"Molest" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and caribou and moose and bears and wildcats and beavers and otters and porcupines on my farm, I should expect them to behave just as they do in other parts of the country under like conditions: they would be tame and docile if I did not molest them, and wild and fierce if I did. They would do nothing out of ...
— Ways of Nature • John Burroughs
... in this species display great courage, vigourously sweeping down on any intruder who may threaten to molest ...
— The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 • Allan O. Hume
... found by a pupil, he should report it to the teacher, and the other pupils should be permitted to visit it only upon promising not to molest the nest or to annoy the mother bird by remaining too long near it. While it is well that the pupils should see the nest with the young birds, they should be taught to respect the desire of the bird for ...
— Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study • Ontario Ministry of Education
... tell the truth. I was longing to strangle you till I heard your story. I shall not molest you now. Where is Paul? ...
— Frank Merriwell's Bravery • Burt L. Standish
... least twenty-five; the Bishop could bring fifty men, and surround himself with about 200 priests and defteras, so as to form a mixed sortie; all, however, ready to fight in case of need. Should persuasion or threats fail to force the way to the gate, they were to shoot down any one attempting to molest us in our advance. Arrived at the gate, the Bishop and the priests would stand before the inner door, whilst the armed party would seize upon the outer gate and hold it until the Wakshum and his men, ready ...
— A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia - With Some Account of the Late Emperor Theodore, - His Country and People • Henry Blanc
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