How To Use Mischief In A Sentence

This done with expedition, like men skilful in such mischief, as they took their cockboat to go aboard their own ship, it was overwhelmed in the sea, and certain of these men there drowned; the rest were preserved even by those silly souls whom they had before spoiled, who saved and delivered them aboard the _Swallow_. Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland
Here's a story of mischief and mayhem to brighten up your Monday morning lecture.
And it is the treachery of his appetite which inveigles him into the mischief, which cheats, and abuses, and by deceitful overtures trapans him into a perpetual calamity. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. IV.
She rubbed my arm comfortingly with a small twinkle of mischief that I had seen somewhere else.
He turned, mischief in his eyes, and pitched it at her head.

The best course in dealing with both countries is to limit their wherewithal for strategic mischief.
But he was not to enjoy himself long, for the duck was telling all her neighbours about the ill-usage her little one had received; and the mischief-making little wagtail thought as he had seen the lanky bird eating what he called the kingfisher's fishes, he would go and tell, and then sit on the bank and see the quarrel there would be; for he considered that the heron had no more business to take the fish out of the pond than the toad had to catch flies. Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn
But there is still room for considerable mischief by those who oppose the rush to negotiating glory in Clinton's final days.
While his peers were busy making mischief and thinking about the opposite sex, he became withdrawn.
Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live! Bob Marley
There was mischief brewing among these hot-headed, short-spoken salts, but Captain Foley changed the subject to discuss the new ships which were being built in the French ports. Rodney stone
Day-break from mischief of what He did make from mischief of moon eclipse-showing and from mischief of witches on cord-knots blowing and from mischief of envier when envying. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
With regard to the sinfonie concertante there appears to be a hitch, and I believe that some unseen mischief is at work. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
My objection to his high heels was that he would do himself a mischief if he had to bale out!
That Thursday, while the newspaper was being typeset and printed, I busied myself with further mischief. A CONVICTION OF GUILT
Such a thing can cause huge mischief, when these contradictory streams collide.
It was then that we planned to break up the old sectionalizing, localizing, mischief-breeding, contiguous districts, and establish a genuine general superintendence, and general fund system, to pay all the Bishops an equal salary. Sketch of the Early History of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church with Jubilee Souvenir and an Appendix
The idea was to entice teenagers off the streets on Saturdays when they might be making mischief, but Sonja never imagined how successful it would be.
In a time of vapid politicians who only speak from pre-agreed scripts, a bit of colour, rank mischief and sharp politics cannot go amiss.
Her voice was mellifluous and lilting and her soft brown eyes had a hint of mischief in them.
This verse shows that the person that is froward in heart comes up with mischief and the person sows discord.
Yet that allowed much scope for mischief. Times, Sunday Times
He needs a hobby to keep him busy and stop him from getting into mischief.
Some thought he was about to insconce himself under the table; he himself alleged that he stumbled in the act of lifting a joint-stool, to prevent mischief, by knocking down Waverley — Complete
If temperamental young starlets like Rooney or Ronaldo had behaved in this fashion, we may have been able to put it down to inexperience and youthful mischief.
If you try to lift that box, you'll do yourself a mischief.
And he that appeals to Heaven must be sure he has right on his side, and a right, too, that is worth the trouble and cost of the appeal, as he will answer at a tribunal that cannot be deceived, and will be sure to retribute to every one according to the mischiefs he hath created to his fellow-subjects that is, any part of mankind. Two Treatises of Government: of Civil Government Book II
Idleness," says Burton, in that delightful old book "The Anatomy of Melancholy," "is the bane of body and mind, the nurse of naughtiness, the chief mother of all mischief, one of the seven deadly sins, the devil's cushion, his pillow and chief reposal ... How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success
They are both six years old and are always up to mischief.
