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Definition of Mischiefs
1. mischief [n] - See also: mischief
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mischiefs
Literary usage of Mischiefs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1808)
"... sagacious than their neighbours does so possess them, that they make it their
business and employment, to discover or to invent approaching mischiefs. ..."
2. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1839)
"mischiefs OF THE ANTI-USURIOUS LAWS. I find I have given too high an interest to
one man, I have no more to do than to borrow of another at a lower rate, ..."
3. Theology: Explained and Defended, in a Series of Sermons by Timothy Dwight, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1823)
"IN the preceding discourse I proposed to consider The Nature ; The Causes ; The
mischiefs; and The two first of these subjects I discussed at that time. ..."
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