scoundreldom

A few months back, the discovery of diamonds had brought fame to this wind-swept wilderness, and fame had been immediately followed by the choicest collection of cosmopolitan scoundreldom that a mining "rush" had ever been responsible for.

A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa Frederick Cornell

Dragoons -- a handsome, dashing young giant of a cavalry officer, who had done excellent service against the French at Gravelotte, and who was now bent on joining that ill-fated Polish Legion which was for a while the receptacle into which was swept half the scoundreldom and half the honest adventurous spirit of young Europe.

The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography David Christie Murray

All the scoundreldom of London seemed to have assembled for the occasion.

Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 Reid, Stuart J 1905

At the same time it was alarming to feel that you might be involved in that final blow up of the villains which must bring such scoundreldom to a close.

Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement Harry Hamilton Johnston 1892

All the scoundreldom of London seemed to have assembled for the occasion.

Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 1887

His jealously of Barfoot did not glance at Monica's attitude towards the man; merely at the man himself, whom he credited with native scoundreldom.

The Odd Women George Gissing 1880

In the matter of scoundreldom there was not a pin to choose between them.

Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe 1879

And meantime at the "Isthmian games" the hordes of scoundreldom who dwell at ease can enjoy themselves to their hearts 'content in their own dreadful way; they break out in their usual riot of foulness; they degrade the shape of man; and the burly moralists look on robustly, and say that it is good.

The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour James Runciman 1871

At all events, he did live to complete his gruesome feat; and he has given us, in a vivid pictorial way, such a picture of scoundreldom as should serve as a beacon to all men.

Side Lights James Runciman 1871

The avaricious trust their maxims, for trafficking in spiritual commodities; the superstitious, for substituting kisses upon images for the exercise of Christian virtues; the base fry of ambitious upstarts, for cloaking every act of scoundreldom with a veil of holiness.

Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction John Addington Symonds 1866