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- noun Plural form of
mischief .
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Examples
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It cannot, therefore, consistent with truth or candour, be asserted that there was the remotest probability that 'mischiefs' could in any parallel case ensue from the principles adopted by the committee.
Memoirs of Aaron Burr Davis, Matthew L 1836
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It cannot, therefore, consistent with truth or candour, be asserted that there was the remotest probability that 'mischiefs' could in any parallel case ensue from the principles adopted by the committee.
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It cannot, therefore, consistent with truth or candour, be asserted that there was the remotest probability that 'mischiefs' could in any parallel case ensue from the principles adopted by the committee.
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Every person in the least conversant in the history of mankind, knows what dreadful mischiefs have been committed by religious persecutions, Under the color of religious tests, the utmost cruelties have been exercised.
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Every person in the least conversant in the history of mankind, knows what dreadful mischiefs have been committed by religious persecutions, Under the color of religious tests, the utmost cruelties have been exercised.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Prosecution for Insulting Religion — This Time, Buddhism 2010
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Such a state of uncertainty in the statute laws of the land would lead to mischiefs absolutely intolerable.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Would “Deem & Pass” Survive Judicial Review? 2010
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The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension … is itself a frightful despotism … the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.
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James Madison, a father of the Constitution, suggested that there are "two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction."
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James Madison, a father of the Constitution, suggested that there are "two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction."
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“Consistent with the duty I owe my country,” Sergeant declared, “I cannot behold this dreadful engine working such horrid mischiefs, without raising my voice aloud, and crying out to you, Exterminate the bank!”
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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