‘Cross the rhaine,’ they shouted out, ‘cross the rhaine, and coom within rache:’ but the other mongrel Britons, with a mongrel at their head, found it pleasanter to shoot men who could not shoot in answer, than to meet the chance of mischief from strong arms, and stronger hearts. Lorna Doone
With their regular penchant for not only making political mischief, they now appear to be in cahoots together by dispatching letters which do not appear to make any rational sense.
Some thought he was about to insconce himself under the table; he himself alleged that he stumbled in the act of lifting a joint-stool, to prevent mischief, by knocking down Balmawhapple. Waverley
Songs of profound depth were tinged with an irrepressible air of mischief. Times, Sunday Times
The local mischiefmakers played numerous pranks, leading to hilarious consequences.
Golf, now justly cried down by our laws, {2} as the mother of cursing and idleness, mischief and wastery, of which game, as I verily believe, the devil himself is the father. A Monk of Fife
Blest from above, human nature's wickedness had from below too frequently besulphured and suffumigated him for his memory to be dim; and though he was ever ready to own himself an example that heaven prevaileth, he could cite instances of scandal-mongering shop-women dismissed and working him mischief in the town, which pointed to him in person for a proof that the Powers of Complete Short Works of George Meredith
It prevents people from stopping and loitering there for all hours of the night and deciding what mischief they're going to get up to.
Bubbles is a little monkey, which always gets into mischief and problems.
Those Black-boyes are made so mad with a kind of drinke, that they will doe any mischiefe, at the command of their Keepers. The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: With the Names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governours from Their First Beginning, Ano: 1584. To This Present 1624. With the Procedings of Those Severall Colonies and the Accidents
Why does not the cheated publican beg leave to check the gulosity of his defrauder with a repetatur haustus, and the pummelled plaintiff neutralise the malice of his adversary, by requesting to have the rest of the beating in presence of the court, -- if it is not that such conduct would run counter to all the conclusions of experience, and be the procreation of the mischief it affected to destroy? Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2
For one person who, being a person of genius, has been injured by what is called conventionality -- I do not, of course, mean foolish conformity to what is absurd -- thousands have been saved by it, and self-separation means mischief. Catharine Furze
Bledri ap Rhys had come to Saint Asaph intending mischief, threatening mischief, and the cost had fallen on his own head, but the echoes would spread outward like ripples from a stone flung into a pool, and scarify the lives of all here until murder was paid for. His Disposition
Idleness," he says, "is the bane of body and mind, the nurse of naughtiness, the chief mother of all mischief, one of the seven deadly sins, the devil's cushion, his pillow and chief reposal .... Character
Forth, where boys and girls recalled the doings of Robert Louis and his friends with bull's-eye lanterns and gunpowder, in that cheerful form known to Louis Stevenson as a 'peeoy,' and considered it a point of honour to do likewise, no matter how indignant such mischief made the authorities. Robert Louis Stevenson
It hath reached me that the folk are incensed at my failure to come forth to them and are minded of their mischief to do with me that which is unmeet for that they know not what ailment aileth me. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
The Artisan Child is highly active, easily excitable, likes taking risks and getting into mischief.
He swayed against the bedpost and his eyes filled with mischief. ROSES ARE FOR THE RICH
It is mere fancy, it is a nullity, unless it be true, as I think it is, that it has been the source of great mischiefs to the world, in which case it cannot be termed a nullity, but something positively pernicious. Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra
Then, as they were spooning the dough into cookie shapes, they returned to their usual mischief.
The night before Bonfire Night was once known as Mischief Night, when children would blacken their faces and play pranks.
Condulmiero was already fiercely engaged, and soon his carack was a mere unrigged helmless waterlog, only saved from instant destruction by her immense size and terrific guns, which, well aimed, low on the water, to gain the _ricochet_, did fearful mischief among the attacking galleys. The Story of the Barbary Corsairs
She wanted to explain how much mischief might be done by such reports. Wives and Daughters
But sometimes, when the moon was at its waxiest, and when there was mischief and faerie magic on the wind, he could also be one of the most enervating people, as well as one of the kindest, most selfless and gentle men, you could ever hope to meet. Word Magazine - Comments
The more sinister explanation is that he is about to make mischief in the Middle East again.
