Scott's brother was wounded and afterwards arrested & lodged in jail at Bilboe's instance -- charge "roguery". From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Jason Niles (1814-1894) : June 22, 1861-December 31, 1864,] Reference
I do not think that the grand, old anti-slavery pioneer went to his grave thinking there was any 'roguery' in me. From Wordnik.com. [Frederick Douglass The Colored Orator.] Reference
We live, Augustus, in an age eminently favorable to the growth of all roguery which is careful enough to keep up appearances. From Wordnik.com. [Armadale] Reference
He could not succeed in any department of roguery. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862] Reference
Some roguery, no doubt, that they seek to lead you into. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Anerley] Reference
If you are a rogue you will have little scope for roguery. From Wordnik.com. [Greenmantle] Reference
"Am I still not wanted?" said Bessie, roguery in her voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure] Reference
Durst you not tell truth, even when you was catch'd in a roguery?. From Wordnik.com. [The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter] Reference
"Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off.". From Wordnik.com. [Progressive Values Stories: Drew & Carol on Openness versus Secrecy] Reference
He was a fellow who may be described as "half foolish with roguery.". From Wordnik.com. [Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell] Reference
Then, "I think I will," she concluded, with sudden roguery in her smile. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Darkened Windows] Reference
These were worn by the sallow narrators of the tales of successful roguery. From Wordnik.com. [The Englishwoman in America] Reference
This, they seemed to say, is no unfathomable roguery of penniless adventurers. From Wordnik.com. [The Arrow of Gold] Reference
Indeed, vagrancy was virtually synonymous with roguery and even organized crime. From Wordnik.com. [Wrong Side of the River: London's disreputable South Bank in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Jessica A. Browner] Reference
Though he was a rogue, he could not yet bear his roguery with comfort to himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Clerks] Reference
More than ever convinced that there was some roguery, old Sedley pursued the Major. From Wordnik.com. [Vanity Fair] Reference
I must once more say: — for carrying on a solemn piece of roguery, he had no equal. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
He grinned at her, revealing strong white teeth and blue eyes that danced with merriment and roguery. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Married]
But thaa cornd mend it wi 'swearin' -- thaa nobbud makes bad worse by adding thy oaths to his roguery. '. From Wordnik.com. [Lancashire Idylls (1898)] Reference
Wales, it would seem that roguery had been carried a degree beyond even the perfection it has reached here. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 547, May 19, 1832] Reference
For, according to our old saying, the three learned professions live by roguery on the three parts of a man. From Wordnik.com. [Lorna Doone] Reference
Troth, it must be a vast and oddly-shapen piece of roguery which findeth no issue at such capacious quarters. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843] Reference
"To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites, to support roguery and error all over the earth.". From Wordnik.com. [Kerry Candaele: Rick Warren Interviews Thomas Jefferson] Reference
"He is a clever rogue," agreed Cora, and she knew now more about his roguery than she cared to sum up even to herself. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island] Reference
Which shows you what cowardice and roguery can do, given a stalwart appearance, long legs, and a thumping slice of luck. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman In The Great Game]
Soft round cheeks denote gentleness and affection; dimples in the cheeks, roguery; in the chin, one who falls easily in love. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
He also discerned that it was to be a play of skill and experience in roguery against experience and skill in detective work. From Wordnik.com. [Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist Dudie Dunne Again in the Field] Reference
I will along with you, Crevecoeur, and take a lesson in the degrees of roguery, from observing your skill in marshalling them. From Wordnik.com. [Quentin Durward] Reference
He had a great belief in his young partner's ability, and, though he knew him to be astute, did not think him capable of roguery. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867] Reference
Giafar could not enough admire how the roguery of a slave had been the cause of an innocent woman's death, and almost of his own. From Wordnik.com. [The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01] Reference
“Many folk consider that quite honest; but father calls it roguery — though I never shall hear any more of his opinions now.”. From Wordnik.com. [Springhaven] Reference
In their roguery, they are the direct forebears of the confidence men of later literature — the Elizabethan coney-catcher, Arlecchino. From Wordnik.com. [WISDOM OF THE FOOL] Reference
"If rogues," said Franklin, "knew the advantages attached to the practice of the virtues, they would become honest men from mere roguery.". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860] Reference
It has been asserted lately that "there is a race between scientific detection and prevention, on the one hand, and scientific roguery on the other.". From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
Men that have the inside or sole of the foot clumsy and not arched, that is, that walk resting on the entire under-surface of their feet, are prone to roguery. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
Thus truth is at a fearful discount, and men exult in successful roguery, as though a new revelation had authorised them to rank it among the cardinal virtues. From Wordnik.com. [The Englishwoman in America] Reference
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