| 单词 | scamp |
| 例句 | “Why are you so concerned about that young scamp of a slave boy? He should have been looking after you! And you couldn’t help it if that nasty ungrateful beast ran away!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I said: “You better skin out for that house, you little scamp!” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some of the professors here recollected him as being a scamp,” the university said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Very well, for all you cared, you young scamp.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Soon’s I get this scamp locked up, I’ll be back for that bowl of punch you promised, Mr. Lyte,’ he called cheerfully as he left. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The beagle puppy was a scamp and a digger. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Had no future, was a scamp, possibly even a scoundrel. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "Go to your room, you scamp you," Aunt Anne said, shaking him. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “Put that dagger away and stop your climbing, you little scamp.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He chased big paychecks as well as big stories, and Ephron seems to be bewitched by this lovable scamp. Review: Tom Hanks shines in messy 'Lucky Guy' 2013-04-02T02:16:03Z The soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian looked like a mischievous scamp in her vixen costume and sang with dark, rich sound and impetuous spirit. Music Review: An Impish Creature That Won?t Be Fenced In 2011-06-23T22:21:40Z In a world where "tearing you up", "smashing you", and "hitting it" is commonplace, exposure to sensual – rather than violent – language surrounding sex might even do the little scamps some good. The sexy A-level set texts scandalising our teenagers' morals 2013-06-07T15:58:30Z But Shapiro is invested in the caricature of Gawronski as angelic scamp and anything that might ruffle its smooth contours is discounted. 'The Stowaway: A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica' doesn't quite deliver on the glitter of its premise 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z The first rule of drama: If a group of irrepressible scamps find a contraband pistol in the first act, one of them has to lose a hand by the third act. ‘Outlander’ Season 3, Episode 2: The Prison I Live in Now 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z Think “Game of Thrones”-level fraught sagas of familial responsibility and the scamps that subvert it, but without the drudgery. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z With the internet enabling a new access to underground artists, realisation dawned among the major labels that club music wasn't just the cheeky young scamp of the industry. Small club nights just aren't where people go to hear new music these days 2013-03-01T13:00:00Z The ambition here is Cosmic Underdog: a blissed-out, spirited, live-and-let-live scamp pogoing through Los Angeles, insisting upon justice, insisting upon total candor, insisting upon—in the parlance of the day—endless, unmediated “realness.” Miley Cyrus’s Quest for Realness 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z On the air, Crosby depicted their four sons as adorable scamps. How Bing Crosby Changed the Course of Pop Music 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z No one who watches "Succession" mistakes Roman for a boyishly lovable scamp. Gerri & Roman: A one-way "Succession" lust story 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z I for one will miss the antics of the younger scamp. Jim Harrison’s ‘Brown Dog’: full life for a mischief-maker with a noble heart 2013-12-18T22:50:20Z The terms grifter and scam have their beginnings in the carnival circuit of the early 20th century, and scam is the root of the term scamp — as in, lovable rogue. Our Never-Ending ‘Scam Season’ 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z The critic Tom Shales, reviewing the episode for the Washington Post, lauded the director for “creating another of his uniquely piquant Demme-mondes”: “He is a scamp for all seasons.” Watch Jonathan Demme’s Pitch-Black Eighties Sitcom Episode 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z There’s not a lovable scamp or a master chameleon in the bunch. Our Never-Ending ‘Scam Season’ 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z The scamps and buffoons in Intiman Theatre's fetching new adaptation of Molière's "A Doctor in Spite of Himself" are a credit to their calling. Review: Intiman's 'Doctor' is in, with raucous results 2010-09-14T04:01:00Z As Borat and Brüno he was the supreme scamp of ambush comedy. Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator: He Has Ways of Making You Laugh 2012-05-14T14:30:51Z On Monday night, artrock scamps British Sea Power performed at the Roundhouse in London, surrounded by monks, sword dancers and whirling dervishes. Click to download: Bat for Lashes goes Gucci 2011-03-03T22:59:01Z He considers himself the scamp in a still buttoned-up bastion of scolding conservatism — the disruptive court jester, the fool. Greg Gutfeld has risen to the top at Fox News — and that’s no joke 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z Among the crowd was one towheaded scamp who, as many of the adults in the immediate area also had, offered up little but swears and cheery distain to Shroyer. Watch an adorable child call an Infowars reporter a "f**cking idot" to his face 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Kompakt is celebrating 20 years in the game, a deserved milestone for the Cologne label that is the spry, cheeky little scamp of a brother to the haughtily cool dominatrix of Berlin's scene. Clubs picks of the week 2013-07-06T05:00:24Z He’s a lovable scamp, a touch theatrical, precocious but innocent. ‘The Gargoyle Hunters,’ by John Freeman Gill: A love letter to New York City 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z In a career that has made him a superstar in Italy, Jovanotti has been an intellectual and a scamp, a rocker and a rapper, a poet and a provocateur, a cynic and a romantic. Playlist : New Music by Lianne La Havas, Jovanotti, Blonds and Opossom 2012-08-03T16:00:00Z From there, Brazil-born soundscapist Amon Tobin, shambling scamp Mr Scruff and the Cinematic Orchestra's lush ensemble splendour came to epitomise a groundbreaking, bravely eclectic dynasty. Label of love: Ninja Tune 2010-09-22T11:16:00Z He's an adventurer who's sure to always land on his graceful feet, or in the lap of just the right fellow scamp who happens to admire "clean-smelling men with beautiful lips." 'History of a Pleasure Seeker': an ambitious interloper among the rich 2012-02-15T22:18:07Z He’s a scamp, helping his buddies smuggle goods through a hole in the ghetto wall, but they know they’re playing against opponents who shove prisoners into open fires and shoot kids in the streets. ‘The Book of Aron,’ by Jim Shepard, is a masterpiece 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z “He was being a scamp,” the charitable Mr. Osborne said. Robert Osborne Is the Face of TCM 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z The Aurora editor told tourists, too, of “various kinds of scamps who do business upon the inexperience of strangers . . . sojourners robbed, swindled, and perhaps beaten.” New York’s long history of police brutality: “Necessary force” goes all the way back to the beginning of the NYPD 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z At 12 he got his first TV role in Little House on the Prairie and then his big break came when he was cast as a naughty scamp in Silver Spoons. Jason Bateman: ‘My dirty secret? Playing the straight man. Because he gets to be in every scene’ 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z And author Bradley’s assured, bemused style never causes the reader to disbelieve the little scamp’s precocious abilities in that regard. Sleuths for our time: smarts, not guns 2013-01-11T00:47:17Z I don’t remember any ballerina taking so naturally to the ruthless scamp side of the character. Critic?s Notebook: Morning Feast On the Bolshoi (Popcorn, Too) 2011-05-30T21:28:00Z Born an Irish scamp 1859, she should have spent her life in some peat-choked Irish village battered down by poverty and the innate unfairness of life, not to mention the British. When it comes to table manners royalty should be your benchmark 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z He loves living up to his self-image as a "scamp," which is much nicer than the names other people call him – like, say, The Sun, which described Depp as a "wife beater." The magical magnetism of Mads Mikkelsen 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z With “At Liberty,” Stritch went from being dismissed as a past-her-prime prima donna to being hailed as a theatrical legend and charming scamp. Review | Elaine Stritch biography takes a gossipy, once-over-lightly approach 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z To the end, he treats Bankman-Fried as sort of an endearing scamp who got in over his head, essentially by an adorable habit of inattention. Column: In Michael Lewis, Sam Bankman-Fried found his last and most willing victim 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Hopefully, Joshua