Opposite to exercise is idleness (the badge of gentry) or want of exercise, the bane of body and mind, the nurse of naughtiness, stepmother of discipline, the chief author of all mischief, one of the seven deadly sins, and a sole cause of this and many other maladies, the devil's cushion, as [1540] Gualter calls it, his pillow and chief reposal. Anatomy of Melancholy
Police are warning that pranksters will be punished if they go over the top during the ‘mischief’ period around Halloween and Bonfire Night.
Mykela was remembered as a jolly little angel, full of life and mischief.
You can find some harmless mischief to get yourself into, can't you?
She's full of mischief, and she got into this carriage at the junction without my seeing what class it was, or I would never have allowed her to do such a thing as arrive here third, with you to meet her, and the "chauffer" and all, 'said Horatia's maid. Sarah's School Friend
Then they indicated a recklessness that might embrace mischief.
A whimsical expression tippled across the girl's face, a mixture of tenderness and mischief. The Hidden Places
He had a broad, trusting smile, and eyes that twinkled with mischief.
Ha, none of that, you woolly-coated rogue, you," he cried, as he jumped aside to escape a kick that the bunch of equine mischief anticly snapped at him. How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's And Other Stories
Among other plants which may cause serious mischief, but are seldom suspected, are such harmless-looking flowers as the meadowsweet, herb-paris, the common fool's-parsley, found growing in quantities in the gardens of unlet houses and neglected ground which has been in cultivation, mezereon, columbine, and laburnum. The Naturalist on the Thames
T 'gell's flighty and theer's aw maks o' mischief i 'yoong things.' The History of David Grieve
She did not feel that, as she was not supposed to know his real status, she could go "blabbing" to him; and fearing that mischief was on foot, she had wished for me. It Happened in Egypt
These shenanigans are just a little fun mischief, and aside from the multiple names at Safeway don't even disturb the data-mining enterprise behind the cards.
The Royal Shakespeare Company presents this ‘magic, myth-making and mischief of modern India’ on May 13-17.
He had a jolly laugh and his belly shook when he was really amused by something, and his wise old eyes lit up with mischief right before he'd ask you a riddle.
In terrific clips, we see the scampish gleam of mischief that shot out of Atwater's steely eyes, giving him the look of a honky-tonk Daniel Craig. Brad Listi: Politics as Bloodsport: A Conversation with Stefan Forbes, Director of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
I have so much grief, that you should attempt to do any injury to this poor girl, and especially in my chamber, that I should think myself accessary to the mischief, if I was not to take notice of it. Pamela
Mischief glared at the dragon as it stretched its wings.
Arrests on mischief, obstruction of police and possession of prohibited or restricted weapons charges were made, said Sergeant Jim Black of Toronto Police.
Mr. Churchill, whose magnanimity is as great as his power of mischief, half rose to his feet, and murmured, with a bow of his head, "If I am not unworthy, Sir. What Is The British Point of View
At the same time, it sets up a clear formula, so that we can delight in the heroics of the good guys and the devilish mischief of our main man.
Wherefore this very day will I open on him the door of mischief by writing him a writ wherein I will flyte him and reproach him with that which he hath done and see what he will reply. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
It will not be hard to lay all of the mischief, miscreancy, and arrogance of the 2006 mid-term elections at his feet. June 2006
I smile at him, and I can read the mischief in his eyes.
It is certainly possible for an anxious straining ingenuity to _imagine_ such cases; and where is the rule of law, which, in the infirmity of human institutions, cannot be shown capable of occasioning _possible_ mischief and injustice? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844
He read, Kin to a brownie, a boggart is a house spirit of no malice but of endless mischief. The Boggart and The Monster
She walked with crutches and braces - the result of an accident while washing a floor - but showed signs of mischief in her grey eyes. Times, Sunday Times
She would have "slanged" the Emperor himself with the self-same coolness, and the Army had given her a passport of immunity so wide that it would have fared ill with anyone who had ever attempted to bring the vivandiere to book for her uttermost mischief. Under Two Flags
His striking blue eyes sparkled with boyish mischief.
