10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THIEVISHNESS»
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thievishness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
thievishness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Crooked Stalks: Cultivating Virtue in South India
In the region today, thievishness is widely interpreted indeed as the
consequence of a bestial inner nature. However, this understanding of an
underdeveloped moral self is indebted to the legacies of both colonial
criminology and south Indian ...
2
A Dictionary of the Kaffir Language: Kaffir-English
Sela amanzi : Drink water. i Sela, n.x.z. A thief. ubu Sela, n.x.z. Theft; thievishness
. Ubu- sela balomntu bukulu : The thievishness, or the thievish propensities, of
that man are great. Skle, see Se. i Sele, n.x. A frog. z. i Selesele. isi Sele, n.x. A ...
William Jafferd Davis,
1872
The bad habits involved in this species of wrong-doing may, for the purposes of
this examination, be considered under the heads of idleness, thriftlessness, and
thievishness, as preventing abundance of means; and of parental improvidence,
...
4
The Foreign Quarterly Review
The bad habits involved in this species of wrong-doing may, for the purposes of
this examination, be considered under the heads of idleness, thriftlessness, and
thievishness, as preventing abundance of means; and of parental improvidence,
...
5
Russia and England: their strength and weakness
Caprice and thievishness,” says Golovin (p. 113 of his Russia), “ are the
foundations of the Russian government, which has never comprehended that you
can rule without oppression, and that gentleness establishes the happiness of a
people ...
John Reynell Morell,
1854
6
The Colonizing Trick: National Culture and Imperial ...
Then, he immediately expands on this "thievishness": "Since my residence at
Haddam neck, I have owned of boats, canoes and sail vessels, not less than
twenty. These I mostly employed in the fishing and trafficking business, and in
these ...
7
The Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review
The bad habits involved in this species of wrong-doing may, for the purposes of
this examination, be considered under the heads of idleness, thriftlessness, and
thievishness, as preventing abundance of means ; and of parental improvidence,
...
8
Representation, Subversion, and Eugenics in Günter Grass's ...
Hermes and Mercury's thievishness cannot be clearly seen apart from their role
as the gods of merchants. Lewis Hyde argues that in societies "where the
dominant values are kin ties and agrarian wealth, (that is, Blut and Boden, blood
and ...
9
White Supremacy and Black Resistance in Pre-industrial South ...
As with other 'artificial' communities which reproduced 'thievishness' and '
indolence' and made reform of the inner character of the individual difficult,
tenancy did not provide 'that salutary check upon their conduct which there would
be if more ...
10
Føroysk-Ensk ordabók: with Faroese folk-lore and proverbs : ...
(Mohr). tjovshond hand(s) of a thief, in expr like her hevur t. verid a — the hand of
a thief has been (at work) here. tjovskapur (rare) = stuldur. tjovskleiki thievishness
(Svabo). tjovskur tjovsk tjovskt 1) thievish; 2) malicious, spiteful; 3) = varbeittur ...
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THIEVISHNESS»
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thievishness is used in the context of the following news items.
Abia in ruins as TA Orji quits
... such communities remain neglected while the funds for their rehabilitation are siphoned in cahoot with the regime of misappropriation, graft and thievishness. «Daily Sun, May 15»
2015: Sule Lamido as VP
... surrogates and bureaucratic bandits whose idea of leadership at whatever level is thievishness! Gov. Lamido's humaneness is another developmental issue ... «Daily Sun, Nov 14»
Could San Francisco's 'Bait Bike' Initiative Work in Boston?
According to SFGate, the flip side to bait bikes is that they unfairly entrap those most susceptible to thievishness – more specifically those living in economic ... «BostInno, Jun 14»
What Amiri Baraka Said About Kwame Nkrumah Part VI
Generally, white supremacy, exploitation, slavery, imperialism, thievishness and banditry, scientific racism, chicanery, and colonialism have always, if collectively ... «GhanaWeb, Feb 14»
Karl Polanyi and the destructive power of Western capitalism
... characterized coloured populations debased by disintegrating culture contact: dissipation, prostitution, thievishness, lack of thrift and providence, slovenliness, ... «Pravda, Apr 13»