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  • In addition to Grits Jarvis, there was another contraband among my acquaintances, namely, Alec Pound, the scrape-grace son of the Reverend Doctor Pound.

    A Far Country — Volume 1 Winston Churchill 1909

  • In addition to Grits Jarvis, there was another contraband among my acquaintances, namely, Alec Pound, the scrape-grace son of the Reverend Doctor Pound.

    A Far Country — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

  • In addition to Grits Jarvis, there was another contraband among my acquaintances, namely, Alec Pound, the scrape-grace son of the Reverend Doctor Pound.

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

  • "Attend to your own affairs, little scrape-grace," said the padrone, roughly.

    Phil, the Fiddler Horatio Alger 1865

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