No; social intercourse may be long in coming, but its advent is sure; the mischief is already done. Winona: A Tale of Negro Life in the South and Southwest
There was a remedy if the mischief caused by the breach could be removed.
His tendency to strut around the court, pump his fists and shout cries of celebration will drive women who love mischief into a frenzy.
This mischief has now been remedied by section 51 of the Supreme Court Act 1981.
The state, therefore, has the duty of watching over their educationand preventing any mischief. Mein Kampf
The term dagger itself denotes a sense of mystery, danger and mischief. Antiquties
I turned the photograph and looked at it, as though it might have changed through some process of mischief or alchemy.
Analysis of the ink in a lab notebook, for example, might turn up backdated entries or other mischief.
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on.
Mark Antony well knew the mischief he aimed at, and sensed that his and Octavius's moment had come; all they needed to do was to mount Caesar's ghost and they would ride to the empyrean.
I didn't hear any yelling, so daddy didn't cause any mischief.
Mischiefs come by the pound and go away by the ounce.
Ryan prods, his eyes twinkling brightly with mischief.
Nay, both His hands are spread out, He expends as He pleases; and what has been revealed to you from your Lord will certainly make many of them increase in inordinacy and unbelief; and We have put enmity and hatred among them till the day of resurrection; whenever they kindle a fire for war Allah puts it out, and they strive to make mischief in the land; and Allah does not love the mischief-makers. Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
He that is disposed for mischief will never want occasion.
The jury cleared him of the charge of criminal mischief.
He had nae ill will to the Whig bodies, and liked little to see the blude rin, though, being obliged to follow Sir Robert in hunting and hoisting, watching and warding, he saw muckle mischief, and maybe did some, that he couldna avoid. Redgauntlet
His eyes were twinkling with mischief and a playful smile hovered on his lips.
No one pretends that for a moment, indeed the sharpness of enemy reprisals will certainly decrease as the Allied poundings itself is magnified, but the sting of the Stuka, the jeer of the Ju. 88, the drone of the Dormer, and the mischief of the Messerschmitt, have all been measured by the flying men of the United Nations, who have once again shewn themselves the salt of the earth. The Plans Unfold
You'll do yourself a mischief if you're not careful with that knife.
Pranks and mischief began to be played out to represent the mischievous behaviour attributed to witches and the fairies.
He also carried with him Onias the high priest, who was also called Menelaus; for Lysias advised the king to slay Menelaus, if he would have the Jews be quiet, and cause him no further disturbance, for that this man was the origin of all the mischief the Jews had done them, by persuading his father to compel the Jews to leave the religion of their fathers. Antiquities of the Jews
The inquisitor may cross-question, but he will not inflict a fine; the threatener may hurl his menaces, but he will do no mischief — that is why they take it all so easily. Memorabilia
It is true that he made amends by adding, when his lecture was published, a counter statement; but that such a man should have seriously cited such a work shows the widespread mischief done among people not versed in engineering lore by the admirably written romance of Smiles, who as Edward C. Knight, in his Mechanical Dictionary, truly declares, has "pettifogged the whole case. Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887
This is an attempt to cause mischief. Times, Sunday Times
That he is a Mormon, a professor, and a paterfamilias adds spice to his mischief.
He was careless, dissolute, and ambitious; - idle, or doing mischief.
The Omdeh, or headman, of the village of Chaghb, not far from Luxor, submitted an official complaint to the police a short time ago against an _afrit_ or devil which was doing much mischief to him and his neighbours, snatching up oil-lamps and pouring the oil over the terrified villagers, throwing stones at passers-by, and so forth. The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology
If you try to lift that box, you'll do yourself a mischief.
Sexual mischief was again on the menu with a delightful excerpt from Don Giovanni, as Ewan Taylor charmed devilishly as Mozart's willingly damned Lothario.