watched “The Mandalorian” when he was young, because this little scamp is going to try his patience, or, you know, annihilate existence as we know it. Review: In 'The Creator,' paranoid androids and a child to save the day — or obliterate us 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Throughout his career, he delighted in being a newsroom scamp. Mike Causey, Federal Diary columnist for three decades, dies at 82 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Still in his younger scamp days, George W. Bush lifted his pant leg to show off his cowboy boots and proudly declared that he was the black sheep of the family. The Queen Met 13 Sitting U.S. Presidents, Who Basked in Her Global Prestige 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Having appeared in four movies, numerous short films and a Universal Studios ride, among myriad other media, the subservient scamps return to playing second fiddle in “The Rise of Gru.” Review | Minions happily take a back seat in the ’70s-inspired ‘Rise of Gru’ 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z On the flat, straight highways of middle America, you’ll often see a Chevy go by with a sticker in the window portraying a cartoon scamp tinkling on a Ford logo — or vice versa. Opinion | Ford might have just turbo-boosted our electric-vehicle future 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z He’s a scamp looking for approval, foolishly, it turns out, from his older brother, memorably played by Michael McKean. Bob Odenkirk winds down his journey as Jimmy McGill, uh, Saul Goodman, no, Gene Takavic 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z “We were in charge of cooking scamp and squid and putting plenty of garlic in it.” The smell of financial distress surrounds cancellation of the Gilroy Garlic Festival 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z One bird fell to the ground, and after the scamps scattered, Kentigern stroked its feathers and prayed. Review: How Douglas Stuart subverts the Victorian coming-of-age plot 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z And I was exasperated when my firstborn started imitating the antics of that naughty scamp, particularly by upending her plate at the table. Opinion | ‘I Need A New Butt!’ belongs in schools. No buts about it. 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z A brigade of social media scamps soon offered an observation about Commander. 70% of voters in poll say it’s been a ‘bad year’ 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Is he the playful scamp who once gave an underling a piggyback ride after a rocket engine test? 10 years at helm, Kim Jong Un’s nukes are still ‘magic wand’ 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Nearly an hour into the new Dune film, our favorite colonizing scamps, the Atreides boys, are introduced to a Fremen technology staple that allows them to survive Arrakis’ harsh desert environment. The Dune movie flushed away a chance to talk about wastewater 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z In a series of casually cruel posts, the site’s writers called him an “asinine media mastermind,” a “Self-Serving Misogynist,” a “clueless scamp” and the “intellectual equivalent of a large wet sponge.” If Gawker Is Nice, Is It Still Gawker? 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Diego Maradona, the scamp king of Argentine football, died in November after a life in which his gargantuan abilities were matched by his appetite for excess off the pitch. 10 unforgettable images of an unfortunate year 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z She’s a modern, strong, self-possessed woman and a bit of a scamp. L.A. Affairs: I didn't want to get married. Until she told me she didn't, either 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z Outlook: Gardner Minshew is a lovable scamp who is probably a better quarterback than Nick Foles at this point in their careers. It’s Patrick Mahomes’s N.F.L., but Let’s Preview All 32 Teams Anyway 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z But change will require us to stop lionizing rogues and scamps. The five TV shows we can't get enough of this week 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z At the other end is a scamp, a trickster with a badge, who breaks the rules to do the job the bureaucracy is too hidebound to handle, bringing order with a wisecrack and a laugh. What TV's rogue cops reveal about the American self-image — and American selfishness 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z “As for the heroes of golf, he inclined to the scamps and the droll ones.” The Yips—If You’ve Had ’Em, You’ve Got ’Em - Golf Digest 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Frances, for her part, is a little scamp, ever so gently pushing the boundaries of what her babysitter will tolerate. Review | ‘Saint Frances’ is a welcome, earnest spin on the coming-of-age tale 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z When country characters do scheme, it’s often for purposes of comedy or in response to those foolish enough to take them for fools; they’re scamps. On TV, country is the soundtrack to the American dream 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z Aladdin, a light-fingered scamp, befriends Jasmine, the sultan’s daughter, in the bazaar. A Live-Action “Aladdin” Falls Short of Its Animated Predecessor 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Quirky and stubborn and speaking of which, who’s this cheeky scamp wearing it? Ajax v Tottenham Hotspur: Champions League semi-final, second leg – live! 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z The answer is related to two issues that correspond to the two halves of the journalistic soul, the scamp and the saint. Bad Press 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z More than once, Wolff redeemed his boyhood nickname, Skeezix, after the scamp in the “Gasoline Alley” cartoon strip. Perry Wolff, award-winning TV news documentarian, dies at 97 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z As his mother—still alive at 106—often said, “He was really a scamp.” Opinion | A Life of Service, Lived With Good-Natured Irreverence 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z There’s not a single reality TV lunatic, soap opera scamp, or golfer. ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Twirls to the Jocks 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z The scamps bit the ankles and trouser bottoms of a policeman, the Royal Clock Winder, a chauffeur and a member of the Grenadier Guard and a palace sentry. Queen Elizabeth II loses her last corgi, Willow, marking the end of a scrappy canine dynasty 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z OK, this heart-warming tale of playful little scamps does not feature the White House or politics. Hair Force One: which films best describe the Trump era? 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Like many, I figured he was a harmless scamp. Opinion | A #MeToo for clueless men 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z The average age of winners is 55, but William Lawrence Bragg bagged the prize with his dad, William Henry, at the tender age of 25, the scamp. The 2017 Nobel prize in physics - live 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z The flash and gleam of his pearly whites send the message that his character, Barry Seal, is a scamp, a scalawag, a rascal, a rogue. ‘American Made’ review: Tom Cruise steers this devilish ride 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z “You, son, are going to learn to look up,” Watts lectures his felicitously christened scamp. Set in New York, Fit for the Hammock 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z It's to say that in all of my exposure to tournament golf I never once saw an urchin, scamp, rascal or teenager on the course, including me, plead for a golf ball from a pro. Signs of the Times - Golf Digest 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z The lengths politicians will go to in order to show their human side … Theresa May confessed to running through fields of wheat as a child, the scamp. Election 2017: campaign enters final day amid human rights row – politics live 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Weller announces that he’s the expert, and Brown plays him as a card — a spirited scamp who works just a tad too hard to charm the reluctant Fonsia into one hand after another. Go fish: ‘The River’ and ‘Gin Game’ angle for small fry 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z And, in the end, it was almost impossible not to admire the lovable scamp. Bill Clinton’s Donald Trump bitterness shows political downfall 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Of course, like boxing, political contests are all about style and personality Mrs. Clinton is the conventional pol---but not the natural endearing scamp that her husband Bubba was. How Donald Trump Blew Up the ‘Gaffe’ 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z When did so many urchins, scamps and rascals start turning up in the galleries of golf tournaments? Signs of the Times - Golf Digest 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z That the Google chairman Eric Schmidt was a