Rascality

Never before has Respectability so blandly consented to become the mere instrument and tool of Rascality.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 Various

He could almost see the heavy headlines: Rascality of a Nobleman.

The Indian Lily and Other Stories Hermann Sudermann 1892

Rascality_ '-- equivalent to the' _Canaille_ 'of the French, or our own significant _Rabble_ of the present day.

The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6: Literary Curiosities Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts 1860

Rascality sat on every feature of his dark complexioned, Mexican face — gleamed from his black, Spanish, eyes, and seemed enthroned in a forehead

Three Years Among the Indians and Mexicans 1846

Not for a century and half had Rascality ventured to step forth in this fashion; not for so long, showed its huge rude lineaments in the light of day.

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

So, however, with steel-besom, Rascality is brushed back into its dim depths, and the streets are swept clear.

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

Monsieur, who is thought to be in opposition, is met with vivats and strewed flowers; Monseigneur, on the other hand, with silence; with murmurs, which rise to hisses and groans; nay, an irreverent Rascality presses towards him in floods, with such hissing vehemence, that the Captain of the Guards has to give order, "Haut les armes (Handle arms)!"

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

Be this as it may, menaced Rascality, in whinnying scorn, is shaking at all Grates: the fastening of one (some write, it was a chain merely) gives way; Rascality is in the Grand Court, whinnying louder still.

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

Anglomaniac Noblesse; ever new idlers crowd to see and hear; Rascality, with increasing numbers and vigour, hunts mouchards.

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

President Mounier, unexpectedly augmented by Twelve Women, copiously escorted by Hunger and Rascality, is himself mistaken for a group: himself and his Women are dispersed by caracolers; rally again with difficulty, among the mud.

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838