If they aren't out on the streets then they can't be up to mischief can they?
That is going to create enormous potential for mischief and worse.
Verse 35 even condemns them as the archetypal mischief-makers who ignored the admonitions of earlier prophets.
He is simultaneously the world's preeminent deal-maker and mischief-maker. Times, Sunday Times
One of her prized possessions is her Boomerang-Toomerang-Zoomerang, with which she sometimes makes mischief; but usually, when she is caught, she uses the same, to put things back to normal. McCain campaign adviser pushes back on Palin book
'pasquinade' as shall take you into these Holy of Holy purlieus of mischief and money-making, you will deserve to be chief of the Temporal Power
It seems to come to this: what is a situation where the statute that is then enacted upon its proper construction happens to go beyond remedying the mischief?
In the old copies it is _munching malicho_, in which we find traces of the true reading, _mucho malhecho_, much mischief. Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
Now, I can't say whether they intended mischief or not, but in my books they have the right to be presumed innocent only until proven foreign.
Bide doun, with a mischief to ye — bide doun, with a wanion,” cried the king, almost overturned by the obstreperous caresses of the large stag-hounds. The Fortunes of Nigel
For cutting, excising, sewing, binding, applying putrefacient means to the anus, - all these appear to be very formidable things, and yet, after all, they are not attended with mischief. On Hemorrhoids
One sin begets another, and it cannot be imagined how much mischief is produced: there is every evil work. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
She walked with crutches and braces - the result of an accident while washing a floor - but showed signs of mischief in her grey eyes. Times, Sunday Times
This is a big no-no, since the chopped wave put out by a dimmer can cause a fluorescent ballast to emit big flyback voltages and spikes, which then travel through a building's wiring, causing other mischief.
Football and cricket were of course reserved for half-holidays, and played in a neighbouring field rented by the Doctor, and in the playground he restricted them to "chevy," which he considered, rightly enough, both gave them abundant exercise and kept them out of mischief. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers
Late that evening Dick Blaine, returning from a desultory dinner at the club across the river, very nearly fell into the trap-door, for the hamal had run away too, thinking he would surely be accused of all the mischief, and no lamps were lit. Guns of the Gods
a child prone to mischief
She estimates it was 20 to 30 seconds during which she had her back turned on these students, when they got up to mischief and this incident happened.
The letter had come from an unknown mischief-maker.
But unmixed hydromel, rather than the diluted, produces frothy evacuations, such as are unseasonably and intensely bilious, and too hot; but such an evacuation occasions other great mischiefs, for it neither extinguishes the heat in the hypochondria, but rouses it, induces inquietude, and jactitation of the limbs, and ulcerates the intestines and anus. On Regimen In Acute Diseases
I looked to Kyle, seeing his eyes widen with mischief as he began to chase her, their squeals of laughter mingling in with the rumbling thunder.
It was a time when witches did mischief while spiteful fairies and hobgoblins roamed about.
As a child, Sam was a little bruiser, always looking for mischief.
But Sigismund did no further mischief that night, except that, in achieving a superb entrechat, he alighted with his whole weight on the miniature foot of his pretty partner, which he well-nigh crushed to pieces. Anne of Geierstein
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on.
What people call goodness has to be kept in check just as carefully as what they call badness; for the human constitution will not stand very much of either without serious psychological mischief, ending in insanity or crime. Getting Married
A true mischief-maker would have expected that kind of response and mocked me, or at least betrayed amusement.
She's 82 and as full of fun and mischief as ever, over the phone - even though she's hardly able to walk these days.
Forty-three obeyed an order to evacuate the premises, and the 45 who refused did not resist arrest and were charged with mischief and illegal assembly.
But sometimes puppies get into mischief that's more risky than amusing, and this adventuresome spirit can spell danger.
Cops say the actor has been charged with carrying a pistol without a permit, carrying a firearm while intoxicated, first-degree burglary, first-degree criminal trespass, and third-degree criminal mischief. Rip Torn Rehab
Mischiefs come by the pound and go away by the ounce.
