10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCAPEGALLOWS»
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scapegallows in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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A wonderful adventure story inspired by the real Margaret Catchpole - who was a slip-gibbet, a scapegallows.
Jaffy Brown is running along a street in London’s East End when he comes face to face with an escaped circus animal.
A slip-gibbet scapegallows?” The words stilled Olivia. Might Mr. Tugwell not say
they were all scapegallows? Escaping the penalty for their deeds only through
God's grace? She swallowed. “I am not certain what he is, but I plan to find out.
Dame Ouo — you need not be surprized that I know your name, though I have
never been in your shop before — let me BlTise you to look after your son, if you
would not have kirn turn out a scapegallows. Here is the pay for your jquor, you ...
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The New monthly belle assemblée
Dame Otto — you need not be surprised that I know your name, though I have
never been in your shop before — let me advise you to look after your son, if you
would not have him turn out a scapegallows. Here is the pay for your liquor, you ...
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Lexicon Balatronicum. A dictionary of Buckish slang, ...
Tea. ' SCANDAL PROOF. One who has eaten shame and drank after it, or would
blush at being ashamed. ScAPEGALLows. One who deserves and has narrowly
escaped the gallows: a slip-gibbet; one for whom the gallows is said to groan.
Francis Grose, Pierce Egan,
1823
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The United States Magazine and Democratic Review
A venerable survivor of the besieging army told me, not long since, that one
morning early a scapegallows of the Continental troops, with a prodigiously long
gun, shot the sentinel on his post from behind the American lines, which were
almost ...
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The Ladies' Companion: A Monthly Magazine Embracing ...
Dame Otto — you need not be surprized that I know your name, though I have
never been in your shop before — let me advise you to look after your son, if you
would not have him turn out a scapegallows. Here is the pay for your liquor, you ...
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The Readable Dictionary: Or, Topical and Synonymic Lexicon: ...
Scapegallows, 220. Scapula, 119. Scar, 146. Scarce, 73, 270. Scatter, 82. Sceno,
289. Scent, 20. Scholar, 284. Scholastic, 2S4. School, 67, 238, 284, Schoolmen,
284. Science, 246. Scientific, 216 Sciolism, 246. Sciolist, 246. Scirrhus, 147.
John Williams (of Lancaster, O.),
1860
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The Knickerbocker; Or, New-York Monthly Magazine
Landlord,' said the foremost, as he returned the cup, after tossing off its contents, '
you hav' n't seen no 1nan about here, a sort 0' scapegallows-looking scamp, all
talk and no cider, have you l' ' No ; stay, though; how did he look '! — how did ...
Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark,
1839
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCAPEGALLOWS»
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Man Booker prize nominees: Carol Birch's Jamrach's Menagerie
Carol Birch is the author of nine previous novels including Scapegallows and Turn Again Home, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize. The book is the story ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 11»
At a glance: Man Booker shortlist 2011
About the author: Carol Birch's nine previous novels include Scapegallows and Turn Again Home, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2003. «BBC News, Sep 11»