thief

• This concatenation of events has taken up more of my paper than I intended it should, but I could not forbear to inform you how the beadle thrashed the thief, the constable the beadle, and the lady the constable, and how the thief was the only one who suffered nothing. —  Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries)
• Another thief was arrested after detectives found his DNA on a tuna sandwich. —  WTOP / Business / Biz Stories
• This concatenation of events has taken up more of my paper than I intended it should, but I could not forbear to inform you how the beadle thrashed the thief, the constable the beadle, and the lady the constable, and how the thief was the only person concerned who suffered nothing March 29th, 1784 It being his Majesty's pleasure, that I should yet have another opportunity to write before he dissolves the Parliament, I avail myself of it with all possible alacrity. —  The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886
• Anybody who claimed that the King had already come and been crucified like a thief was a dangerous fanatic and should be haled to prison or put to death This brilliant young Pharisee, carefully trained in ecclesiastical law and the traditions of the elders, went forth bitterly persecuting the followers of Jesus--even witnessing and approving the cruel stoning of Stephen. —  "Say Fellows—" Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues
• This concatenation of events has taken up more of my paper than I intended it should, but I could not forbear to inform you how the beadle thrashed the thief, the constable the beadle, and the lady the constable, and how the thief was the only person concerned who suffered nothing. —  Cowper

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