For as the reins give no trouble to the charioteer, but the charioteer is the cruise of all the mischief through his not holding them properly: (and therefore do they often exact a penalty of him, entangling themselves with him, and dragging him on, and compelling him to partake in their own mishap:) so is it also in the case before us. NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians
The jury cleared him of the charge of criminal mischief.
I think French is right to explain (which is not to condone) some of Naipaul's more provocative views as a form of mischief, which Trinidadians call picong, from the French piquant, a type of sharp talk where, in French's words, "the boundary between good and bad taste is deliberately blurred, and the listener sent reeling. The Lessons of the Master
They were so bright and were full of laughter and mischief.
And yonder stands the faitour, rejoicing at the mischief he has done, and triumphing in your overthrow, like the king in the romance, who played upon the fiddle whilst a city was burning. The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day
Joanna grinned back, her serene beauty sparkling into the quick, unexpected mischief that Isabel had seen in fitzAlan.
The little lad was a real handful. He was always up to mischief.
The mischief produced by this institution was incalculable because it made religious differences the deciding factor in every political contest.
He came in on Sunday night with that evil little gleam in his eye which signals to everyone, except Tess, that he is up to mischief.
In the same yeare to the forsaid accustomed mischiefes an vnwoonted misaduenture happened: for the sea rose with such high spring-tides, that ouerflowing the countries next adioining, diuers villages with the inhabitants were drowned and Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (7 of 8) The Seventh Boke of the Historie of England
Mischiefmakers, mayhem creators, fraudulent shady cartoon characters.
He was quite the mischief-maker; he once upended a can of spiders during Christmas Mass.
New technology keeps showing up, making more mischief, or benefits, possible.
Well, Bluebell is our heroine, and we must make the best of her, -- to some people admiration never does come amiss; and if a demure _oeillade_ can play the mischief with the too inflammable of the rougher sex, I don't know who is to be held accountable except the father of lies. Bluebell A Novel
Manton knew well, when he made this allusion to mischief formerly done to the crew of the Foam, that he touched a rankling sore in the breast of Scraggs, who in a skirmish with the natives some time before had lost an eye; and the idea of revenging himself on the defenseless women and children of his enemies was so congenial to the mind of the second mate, that his objections to act willingly under Manton's orders were at once removed. Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader A Tale of the Pacific
The mischief done by privateering, which the great Powers of Europe have agreed to abolish, is as nothing compared with the wholesale suffering which the blockade now being enforced by the Belligerent Rights
In my book I rail against the hiatus between what I call the repudiation of a sitting president (think of Carter and George H.W. Bush) and the inauguration of his successor, which offers the opportunity for the repudiated president nonetheless to make mischief for his successor. Balkinization
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on.
All that beta-blockers do is prevent those fright/flight hormones of the sympathetic nervous system from working their mischief.
In his last illness, an attack of asthma complicated with pectoral mischief, he sent to Noyon for his nephew Julien Galland212 to assist him in ordering his Mss. and in making his will after the simplest military fashion: he bequeathed his writings to the Bibliothèque du Roi, his Numismatic The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Qur'an 113:3 "From the mischievous evil of Darkness as it becomes intensely dark, and from the mischief of those who practice the evil of malignant witchcraft and blowing on knots, and from the mischievous evil of the envier when he covets. TEXAS FAITH: Should the Pentagon have "disinvited" Franklin Graham? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com
Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live! Bob Marley
An he came in quest of aught, we will aid him, and if he have a blood-feud with one of the Kings, we will ride with him; or, if he desire a gift, we will handsel him; for this is indeed a numerous host and a power uttermost, and we fear for our land from its mischief. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
In my teens I grew adept at the tricky art of getting into mischief without getting into trouble.
Sure, they created lots of mischief and unnecessary work which cost a buck or two to put right, but that's all.