playboy and a scamp. In Silicon Valley, Gossip, Anger and Revenge 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z “Yeah,” he says, proudly, and as they exit she flashes him a loving “you scamp, you” look. When ‘Madam President’ in the Oval Office Was a Punchline 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z If such umbrage-taking is what passes for negativity between Democrats, perhaps these scamps would benefit from a time-out. Unqualified vs. Un-Democratic 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z "They were funny little 15-year-old scamps who used to hang around the car park at the Jericho Tavern, too young to get in," Munro recalls. Radiohead, Foals and 25 years of discovering Oxford music - BBC News 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z I distinctly remember a time when I was the only urchin, scamp or rascal in the galleries. Signs of the Times - Golf Digest 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Screenwriter and comedian Elaine May and former child actress/current pop star/all-around scamp Miley Cyrus are set to headline the series alongside Allen himself sources familiar with the project confirm to the LA Times. Woody Allen casts Elaine May and Miley Cyrus in upcoming Amazon series 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Ellen Page plays the title character, a vagabond scamp who rambles into New York City. Sundance 2016: Fiction collides with reality for 'Tallulah' creator Sian Heder 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Awards: Luke Bryan, that grinning superstar scamp, was named entertainer of the year. CMA Awards 2015: an 'uplifting' night for rule breakers and risk takers 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Palestinian kids are often shown as rebellious scamps, as if drawn from the pages of “Dora the Explorer,” firing their slingshots at colonialist oppressors. Meet the Palestinian cartoonist Israelis accuse of incitement 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z But I didn't consider myself an urchin, scamp or rascal. Signs of the Times - Golf Digest 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z As you can see, in the video for "Steal My Girl" he is wearing a trench coat and really long hair, and no one is letting him be a playful scamp: The State of One Direction: updates on the power structure of a boy band 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Speaking of scamps, Michael A. Scruggs of Vienna, Va., sent Answer Man a weekly pass that the Capital Transit Co., issued in September 1937. Riding the rails: Veteran D.C. streetcar riders share their stories 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z The Boston Globe won the race to one of the most obvious campaign profiles: the candidate’s high school years, in which he admits to being a miscreant and scamp of sorts. “The first time I really got stoned was in Jeb’s room”: Drugs, bullying, Vietnam and the best revelations about Bush’s lost high school years 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z He is an incurable scamp, and so even when the bits were apolitical, they were hilarious. A Eulogy for Colbert He conveys the image of a mischievous, carefree scamp, a cheeky but charming joker. All Brazilian Eyes Are on Soccer Savior Neymar 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z In a 2004 episode of South Park, the scamps think of themselves as warriors in an anime fantasy. Moriarty They Ain t: Criminally Clumsy Lawbreakers Make Forensics Unnecessary 2013-09-04T14:15:03.450Z We know what you mean, but we couldn't find a red-haired freckled scamp on a piebald horse at short notice so you'll just have to pretend. I may be from Cork but, unlike Ryanair, I can find delights in Dublin's fair city 2013-07-26T15:03:03Z Just ask Eloise, the 6-year-old scamp living it up in the Plaza Hotel, who routinely called for room service to bring her, exactly, one roast-beef bone, one raisin and seven spoons. Room Service Is Vanishing From a Big Hotel 2013-06-03T02:14:03Z "You are evidently a dishonest scamp, but I acknowledge the receipt of all letters," he wrote one correspondent. City Room: The Mayor of Sarcastic, Witty and Candid Letters 2013-01-01T22:18:38Z Every scamp in the parish who thinks it will pay him to go to church is going to church. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Coming closely behind these scamps, the luxurious chair of the mandarin, carried by eight bearers, fills the vacant space in the street. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z "He was a wild sort of lad, was he not,—a scamp, in short?" Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z Oh, the striped awning and the fairy lamp, The cool night fragrance, the insidious damp, And, more insidious still, The sweet effrontery of the beardless scamp Who babbles at his will. Punch, or the London Charivari, November 4th 1893 2012-04-07T02:00:30.293Z It is thus that Patelin says of another scamp, his younger brother, "He has deceived me, who have deceived so many others." The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z "You impertinent young scamp," he said, between his teeth, "I've a great mind to give you such a punishment as you never had in your life, to make you remember this day!" The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z I have known a case where the whole policy of a Consulate was dictated by the writer, who was a clever, intriguing scamp. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z He is a restless, unmanageable idler and scamp, say his enemies—unstable as water, he shall not excel. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z The final touch was when the young scamp who drove the mail cart found it impossible to forego his eternal cigarette, which, despite remonstrance, he smoked continuously. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z In jumping over a low fence into a lane his one foot came down sideways on a large stone upon which some pauper had scamped his work, and the mischief was done. The King's Stratagem and Other Stories 2012-03-22T02:00:40.343Z He appeared to feel a special pride in his surroundings and did not scamp the showing. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z He has become so hysterical that he is ready to believe anything that this scamp says. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z And if you intend to continue calling such people scamps then there is nothing left for us to say to each other. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Most houses have been built by contractors, and the plumbing is perhaps the item of the whole structure that it is considered easiest and safest to scamp or to neglect. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z "It's to the pipe you owe the very clever likeness she has made of your scamp of a dog," remarked Etheridge. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z He was a sad scamp, but his health is broken. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z For in his connection with the girl the young scamp had shown what he was--a sneaking, underhand, interloping puppy. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Yes, those ‘scamps’ are the only real friends the Jews have.” The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z If you and Gerry think you won't go to sleep over the precious scamps you might take them to the barn and let them pass the night where they have hidden so many horses. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z I’m going to get on the trail of that scamp, Holdney, this vacation, though.” Baseball Joe on the School Nine or, Pitching for the Blue Banner 2012-02-17T03:00:33.267Z The screed was from one scamp in the city to another scamp on the road. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z Welsh is as honest, and I'd as lief trust him, as another, but if aught's amiss it's not he that will suffer, nor the confounded scamp of a clerk that made the mistake. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z “Well, that’s what those ‘scamps’ are struggling for: to do away with every sort of oppression. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Occasionally she turned her head to whisper to the blacked-up scamp who sat at her right hand. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z And the nimbleness of the scamps in effecting their escape was greeted with laughter and applause. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Judging from the scrawl, a regular set of scamps had been hired to do some work for high-up, respectable fellows. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z Much of the work, however, is poor and scamped; it bears, in fact, marks of the feverish haste with which it was carried through. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z Mehemet Ali, the "superfluity," is a scamp, and, I fear, dishonest. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z You young scamp! you have taken a strange hold on the heart of your attached kinsman and faithful friend, "Alexander Moncton." The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z They felt a strong desire to cool their parched throats with some of their master's iced beer; and the bold scamps managed to get it in the following way. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z He was a merry scamp and got a world of sport out of his sickening business, laughing at the top of his voice to see himself "avoided like the sun." Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z You young scamp," the latter said, shaking his finger at him, "you seem determined to be a permanent patient. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z Then came the daily festival of breakfast, never to be hurried or "scamped." Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z I would here say, as the scamp was nearly a fool as well as villain, I allowed him to go without sending evidence against him, on condition of his going voluntarily, and never returning. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z These reverend scamps often instituted the high claim of being "called of God" to their ministerial labors. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z But we 'ave fine capers at the camp, Proper, but for that confounded scamp: Punched my 'ead because I guyed his shooting. Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z He pushed and teased the little scamp with his toe till it rushed at him, clinging, tickling, biting till he gave little bubbles of laughter, quite forgetful of us. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z “It can’t be possible that that little scamp has gone and lost himself again, can it?” The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z Everywhere I turned I was met by the worthlessness of the scamp whose name I now bore. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z Where in the devil are you going, you young scamp? Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z I’ve done a bit of this work at home, and he is a wary scamp, indeed, if he escapes me.” The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z I knew well enough that I was what the world calls a scamp, and I knew also that I had got little good out of the fact. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z Now, where do you suppose those two scamps are? The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z Sganarelle bears only a passing resemblance to the winsome scamp Mr. Epp played in the earlier production; he’s ruder, rougher and perhaps even funnier. | Connecticut: Moli?re Meets Punch and Judy 2011-12-10T16:31:13Z I look like a scamp then, I tell you! Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z “Dear father,” replied Ulenspiegel, “I am sitting on the donkey, saying no word to any man, and nevertheless they say I am a scamp.” The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z His manual labour—for he worked alongside his men, and allowed no scamping or shirking—was over at dusk. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z If she has anything to do with it she'll even forgive you for allowing yourself to get mixed up with such a scamp as Trevor; I know more about him than it seems you do. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z That scamp seemed to have nothing to do but wander over the roads, and greet him, and thrust himself before his eyes with his bland sweetness. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z By profession he was a mining engineer, by disposition a scamp, ready to plunge into any undertaking that promised adventure. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z He was one of Nature's thieves; a born scamp; a lifelong blackguard. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z There was no 'scamping,' for durability was a desideratum. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z "If Mr. Fletcher did as I wished him, he'd give each of you boys a good round flogging before you went to bed, a lot of disobedient, ungrateful, untruthful, and untrustworthy scamps!" A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z He was not ignorant of the fact that by this he was proving himself a scamp. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z At Chapter I, they still talk about the scamp who insisted on taking the plunger from the bathroom back with him to his banquette. Feed Me: Pop-Up Cafe for Alice?s Tea Cup ? Feed Me 2011-11-29T23:32:21Z At fifty-three his last hard-earned savings had been wormed from him by the last plausible scamp. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Ha! laughed "Somebody", to "the" great danger of the "Winks"; Of course, and we shouldn't dream of taking such a scamp. All (Frightfully Unofficial) about an Old Friend of mine. What he most probably was. What he most certainly will be and who has done this? Why The Cat. 2011-11-20T03:00:15.980Z Our steed was bigger, but the most pig-headed old scamp you ever saw, for it took two big women to make him go. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z "There are men doing penal servitude who aren't half such mean, sneaking scamps as you are--and plenty of them." A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z Her husband was a scamp—ran off with another woman. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z Madame Dermont, as you know, is a widow; but her husband had a brother,—a sad scamp, by the way,—who would never do anything but drink, gamble, smoke, and haunt low resorts. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z If an immoral tendency has been attributed to the Assemblies of Ḥarírí it is because the author does not conceal his admiration for this unprincipled and thoroughly disreputable scamp. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Longfellow's creed, as expounded in The Builders, allowed for no scamped work. A Day With Longfellow 2011-11-13T03:00:15.157Z Mr. Osborne sat trying to persuade himself into the belief that the man was an injured paragon though he knew very well that he was an irredeemable scamp. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z He happened to be a scamp, so there's all this to do. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z Ah! monsieur, how lucky it is that you happened to be here to drive that miserable scamp away! San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z Suddenly that scamp of mine kissed her full on her sweet lips. A Tale of the Kloster A Romance of the German Mystics at the Cocalico 2011-11-11T03:00:32.153Z Well, it will do to cover some other poor devil's head," murmured that tired Jeffries, "Get it over, and send that conscienceless young scamp to hell with your blood on his head. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z His heart went out in pity to the scamp across the seas. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z “It was worth three dollars and seventy-five cents,” said the woman, “before that scamp deliberately set in it.” The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach In Quest of the Runaways 2011-11-04T02:00:22.360Z Oh! madame, hasn't monsieur told you what he did to your scamp of a brother-in-law? San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z Well, you and your sisters seem to have spoiled the young scamp. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z You see, marques," said the count, "that but for the vigilance of my police, you would have had the honor of being father-in-law to two of the greatest scamps in my viceroyalty. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z Thus there is no scamped work in the story; nor any sacrifice of details in order to obtain those broad effects in which the tale abounds. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z The worst that could happen would be to be taken for myself--the agreeably characterized 'sad scamp' from Hamburg. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z "By what chance are you here?" he asked.—"How did you ever come to know this scamp of a Dodichet, my dear Mirotaine?" San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z But if the expedient failed, why, it would bring him all the sooner to grips with the three hairy scamps that seemed to invite a trail of strength, and resourcefulness. Rocky Mountain Boys Camping in the Big Game Country 2011-10-21T02:00:18.430Z "You, Number 12, have been lazy, you idle worthless scamp;" "Number 11, you couldn't expect to stand higher, my lad;" "You, Number 13, must read diligently before the confirmation or else you won't succeed!" Ovind A Story of Country Life in Norway 2011-10-13T02:00:43.280Z “I am going wrong,” said I to myself; “that other path is the way to the Devil’s Bridge, and the scamp knows it, or he would not have grunted.” Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z The Foxites had also a very numerous meeting,—500 at least, but sad scamps. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z I have an idea: I'll invite him to dinner; the fellow's all right socially, so that we can afford to receive him; he isn't like that scamp Dodichet—there's a man I will never invite! San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z "I shot three times, and there were just that number of the scamps, Tom." Rocky Mountain Boys Camping in the Big Game Country 2011-10-21T02:00:18.430Z Yes, the scamp was the joy of his life; and really, really, except for the boy, everything was unrelieved gloom.... The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z They are all from Wrexham, a mixture of broken housekeepers, and fellows too stupid to learn a trade; a set of scamps fit for nothing in the world but to swear bodily against honest men. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z "I wanted to tell you," Virginia said, "that ever since Langdon Chester got back from Atlanta he has been trying to meet me, and—" "The dirty scamp!" Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z A scamp of a footman had stolen it from his master, and sold it to our shoemakers for thirty kopecks. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z And even if he managed to get the little scamp up on the thing, some trick would be turned that would land the ’plane on top of a high tree.” Boy Scouts in the Northwest Fighting Forest Fires 2011-09-22T02:00:25.017Z Well, I have an idea that it may be some little 18 time before you get a chance to round those scamps up, and proceed with your search. The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island 2011-09-22T02:00:23.407Z I begun to catch the idea that the young scamp had in his noddle—or I thought I did. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z I'd get mighty few thanks, I reckon, for saving you from the clutches of that scamp if I left your mother to die in torment of body and soul. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z You are either an old scamp or an old fool. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z The objection that the piece system leads to careless, scamped and inferior work, call hardly be considered a genuine working-class objection. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z “But are we going to sit here like a lot of babies while that scamp runs off with our supper?” demanded Bluff, indignantly. The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island 2011-09-22T02:00:23.407Z No, sir! him and that young Taylor scamp stayed in that back room for another half hour and left it whisperin' in each other's ears and actin' thicker than thieves. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z When I had my first great trouble, God is witness to the fact that I thought I loved the young scamp who brought it about. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z The young scamp will have the last word. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z "Pity you can't do something to help," she retorted, "instead of loafing about with that pack of lazy scamps." Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z I’ll be jiggered if I can see how there could be any connection between those scamps and that wild man with the hairy hide. The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island 2011-09-22T02:00:23.407Z I told him legends of long-dead rakes and scamps among my paternal ancestors who, forsaking their sins, had gone from their own country to fight for the faith they loved in other lands. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z The young scamp has picked her out, devil that he is by blood and birth. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z But our typical American scamp has ever been the tramp, formerly the vagabond, not the highwayman; though the horse thief kept him close companion. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z "I know where you are, you scamp; right behind the carabao; come out of there, pronto, dale-dale!" Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z It is on solid foundations that lie deep in the earth, and that avoid all reproach of being scamped or superficial work, that the durability of a structure depends. The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development 2011-08-29T02:01:04.170Z "Isn't God rather supposed to be in charge of that sort of thing himself?" the cheeky young scamp asked. Andr? Villas-Boas masters art of post-match put down 2011-08-28T23:23:47Z Nobody but you and me an' that trifling scamp will ever know it. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z A tall and handsome scamp, with piercing blue eyes and fine complexion, his marked intelligence and sweetness of expression made him most attractive. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z But there we are: fate, in the guise of that mysterious division between a respectable life and a scamp's life divided us. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z “But,” he added, “I am afraid he is too clever a scamp to fall into the clutches of the law very easily.” The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z And so you sent that scamp over there to make a row. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z I don't know, unless, after all, you have a leaning for that young scamp, who has no more real honor than a convict in his stripes. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z The leader of this band of thieves was an ingenious and delightful scamp—one George White. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z Presumably a scamp is bound to be mongrel. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z “The—the—precious scamp!” he continued, his bronzed features working, “and I trusted him as I would have trusted his dad.” The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z One night last fall, just before the Knights of Midas show, a drunken scamp came into my yard, and made a nasty row. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z She's plumb full of what she heard that scamp saying to Virginia at the graveyard. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z The Queen called them 'a set of lazy scamps.' Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z He's in the conspiracy, poor lad, he's the victim of the conspiracy, but he's no scamp. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z Shamefully “scamped” was the row of six-roomed houses—doors that warped and would not shut, and so on. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z When the governor returned, to his surprise, he found two ladies confronting him with reasons why Bevis and Mark were heroes instead of scamps. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z You dirty scamp, I'm a good mind to—Look here, get me that shawl! Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z Are you sleeping in bright daylight, you young scamp? The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z It seems to me," said the bishop, looking at Mr. Errington with a twinkle in his eye, "that you have some scamps amongst your parishioners as well as examples. Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z “I believe if that little scamp had been in our boat to-day we would have won.” The Girls of Central High Rivals for All Honors 2011-08-11T02:00:17.153Z There was no magic at hand to accomplish the feat of summoning a scamp from Nowhere! Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z A good scamp pleases me powerful, but you are too good a sample for any use. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z The upshot is that this scamp, your vile accomplice, is bound to the rock and not only will he not fall as everybody expects, but he can't. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Well, I always thought that I should hit on something good through these young scamps who come here, but this is a bigger thing than I ever dreamed of. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z Nothing is done right now, according to the old men of the hamlet; even the hayricks are built badly and ‘scamped.’ Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Next morning he scamped his work, fell athwart the bluff bows of Arcadius, and so found himself with a broken bone and a wounded wrist in the hospital of La Gr�ce at Aramon. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z That scamp will see to that part of the affair. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z Do you mean to say that scamp Casalonga has any letters? Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z I cried, and then I recognized the scamp. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z “And if there was a man belonging to them you’d see yon scamp go packing, like a cat out o’ the dairy. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z These scamps of Cossacks had already drunk nearly half a measure of spirits; Father Heitz told me that some of them scarcely added a drop of water. The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire 2011-07-27T02:00:39.197Z And yet, I reckon, there must be some dregs of good left in my cup, for I felt like strangling that scamp a minute ago. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z I remembered what Cousin George had said about Uhlans and other scamps of that sort, and I felt a cold shiver come over me. The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War 2011-07-27T02:00:38.240Z Inquiries were made, and they found he was a scamp, born in the district of Zolkier, of good family, to whom he had caused much trouble. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z “Why, you impudent young scamp, what d’yer mean?” she exclaimed, in astonishment. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z At length I was beside her: I no longer required to defend her from the elderly scamp, he had disappeared. