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" ... thief! thief! thief!" Their own morals being none of the purest, we might expect them to be chary of abuse; but apparently their individual experiences in theft only render them more alert in detecting the peccadilloes of their brethren, and we have... "
My Home in Tasmania: During a Residence of Nine Years - Page 44
by Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1852
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My Home in Tasmania: Or, Nine Years in Australia

Mrs. Charles Meredith - Tasmania - 1853 - 406 pages
...touches of yellow about the head ; and their general air and expression are extremely piquant and saucy. They are evidently great gossips, perpetually hunting...being none of the purest, we might expect them to bo chary of abuse ; but, apparently, their individual experiences in theft only render them the more...
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What is a bird? The forms of birds, their instincts and use

Anne Wright - 1857 - 384 pages
...air and expression of these miners " was extremely piquant and saucy." "They are," this lady says, " evidently great gossips, perpetually hunting out and...the busiest manner, and uttering their quick sharp cry of 'thief! thief! thief!' Their own morals being none of the purest, we might expect them to be...
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Titan, Volume 25

English literature - 1857 - 782 pages
...general air and expression of these miners 'was extremely piquant and saucy.' 'They are,' this Ыу says, 'evidently great gossips, perpetually hunting out...the busiest manner, and uttering their quick sharp cry of "thief! thief! thief!" Their own morals being none of the purest, we might expect them to be...
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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 42

American periodicals - 1857 - 592 pages
...evidently great gossips, perpetually hunting ont and interfering with every bird in the neighborhood, and a whole troop may frequently be seen chasing a...the busiest manner, and uttering their quick sharp cry of 'thief! thief! thief!' Their own morals being none of the purest, we might expect them to be...
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Titan, Volume 25

English literature - 1857 - 782 pages
...air and expression of these miners ' was extremely piquant and saucy.' 'They are,' this lady says, 'evidently great gossips, perpetually hunting out...may frequently be seen chasing a marauding hawk or egg- stealing crow, flying all round in the busiest manner, and uttering their quick sharp cry of "thief...
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