That he would deal with them for the mischief they had done: "Seek out his wickedness; let that be all brought to light which he thought should for ever lie undiscovered; let that be all brought to account which he thought should for ever go unpunished; bring it out till thou find none, that is, till none of his evil deeds remain unreckoned for, none of his evil designs undefeated, and none of his partisans undestroyed. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
‘There will be clowning, dancing, performing animals, sound and lighting effects, egg splatting, a touch of magic and a truckload of mischief,’ says director Kim Hardwick.
Among the spiny-finned fishes, the Sticklebacks are the prettiest, but so savage that they often occasion much mischief. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861
It could fairly be stated that, in his time, Stewart at least peeked into a couple of life's darker corners, but with mischief more than malice.
He that is disposed for mischief will never want occasion.
Of this half-hundred a few are used in Shakespeare, but not at present, as verbs; thus, to _maculate_, to _miracle_, to _mud_, to _mist_, to _mischief_, to _moral_ -- also Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880.
If her aunt's letters are anything to go by she's brimful of mischief. CHALLENGE FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL
Another had done similar mischief damaging boats and outboard motors.
The mischief makers achieved their target as they hogged the headlines in the wake of the traditional celebration to mark the onset of winter.
When that lass shall cross my threshold, all the mischief and misery she hath made here will seem to come in adoors in one heap. The Cloister and the Hearth
The latter turned into mischief night: ‘a night supposed by the imps of mischief (rough youths) to be, under some old law or tradition, theirs to do as they wish with’.
Thus may you helpe to driue idlenesse the mother of most mischiefs out of the realme, and winne you perpetuall fame, and the prayer of the poore, which is more woorth then all the golde of The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
The jury cleared him of the charges of criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and operating a vessel while intoxicated.
He was evidently brimful of mischief -- his expression betokened it; no doubt he was one of the most thorough little scamps that ever played at "morra," but there was a charm about his handsome dirty face and unkempt hair, and I watched him amusedly, glad to be distracted for a few minutes from the tired inner workings of my own unhappy thoughts. Vendetta: a story of one forgotten
Kiki's eyes were bright with mischief.
You've got human error, possibilities for mischief.
The former group are intent on making mischief, the latter on making meaning out of an event which still has none.
He seems to intend mischief.
Dogs, just like humans, forget, get distracted, make mistakes, get into mischief and act on impulse.
An old adage says ‘There is honor among thieves;’ and obviously, if there were not, there could be no such thing as organized thievishness, or association in mischief of any sort.
There's mischief afoot, ie being planned.
To break the eggshell after the meat is out we are taught in our childhood, and practise it all our lives; which, nevertheless, is but a superstitious relict, according to the judgment of Pliny, and the intent hereof was to prevent witch-craft [to keep the fairies out]; for lest witches should draw or prick their names therein, and veneficiously mischief their persons, they broke the shell, as Dalecampius hath observed. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860
Blest from above, human nature's wickedness had from below too frequently besulphured and suffumigated him for his memory to be dim; and though he was ever ready to own himself an example that heaven prevaileth, he could cite instances of scandal-mongering shop-women dismissed and working him mischief in the town, which pointed to him in person for a proof that the Powers of Good and Evil were still engaged in unhappy contention. Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
But caps and hoods nowadays seem to be a cover for mischief and a lot worse besides.
The opportunities for mischief if Google spidered comments is just too enticing for members who would spam commentsfor Googlebot. ActiveRain Real Estate Network
We tried to dissuade him, but I guessed by the gleam of mischief in his eye that that he was doing a bit of leg-pulling.
On stage there's no missing the humour, mischief and joie de vivre which sometimes seem to be muffled in the studio. Times, Sunday Times
The trace of tarnished copper, commonly called verdigris, poisoned the wholesome draught; a minute dose administered by stealth did incalculable mischief. Cousin Pons
Each of the original 22 defendants were charged with break and enter, being unlawfully in a dwelling house, three counts of mischief, and obstruction of police.
A little neglect may breed great mischief.

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