America. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Persisting in his knavish intentions, my customer went on increasing the number of caps, and I still saying yes, till we came to five caps. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote She went her ways in great state, having two small knavish blackamoor pages in gold tissue at her heels, and a little ways off she was followed by a brace of well-armed serving-rascals. The God of Love And even if it were possible to win her, honor and duty, which I have always held sacred, would keep me from such a knavish trick. The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada The rage against him was embittered by politics, and indeed sometimes by knavish tricks; the first not being always 'confounded,' nor the last 'frustrated.' The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 Or, possibly his brute intelligence penetrated the dwarf's knavish pusillanimity, and, changing his tactics that he might still range on the side of perversity, resolved himself from immobility into a rampant agency of motion. Under the Rose "Confound their politics, frustrate their knavish tricks," but naturally bless everything in which We are concerned, as We are certain to be above reproach. Lady Betty Across the Water But Monsieur Hautmartin well knew that this was some of Colin's mischief, and that some knavish trick lurked under the whole. The Broken Cup He openly bids for his own books, merely to enhance their price, and the auction proves to be, what I thought it would become, very knavish.' The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting The word is also used adjectively for "knavish tricks," "rogueries." Notes and Queries, Number 66, February 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks; On Thee our hopes we fix God save us all. English Songs and Ballads He gave me a most amusing account of his proceedings; and as he saw it animated me, he thought to add to my enjoyment by a display of his own knavish tricks. Peter Schlemihl He loved money, not as the spender loves it, openly and with luxurious instincts, but secretly and with a knavish dread of discovery which spoke of treasure ill acquired. The Millionaire Baby But they must have forgotten all about Mr. Crow's knavish cousin, Jasper Jay. The Tale of Jasper Jay Tuck-Me-In Tales Shortly prior to which glorious time, I doubt not that a price will be put upon their peltries as upon the knavish 'possums,' especially the boys. The Confidence-Man Fourth.—Of all the scoundrels that I ever had to deal with, in this most rascally quarter of a most knavish world, Hommajee Baba is the greatest. The King's Own Fie, there's a knavish itch In that salt blood, an utter foe to smarting! Venice Preserved A Tragedy in Five Acts Franklin was of opinion that export duties were "a knavish attempt to get something for nothing;" that the inventor of them had the "genius of a pickpocket." Benjamin Franklin The House of Lords—which is really not a political but a social body, the citadel of a class—will confound his politics, frustrate his knavish tricks. Brother Copas The knavish practices to which the pigment has been subjected, have acquired it an ill-fame both with authors and artists. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists But Dr. Munro thinks that the two plaques of Volósova may have been made for sale by knavish boys. The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Philosophy and history well he knew, Was versed in Physic and in surgery too, The best old Stingo he both brewed and sold, Nor did one knavish act to get his gold. Highways and Byways in Sussex Finally, we love De Quincey for his abhorrence of all knavish or quackish men, and his deep respect for human nature. Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy "Where," exclaimed he, with great emphasis—"where shall we find a more foolish knave or a more knavish fool than he?"—"Hear! hear!" was shouted by the troublesome member. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Grimur, seeing strangers, at once challenged them to fight; but looking round anxiously for Nagelring, he missed it, whereupon he cursed the knavish Alpris, who had assuredly stolen it from him. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation The one is peaceful and trustful, the other is warlike and knavish. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks, On Thee our hopes we fix, God save us all. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas Not to be influenced by, or give ear to, knavish tattling servants, or others. Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell A knavish attorney asking a very worthy gentleman what was honesty, "What is that to you?" said he; "meddle with those things that concern you." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings It has taught the British soldier to fight clean, and even chivalrously though the foe may be a past master in "knavish tricks," and steeped in unspeakable methods of cruelty in warfare. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers But, boy, if many thousand innocent people are about to perish through one man's knavish trick, ought we not to bring the traitor to justice, ay, though he be father, brother, or son? The Young Carpenters of Freiberg A Tale of the Thirty Years' War A man would be thought a slimy and knavish fellow if he approached any human judge or potentate in the manner provided for approaching the Lord God. Damn! A Book of Calumny Cotoner burst into laughter with a look like a knavish friar. Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) He was the man of whom it was said by an enemy, after the affair of Benedict Mol, that Don Jorge was at the bottom of half the knavish farces in Spain. George Borrow The Man and His Books She had deliberately put herself in the way of the flood; she knew all about the risks of floods, and it seemed knavish to promise and then—leave the field. The Shield of Silence But all was in vain; and so at last the knavish maker of the bell came up, seized the rope, and pulled at the bell. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance No trick was too knavish or too despicable to prevent our guardian learning the truth concerning our plight. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben For at the death of Marcius he behaved in a knavish way to the latter's two sons and made the kingdom his own. Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form Parliamentary hermits were distasteful to him, and dwellers in political caves were regarded by him with aversion as being either knavish or impractical. Phineas Finn The Irish Member The methods of head nurses, teething, the knavish tricks of nursemaids, patent foods, bottles, bibs—everything. Red Hair Thinking it well beneath me to measure words with this knavish pettifogger, I looked beyond him and spoke to his master. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady Truly thou Colonel, I tell thee, thy knavish imagination is thereby discovered, which hinders the effecting of that Freedom which by Oath and Covenant thou hast engaged to maintain. The Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth As Revealed in the Writings of Gerrard Winstanley, the Digger, Mystic and Rationalist, Communist and Social Reformer Have you noticed in L'Embarquement de Cythère all those naked little forms of saucy and knavish Loves half lost in the heights of the sky? Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers It is likely that young Low inherited his knavish disposition, for one of his brothers became a very bold and ingenious thief, and invented a new kind of robbery which afterwards was popular in London. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts This might have been originally designed to prevent disputes or knavish impositions. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants Now don't I transgress all Rules to venture upon a Man, without the Advice of the Grave and Wise; but then a rigid knavish Guardian who wou'd have marry'd me. The Busie Body In trafficking with us, some of them would betray a knavish disposition, and carry off our goods without making any return. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 But we knavish coxcombs and villains are to know, say my authors, that "a vote is the opinion of that House." The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 Some knavish rascal had thrust burdocks into his hair and another had smeared his face with balsam sap. The Grey Cloak With that knavish penetration, however, peculiar to such persons, he began to reflect that Sally might have some other object in view besides his accommodation. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three In this intention, however, he was frustrated by Thady, who, as he thoroughly detested the knavish tyrant, resolved to caution the poor scholar against his dishonesty. The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Phil, however, is not drawn as a general portrait, but as one of that knavish class of men called "jobbers," a description of swindlers certainly not more common in Ireland than in any other country. Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three There was a knavish demureness about him, and a kind of comic solemnity in his small, cunning gray eye, that no painter could copy. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two He was capable and honest, and therefore all the incompetent and all the knavish officials would recognise in him their natural enemy. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII A wise nation will have philosophers in its servants'-hall, a knavish nation will have knaves there, and a kindly nation will have friends there. Side Lights He could plan no scheme without a conviction that somehow their "knavish tricks" would frustrate it, and his inactivity made him more prone than ever to brood over possible mischances. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans It was at this period of his gallant activity that Nelson became the victim of fulsome flattery and the associate of the most cunning, knavish charlatans in the world. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon I tell you, sirra, you are a most impudent and knavish scoundrel, to speak to me in this style, and in my own office, too! Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Perhaps from a prior suspicion of their intentions, or from the knavish cast of their countenances, he saw that hostilities were in contemplation: at any rate, he seemed to be prepared for the event. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 He had tried to use her in the accomplishment of outside purposes; to make a tool of her in carrying forward his mercenary or knavish ends. Sevenoaks At this, Gavrilo was filled with great respect for his master, who, despite his knavish exterior, was so well known and treated with so much confidence. Twenty-six and One and Other Stories But what crabbed Don's this with the knavish Look of an old plodding Conveyancer, whose Face and Profession are enough to raise the Devil. The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) From that moment, however, the name of neither criminal was once mentioned; and Nick was compelled to infer that Venner might indeed be entirely ignorant of their true identity and knavish character. With Links of Steel Yea, thou hast a knavish wit, and no man can equal thee in craft, as no god can rival me. Stories from the Odyssey Are twelve honest men more honest than one? or twelve knaves less knavish than one? Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I To this I replied, that I would no longer be fooled, but would shew myself a captain under the king of England, as I had not been accustomed to such knavish dealing. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Attend, then," replied the Sage, "to 'the Parting of Friends,' the first couplet of which runs in this wise— 'The Jackal set—of knavish cunning full— At loggerheads the Lion and the Bull.' Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala See scoundrel. villainous, a. unprincipled, knavish, arrant, depraved, atrocious. villainy, n. depravity, wickedness, turpitude, rascality, scoundrelism, atrocity. vim, n. Putnam's Word Book I was describing to F—— some knavish tricks of a mutual friend of ours. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 The incomparable Sir Melville hath all the good knights writing editorials this eve, from the hoary and senile Dock down to the knavish squire that sweeps out the castle. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 Some deceitfully mix the crops of all the three years, steeping them together, which fraud is hard to be discovered, but is very knavish. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 The knavish fanatic closed his eyes and raised his face heavenwards. The Rising of the Red Man A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellion A knavish jockey may ride an old foundered jade about the market, but none are obliged to buy it. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 The Drapier's Letters What a pack of knavish bigots they must all have been! Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People This trade descends from father to son; and is so lucrative, that the most fertile parts of the country swarm with these knavish hypocrites. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa My comments on your character are not written and signed like your knavish lease; it's a privileged communication—VILLAIN! there are no witnesses—SHARPER! A Perilous Secret This latter information I would indeed have offered him gratuitously had he but known with what immense pleasure I thus put a spoke in that knavish Marquis's wheel of fortune. Castles in the Air This sally met with a favourable reception from the crowd, and a voice exclaimed—"Ay, hang all knavish Puritans." The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance Brass, Sampson, a knavish attorney in "Old Curiosity Shop"; affected feeling for his clients, whom he fleeced. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Now one saw the reign of the caliphates of commerce, the despotism of the rue du Sentier, the tyranny of trade, bringing in its train venal narrow ideas, knavish and vain instincts. Against the Grain A great many of the absurd, perverse, unkind, unpleasant things which people do are not knavish at all—they are silly, selfish little diplomacies, guileless obedience to conventions, unreasonable deference to imaginary authority. Father Payne Our ships were wrecked, or captured by the knavish Spaniards. Shakespeare's Insomnia, and the Causes Thereof He had understood Dryden's parable literally; so true it is, that a knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author Evermore is parade and obsequiousness suspectable: it must show either a foolish head, or a knavish heart. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 "Remember that all tricks are either knavish or childish, and that it is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend as upon the chastity of a wife." Samuel Johnson But thou shalt not alway mock the invincible gods, nor shall their enemies rejoice for long, nor shall these knavish sorceries prevail. Barlaam and Ioasaph I lay stretched upon the bed across which that blackguard Belville had struck his knavish blow. Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman And in a similar style every card of the pack exposed some knavish scheme, and ridiculed the persons who were its dupes. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 They are a half-civilised, unlettered people, proverbial for a species of knavish acuteness, which serves them in lieu of wisdom. The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain That many alchemists were knavish is no doubt true, but no infallibility in separating the evil from the good was shown by the papacy in this matter. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom Here was the culmination of the knavish trickery of these conscienceless pirates who had attacked the port. The Great War Syndicate And one crept stealthily after; I would I had taken him there and wrung His knavish neck when the dark door swung, Or torn by the roots his treacherous tongue, And stifled his hateful laughter. Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon In the reign of Edward the Confessor a knavish brewer of the city of Chester was taken round the town in the cart in which the refuse of the privies had been collected. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Troy hastily shifted his position, after having recognized in the scrutineer the knavish bailiff Pennyways, his wife's sworn enemy, who still hung about the outskirts of Weatherbury. Far from the Madding Crowd On the contrary, it lent his rather undistinguished features an expression of cunning which can only be described as knavish. The Yellow Streak Else, trusting in their specious arts, you may have reason to condemn The traffic which the knavish ply 'twixt Jaffa and Jerusalem. Songs and Other Verse The evil reports of the knavish, hateful character of this people were repeated to us in a yet stronger form by the Kapt� Masai, their immediate neighbours. Freeland A Social Anticipation Be steady, gentlemen, at your oars, and look well to the arms on landing, for we are in a knavish part of the world. Homeward Bound or, the Chase You have used my name to warrant a silly, knavish plot for murdering Prince James in France. The Highwayman "What ho!" he cried, "I'm in, if that fight's free; So here I come-ye knavish cowards three!" Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870 Our labours here must touch thy generous heart, To see us strain before the coach and cart; Compell'd to run each knavish jockey's heat! The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 Why, does this knavish watchman take me for a raven to feed him in the wilderness? The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages Remember that all tricks are either knavish or childish; and that it is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife. Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 That is a knavish sight to see them totter on a beam. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 Thus, the only men who can have pure, simple, actual ideas of nature, are considered either as absurd or knavish speculators. The System of Nature, Volume 2 In 1843 Smith, who was as profligate as he was knavish, professed to receive a revelation sanctioning polygamy. Outline of Universal History Then, with cheeks stained with thick-coming tears, he recited these also: The days and nights are fashioned for treachery and despite; Yea, they are full of perfidy and knavish craft and sleight. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Vile despots, with their minions knavish, Would drag us back to their embrace; Will freemen brook a chain so slavish? War Poetry of the South Giolitti had been "bought," was nothing more than the knavish mouthpiece of German intrigue. The World Decision The Midsummer Night's Dream," where a hairy says to him— "You are that shrewd and knavish sprite Called Robin Goodfellow. Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning With Some Account of Dwellers in Fairyland They were knavish and inhuman, and omitted nothing but actual violence to hasten my death. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker "And may it choke thee for the knavish carcass thou art." The Geste of Duke Jocelyn I promise you this knavish quip touched the Duke closely—I saw him change colour and bite his lip. Quentin Durward Carson built his rickety companies and played his knavish tricks upon the gullible public, of whom Webber was one. The Web of Life He too decided on flight, This very Furies' son, All the world's ways to shun And hide from everyone, Spitting out curses on all knavish men to left and right. Lysistrata German Heinrich stood silent, but every feature eloquently expressed first amazement, and then slyness and cunning; his knavish, malicious eye, measured Otto from top to toe. O. T. a Danish Romance So will I rhyme thy every knavish part and sing song till song and rhyme be ended. The Geste of Duke Jocelyn A single fanatical or knavish priest, listened to by a credulous and powerful prince, suffices to put a state in disorder. Good Sense Honour, love, and jealousy, are uniformly the motives out of which, by their dangerous but noble conflict, the plot arises, and is not purposely complicated by knavish trickery and deception. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature Of him a report there ran That he to be rich began Practicing a knavish part. The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects Some occurrence of the hour may have suggested the knavish adept with his divining-rod. The Antiquary — Volume 01 But the knavish varlets are hardly bold enough for such a climax of villany. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain Onboard of most men-of-war there is a set of sly, knavish foxes among the crew, destitute of every principle of honour, and on a par with Irish informers. