"Malicious mischief" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Inn. We had a taste of what Australian life really was, when the land was being broken in. A company of wild and reckless men were carousing there at the time, and our arrival was the signal for an outbreak of malicious mischief. A powerful fellow, who turned out to be a young Medical, rushed upon me as I left the conveyance, seized me by the throat, and shook me roughly, shouting, "A parson! a parson! I will do for ...
— The Story of John G. Paton - Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals • James Paton
... you'll be locked up, too," said Randy. "And the charge against you will be stealing as well as malicious mischief." ...
— Randy of the River - The Adventures of a Young Deckhand • Horatio Alger Jr.
... companions, or as in former times young men were wont to amuse themselves in the provinces. Having once banded together for purposes of mutual help, to defend each other and invent amusing tricks, there presently developed among them, through the clash of ideas, that spirit of malicious mischief which belongs to the period of youth and may even be observed among animals. The confederation, in itself, gave them the mimic delights of the mystery of an organized conspiracy. They called themselves the "Knights of Idleness." ...
— The Two Brothers • Honore de Balzac |
