Wilson was thirty-two and Lockhart twenty-three, yet they were as mischievous as boys.

I have no objection to the patronage being in a corporate body, but I am satisfied the present system leads to a degree of delay which is more mischievous than misdirection.

Vanity is often no less mischievous than negligence or dishonesty.

"He never possessed spirit enough for anything so dangerous as piracy or more mischievous than slave-trading.

His polished jibes were more mischievous than brutal.