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z Even the cathedral window looming in the background has its exquisite tracery carefully drawn, no scamping the work because it was only the background of an incomplete sketch. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z I must say that Shrouder is a bit of a scamp, and that he is the man for a dirty job. Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z "What fools try to be scamps nowadays!" he said, contemptuously. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z I shall not be there for the miserable scamps to pelt when the poor old idol breaks down again.” The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z They could not support the continuance of many of the common evils of modern life—the noise and dirt, the brutality of manners, the scamping of work, the rush for pleasure. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z Leathery knights of the dim old trail, Lawful fighters or scamps from jail, Dimly your virtues shine. Sun and Saddle Leather Including Grass Grown Trails and New Poems 2011-07-19T02:00:23.943Z I wonder how the old scamp has managed to keep out of Newgate.’ Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z "Such a stupid fellow, and yet he wishes to be a scamp!" Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z "He is a scamp who means to have the property which is rightfully your due." Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z “The young scamp’s mighty lucky, then—mighty lucky!” Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z "What?" demanded L. C. "And hear old Danny being quiet!" finished the teasing scamp. America First 2011-07-15T02:00:25.100Z We can't have her going about in black; it denies your existence—! and you look like a battered scamp yourself. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z I'll find them if I have to drag the gutters for every poor white scamp in the state. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z For the sake of a heedless, self-indulgent scamp like Lance Trevanion, who never was good enough to black her boots. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z The bigger scamp a man is the more they hold by him. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z "Let me see—what is the name of that river that takes you up to Paris?" the scamp went on, with his face contorted into a wonderful appearance of earnest thought. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z He also explains why the tricky scamp is an easy target for his country's failings. The Fiver 2011-07-07T14:43:34Z Of course it had to do with his scamp of a son, but that need not affect her. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z Then these young scamps will be in clover. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z It’s very shocking, for I’m afraid he’s a dreadful scamp; but you know what women are.” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z "Not a bit of it, madame!" said the scamp, who thereupon turned his battery at once in her direction. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z Red Wolf, an idle, drunken scamp, had been a fit instrument in Rody’s hands to be employed as a messenger between him and the Indian girl. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z An idle, good-for-nothing scamp is what I credit him with being,” she retorted furiously. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z “Why didn’t you go and serve Mass, you scamps?” went on Wagram. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z The man’s a scamp any way—an utter scamp.” The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z "Five years, indeed? so long?" asked the scamp, with every appearance of interest. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z Buckstone said to her, “I shall never see you otherwise than in the part of this wicked little scamp.” The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z "That you may spend it again at the gaming-table, you audacious scamp!" responded his noble but incensed progenitor. The Widow Barnaby Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:15.707Z And that reminds me that you two young scamps have made me late for an appointment. All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z He’s a scamp, a downright scamp, and will come to no good. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Mishap the fourth: Mrs. Brooks Cunninghame had been herself badgered, worse than the bears, by an irreverent scamp who threw discredit at once upon her foreign travels and her geography. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z Afterwards she married one of the most noted scamps in Paris, who wanted a pretty wife as a pawn in some game of his. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z And I hope you’ll aid me in catching those other scamps.” Dave Porter on Cave Island A Schoolboy's Mysterious Mission 2011-06-15T02:00:23.660Z When he had counted them twice over to make sure, he said: “Well, sir! of all the young scamps that ever were born—Willie Raby! weren’t you scared?” Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans 2011-06-14T02:00:19.177Z The old scamp is given to erring and straying afar just when wanted. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z I'm sure she stole it and gave it to that scamp of a nephew so that he might gain Miss Rayner's goodwill. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z There was a pause, in which these two scamps looked at each other. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z “Don’t—don’t shove me into the water!” cried the scamp, in alarm, although Dave had no intention of doing as he imagined. Dave Porter on Cave Island A Schoolboy's Mysterious Mission 2011-06-15T02:00:23.660Z “We think that the young man who leads the applause and Rosario Ricos’s brother are the scamps.” Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z Kafirland is chock-full of bumptious, uneducated, hypocritical scamps, who live on the fat of the land, and are never happy unless meddling with what doesn’t concern them. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z The writer above quoted says also, “How long the young scamp carried on his annoyances ... does not appear.” Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z But that self-contained scamp retained an unmoved countenance as, at Judge Boompointer's unusually gracious instruction that the witness might retire, Grace Conroy left the stand. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z And then came a gasp, and the scamp disappeared under the surface. Dave Porter on Cave Island A Schoolboy's Mysterious Mission 2011-06-15T02:00:23.660Z But if he takes advantage of petticoat government, and develops a tendency to go wrong, I’ll put him on a school ship, and let the young scamp learn what discipline is.” Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z He was one of the old sort—no scamping of work for him; his work was as good as he could make it, and it was his pride and delight. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z “I’ve got you—you scamp!” declared the Corner House girl, and fell upon him with the snowball and rubbed his face well with it. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z Virtually it said—"You're a scamp, so am I; whether or not this other man who overhears us is one likewise, it matters not." Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z “I wouldn’t go back for that horrid little scamp!” snapped Agnes, her face flushing. The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found 2011-05-31T02:00:33.267Z If you girls only knew what scamps some of those slips of nobility are you would not be so crazy for titles.” Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z No grudging of the time or the labour spent either on design or needlework; no scamping; no mere outlining. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z It has a terrible side to it, when the greatest scamp is of as much account as the finest gentleman, and expects to be received on the same footing. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z The luxurious scamp missed his usual comfortable surroundings. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Somebody, of course, hired the two scamps that took it to do the trick——” “Oh, were there two?” asked Neale, who had been running the car slowly again in order to listen. The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found 2011-05-31T02:00:33.267Z “Is he not a scamp and a scoundrel, Mr Clerk?” he continued. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z They are all young scamps, but he took it into his head to be cheeky, and I had to kick him out. Dorothy's Double Volume II (of 3) 2011-05-29T02:00:06.640Z Give me a kiss, you scamp—and look after your mother while I'm away. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z I dare say Scheff, who is clever at getting letters out of me—the scamp!—has told you of my being up here atop of the Alleghenies, and why I am here. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z Since when have people come to trust a scamp? 