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War We find in him none of the black and knavish monks, which an enthusiasm for Protestantism, rather than poetical inspiration, has suggested to some of our modern poets. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature Sir Matthew laughed in an ugly manner and replied:— "And what is your knavish design now, Sir Seymour Stukeley?" Snake and Sword A Novel Very knavish, very knavish, if you look into it, Master Recorder. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 Jesus who asked his followers to love their enemies even as themselves, could not have sung of his enemies, 'confound his enemies frustrate their knavish tricks.' Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation D. commenced life, after a course of hard study in the 'House of pure Emanuel,' as usher to a knavish fanatic schoolmaster at ***, at a salary of eight pounds per annum, with board and lodging. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia Thine equal, villain? no, he is my friend; Thou, but a poor anatomy of bones, Cas'd in a knavish tawny withered skin. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 Now, most blessed saint, do thy best for the knavish soul of him, intercede on his behalf that he may suffer no more than he should. Beltane the Smith Nay, they have played many a knavish trick beside with me. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 They were much straitened, moreover, from want of provisions, through the knavish peculations of the commissaries who had charge of the magazines in Rome. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 I have destroyed the press-power and prestige of that knavish Jew-speculator in false news, David Jost; and wherever the wishes of this Society could be fulfilled, I have honestly sought to fulfil them. Temporal Power He seemed to regret heartily that he had not had an opportunity of testing its metal on the head of the knavish Portuguese. The Boy Aviators in Africa "How!" exclaimed Roger, "here be two whole lines to thy knavish self and but one to our master?" Beltane the Smith Those swindlers show the force of venal power, The attribute to trick and roguery, Whereby 'tis managed that a bad horse wins: But bribery is below their knavish "lay." The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe And there, Sir Dolphus who counted the other's sympathy as beyond doubt, told more of his knavish plots. In the Court of King Arthur In the surrounding streets were howling and impassable crowds, some drawn thither by curiosity and excitement, others by a fancied interest; surely, fancied, for it was but a war of eminent knaves and knavish gamblers. Great Fortunes from Railroads Neither were they filled with goods, like those of knavish traders. The Prairie A warlike people whose wealth has come from conquest will shout the English National Hymn and take joy in such lines as "Confound their knavish tricks," expressed as a prayer. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers In knavish art and gathering gearThey spend the one half of the year;In gathering gear and knavish artThey somehow spend the other part. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler When he should be brought back to a region of law and justice, it might be that the Pole could be prevented, for a time, at least, from using the results of his knavish observations. The Great Stone of Sardis The hurts of Perkins did not, unhappily, delay the progress of my uncle to that destruction to which his silly wife and knavish lawyer had destined him. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story Kings and nations will restore to the people the immense property and revenue of which they have been plundered, under the hollow knavish pretence of curing souls and forgiving sins. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 "Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks, God save the Queen." Jess You were right in denouncing the management as knavish. Try and Trust "But I am sorry your knavish partner has cheated you out of so much money." The Young Musician ; Or, Fighting His Way And you know the knavish system of the scientific world. The Invisible Man You shall see anon; 'tis a knavish piece of work. The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence One of the gamekeepers has returned to inform the whole castle of a base and knavish trick, of which the world will talk, and my poetry hand down to posterity. Lover's Vows At the times of his profound gloom, when solitude and desire crushed his spirit, he had wished that fate would afford him such an opportunity of knavish success. Born in Exile The knavish, designing, or idle, extravagant debtor, who fails because either he has run out his estate in excesses, or on purpose to cheat and abuse his creditors. An Essay Upon Projects He never gave me anything; and it would be tedious to relate all the knavish tricks of this prelate. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Compelled to quit London, he travelled over Europe, with no other capital than his knavish audacity, deep depravity, and his skill at cards. File No. 113 They may be merely excited and foolish; but I am bound to warn the public that it is equally likely that they may be collected and knavish. How He Lied to Her Husband Bestir that knavish garrison of yours, and bid the lazy dogs let down the bridge. Love-at-Arms For, with all his knavish tricks his hand was in all manner of dyes; but he was never true to any one; wherefore poverty had gotten the better of him. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 It must needs be so, O accursed, for thou art a knavish devil; but I will not go with thee nor shalt thou come with me, save upon condition of a wager which is this. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 His tone was too confident, he was too sure of his ground to leave me a doubt as to what would befall if I made appeal to his knavish followers. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza In knavish art and gathering gear They spend the one half of the year; In gathering gear and knavish art They somehow spend the other part. Cambridge Pieces Was not England specially prepared by an all-wise Providence to frustrate these knavish tricks? Idle Ideas in 1905 The Bee seemed utterly distraught at losing her bearings under the influence of my knavish tricks. The Mason-Bees There are classical comedies in verse, too, wherein the knavish valets, rakish heroes, stolid old guardians, and smart, free-spoken serving-women, discourse in Alexandrines, as loud as the Horaces or the Cid. The Paris Sketch Book "At least there is a rogue the less in the world, although he was a brave one in his own knavish fashion," answered Godwin. The Brethren He is the most cunning and knavish of men. Colomba That is what I don't know; unless he wished to take credit to himself for the good result which fortunately has arisen from his knavish conduct. Minna Von Barnhelm The natural effect of this state of things was that a crowd of projectors, ingenious and absurd, honest and knavish, employed themselves in devising new schemes for the employment of redundant capital. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 There were many knavish politicians in the South; but few so utterly destitute of morality, and still fewer so utterly destitute of shame, as the men of the school of Lauderdale. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 H...., in his distraction, had the air of a sly fox inwardly smiling at his own knavish thoughts. The French Revolution - Volume 3 The lover remains in the country and the heroine in her chamber during the whole action, leaving their fate to be decided by a foolish father, a cunning mother, and two knavish servants. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 There are some knavish practices of this kind, at which a traveller will do well to shut his eyes, for his own ease and convenience. Travels through France and Italy Mistaken they may be; but why yell them down as knavish blasphemers? Yet Again They silently looked at each other, and their faces were distorted by a knavish, grinning laugh. The Daughter of an Empress Whereon he who had snares in great plenty answered, "Too knavish am I, when I procure for mine own companions greater sorrow." Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Hell You called him a thrush, Nick, but I have a notion he is more of a knavish jackdaw. The Path of the King If the Bank were mixed up as silent partners with people who are involved in the most knavish and hazardous market in the world, it would soon have to hand in its schedule. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau A typical example — and not a fictitious one — of hundreds of knavish concerns foisted on the public may be quoted. Everybody's Guide to Money Matters: with a description of the various investments chiefly dealt in on the stock exchange, and the mode of dealing therein But to fall a sacrifice to a cabal, to the jealousy of an insidious, knavish favorite, is what makes the death-hour fearful. The Daughter of an Empress It has allowed its knaves to stand in the high places; and now it finds that knavish works have brought about evil results. North America — Volume 1 And uttering her voice she spake unto him winged words: 'Crafty must he be, and knavish, who would outdo thee in all manner of guile, even if it were a god encountered thee. The Odyssey Done into English prose What are we to say when we see idealism become hypocrisy, and the moral and spiritual heritage of mankind twisted to the knavish purposes of class-cruelty and greed? The Profits of Religion I am glad of it: a knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear. Hamlet And being uneducated he will have many slavish desires, some beggarly, some knavish, breeding in his soul. The Republic Nor knavish cunning nor treachery Can destroy thy life so godlike. The Poems of Goethe Translated in the original metres Hardy man, subtle of wit, of guile insatiate, so thou wast not even in thine own country to cease from thy sleights and knavish words, which thou lovest from the bottom of thine heart! The Odyssey Done into English prose Much indeed it has been my lot to endure from my playmates, When with their knavish pranks they used to embitter my temper. The Poems of Goethe Translated in the original metres |
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