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar The Scourge of God 2011-05-26T02:00:15.987Z "Isn't it enough to make prisoners of all the scamps in Christendom without taking vagabond players into custody?" The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z "Marry yourself, then, you young scamp, and be hanged to you; you have my full consent if you can find a girl who will be fool enough to take you." Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z The scamp was not greatly frightened by this demonstration, and merely flew to the tip of one of the tall cotton-woods, where he immediately resumed his vocal practice. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z How you knocked that scamp over at Harry Varnell's When he tried to take your chips! Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z "It is only scamps who take a dislike to what they are put to," he exclaimed. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z I lament only for your sainted father and his relicts.–Who could have said ten years ago, good lady, that I should have raised a scamp that would shoot down my master and patron? Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z Go away, you scamp; are you after the fruit here, eh? White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z The general who called the combatants of Paris "bandits" and these assassinations "an example" was a scamp of high life, first ruined, then kept by actresses. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z From the way the people are talking, if the scamp is caught he will be lynched. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z But, to judge from what she has told me, he must have been just about as arrant a scamp as one could well imagine—a regular blackguard.” Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z He was "a right good-sized scamp at freedom time" and remembers much of what he has seen and heard. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z Notice the speaker’s talk to his dog: “Come here, you scamp,”—“Jump for the gentleman,”—“Over the table, look out for the lamp.” Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z So that scamp, What's-his-name, the nephew, will come in for it all. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z I have no doubt he will stick to it, unless the young scamp leaves off his idle ways. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z A few years later she married a man named Hetheridge, a worthless scamp, who supposed he was marrying money, and who soon abandoned his wife when he learned that she was poor. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z The devil of it is, in English diplomacy the two or three men of ability are such arrant scamps and blackguards, they can't be employed, and the honest men are dull as ditch-water. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z I've got you safe at last, Got you by the skirt, too--got you firm and fast, You scamp, you!' Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems 2011-04-14T02:01:01.217Z “Jack Darrow is a worthless scamp,” said the storekeeper. Leo the Circus Boy 2011-04-12T02:00:28.110Z “From Henry—the scamp—the ungrateful—Here, read this!” The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z I must say that I liked the young scamp, even at his worst. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z Thunder! but he was a sight to take your eye—the reckless, handsome, long-legged scamp! Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z I am a good workman and, like every other really conscientious artisan, it distresses me to see a job blotched or scamped for the lack of a little skill or perseverance. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z So I have found you at last, you scamp!” he cried in a rage. Leo the Circus Boy 2011-04-12T02:00:28.110Z This little scamp only ran around the log, while her brother crawled under. The Adventures of Fleetfoot and Her Fawns 2011-04-03T02:00:18.337Z Do you know, I don't want the scamp brought back here. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z I wonder could he mean to have this other scamp injure our boats in some way?” Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence 2011-04-01T02:00:41.017Z Have I not gone off sailing all alone with that wild scamp Harry Luttrell—that buccaneer who respects neither laws nor proprieties! Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z But he is a scamp of unparalleled audacity and resource. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z ‘Where is the scamp who has sold me this piece of furniture?’ The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z At least I knew their faces, and recognised the men as some of the most worthless scamps of our own settlement. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z We can number the Jacobin population of the suburbs and the Sections, and the hordes of the federations, at thirty thousand—scamps, armed with pikes or guns, and provided with cannon as well! The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z Freind persisted in his plan of not reproaching his son, whenever the young scamp did wrong. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Only a very little bit, so that you may get used to it, you pretty little scamp, you," says he, tenderly pinching her cheeks, "and now you may go to Mlle. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z Plenty of fools and scamps, Hudsley, but no hypocrites till this one. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Upon these scamps I was determined to keep a watchful eye, and hold them at a wary distance. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z What’s to become of my mad sister, who squandered her money on a French scamp, and made what she calls her heart bankrupt?” The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z As many of these tricks were of old Tom's invention, they differed from those with which the London scamps were familiar. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z Adler stared, and then fell upon a chair, leant forward with his hands on his knees, and asked in a stifled voice: "What have you been doing, you scamp?" More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z Come here, you baggage," turning to Celeste, who was blushing most becomingly; "will you have this graceless scamp, here, for your lord and master? Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z When he left this, sir, he was—oh! my darling! thoughtless, volatile"—— "An infidel and a scamp—eh? The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z Women are womanly, and I have known instances of a woman sticking to a man for no reason whatever, except that he was a scamp, and sometimes the greater the scamp the tighter the tie. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z Hence you will perceive that if the governor only knew of it, he might take brevet rank as a scamp, and actually figure here as one of the "profligates of the season." The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z After some ten minutes of desultory talk, my lady was obliged to own to herself that the "young scamp" had a wonderfully good manner. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z I was afraid Liz might run off with some penniless scamp, as Esther did; but now it's all right. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z I made a fool of myself—not for the first time where a woman was concerned—and Betsy here, brought from Hereford by a meddlesome scamp, lost her temper. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Your father always said the man was a scamp. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z That scamp of a valet never reminded me of my greatcoat—a scoundrel. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z "That young scamp has been coming over Valentine with his jokes and his flummery," said my lady to herself. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z Well, I hope Miss Lizzie won't have anything to do with him if he is, and go throw herself away on a graceless scamp like Miss Esther did. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z There 'a great promise in a fellow when he can be a scamp and a man of honor. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z The scamp wanted to double your salary yesterday, without any rhyme or reason, only relationship. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 2 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:19.937Z "Oh! that man was a big scamp, I'm sure of it—I know it!" Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z "Even from such a scamp as I am?" he said, with his eyes twinkling. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z These scamps are too well treated, and, like all men who are too well fed and too much petted, they must find something to grumble at. A Search For A Secret (Vol 3 of 3) A Novel 2011-02-15T03:00:19.437Z I mean they toady to the people who are rich or generous and they scamp their work in places where they're not 'remembered.' In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z Well, Flora was very much in love with a man named Farren, a penniless scamp though of good family. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z I acted like a fool; I should have taken it coolly; why, he was more the gentleman of the two, scamp as he was. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z As a rule all scamps have something interesting about them, and this Heskett is an unacknowledged favorite of Sir Guy's. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z If one of our scamps only steals a chicken, they must see me about it. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z All six are of the same stamp and character, the most dissolute scamps in the country. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z And I'll take very good care that Mrs. Parsley knows the sort of scamp you are. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z "The little scamp has taken the whip," said Ben, too vexed to smile. Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z "That is exactly what I complain of," said the other woman triumphantly, "he may be a rogue and a scamp." The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z "A scamp was sure to do that easier than an honest man," said I, forgetting, in my eagerness, how rude my speech was. Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service 2011-02-04T03:00:18.850Z "Ah, you're just as bad as the students themselves in your fondness for that scamp!" exclaimed Babbitt. Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z My mother had adored him, as mothers always adore the scamp of the family. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z "I really believe the little scamp has run off." Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z There is no scamping detail here, nor is there any excess of it. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z “If we leave the boat here we can keep watch of the place and catch those scamps when they come back.” Saboteurs on the River 2011-01-28T03:00:23.967Z You will then be able to judge of the scamp's calibre. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z "Do you mean to tell me you are actually engaged to that penniless scamp," raged Dr. Marsh, bringing his fist down on the table. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z A precious set of scamps they are," declared the old gentleman, wrathfully,—"gentlemen's sons! Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z And then the two scamps took to flight as fast as they could. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z The minds of the scamps must be struck with terror. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z "Have I told you of my scare in a tunnel I got some 'extra' profit out of by real scamping?" Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z "If Gerald were not poor, he would not be so much of a scamp in your eyes, father," she said bitterly. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z "With mine: the infernal young scamp!" said Lord Colchicum, glowering at Popjoy out of his heavy eyebrows; and he turned away from the window as Major Pendennis tapped upon it. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z May the devil take you, you young scamp. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z Folks say that the young squire is a bit of a scamp, and don't mean marriage. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z "That's it, but what has that to do with the scare at the tunnel and the scamping?" Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z Why, her father's death almost killed her, and he was a mighty worthless old scamp, and she knew it, too! Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z Shakespeare—ah, a pretty name that, and a precious hounding scamp is the fellow that owns it. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z "Do you know that I can make you change your tune, you scamp?" cried the adjutant Gamba, seizing him by the ear. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z The little scamp had left me to deal with a deaf woman! Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z "That is enough, get to the tunnel scare and scamping." Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z I ask you, is life possible with a lot of scamps like you about? 813 2010-12-28T03:00:13.553Z He is a great man now, rich and famous, but he was a scamp when I first knew him.” Lola 2010-12-24T03:00:35.720Z A hero at one period of his life; a scamp, if not worse, at another! One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z The largest scamp among them, who succeeded by force of his superior size and strength to vanquish his fellows, offered himself as guide. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z "Before you begin to tell me how you scamped it, give me a hint or two about piling, and say what you have learned from experience." Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z She ran away from home, married a scamp, and sailed with him to South America. The Wishing Well 2010-12-20T17:12:27.090Z “Never mind what she says, Bart, lad,” said the latter; “she’ll thank us some day for half-killing as big a scamp as ever stepped.” Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z That boatman your father hired is a downright scamp.” The Secret Pact 2010-12-20T17:12:03.907Z The scamp joined a band of robbers; and when he left them, he gave out that he was a Polish count; played all manner of tricks; broke out of prison; robbed churches. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z That is what I call a real bit of scamping; but, honestly, I did not think I was putting it in so bad as that, but I then knew hardly anything about the material. Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z I would, O by Jove; that is, if I had dust shot in the gun—a set of rogues, rascals, scamps, tramps, vagabonds, and robbers. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z This time the scamp tossed a pebble against our bedroom window. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z Jack Wilshere, 'teenage midfield scamp' and England's most promising young footballer. Barney Ronay: Why we must savour Wilshere 2010-10-08T23:09:00Z Middle-class children could devolve to their robots the playing of educational games with overanxious parents, leaving the scamps free to scrump apples and watch DVDs all day. Robots should do useful jobs 2010-08-12T07:59:00Z If a finger-post has been correctly pointed in the direction in which a favourable field for scamping tricks may exist, the author's object in writing this book will have been attained. Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z And gilded pigeon-toed Arsenal midfield scamp Jack Wilshere is set for a shock England call-up next week because everyone else is rubbish. Football transfer rumours: Arsenal close in on new defender 2010-08-05T08:03:00Z The scamp clattered a stick against the railing of the bridge just to frighten my wife. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z Well, we shall have to take the young scamp in hand before long. The Joy of Living (Es lebe das Leben) A Play in Five Acts For many years they had been friends in a way, or at least as much so as two such scamps ever are. The Girl From Tim's Place "What a young scamp it is!" he said, full of admiration. The Undying Past If these scamps have made themselves scarce, as I think they have, good and well. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 Tonight we thought we had the scamp, but it proved to be only a mischievous boy.” Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z There was likewise no scamping in his mode of treating his opponents in these squabbles; he used his weapons fearlessly and administered many a trouncing to weak opponents. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine I fear this fellow Rowan is a scamp, and I think he has treated Tappitt badly. Rachel Ray Ah, why had Ulrich committed the insane folly of marrying a woman who belonged by nature to a scamp like himself? The Undying Past That scamp Halfway is after the cave in which Faith and Sophia were concealed. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies I thought some scamp had stolen my boots, and left for me his slippers. Autobiography of Z. S. Hastings Here I was positively defending that young scamp and fortune-hunter who had this very afternoon admitted to me that he'd told Million fibs, and that he got what he could out of everybody. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune "The scamp's party you mean," said the doctor. Rachel Ray I know the fellow well enough—a disreputable scamp he is, too! The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life Her husband may have been a scamp of the first water, but she’s a lady and a Christian. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch Hazel on hills; the ling in meadow damp;— Each has its place, while I'm a slighted scamp. The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches Young scamps!" said the prisoner in the blue cap; "he is to be pitied, so helpless. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 "I believe that fellow is a scamp," said the doctor. Rachel Ray I exclaimed,—'to laugh at it, when grief consumes me,—when this scamp poisons my very existence; he placards me, and will drive me out of my wits. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 If any scamp got hold of her he’d rob her or–maybe worse! Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch I tell you what, if you go on so, I shall just set you down for cracked; and all through that scamp of a Cabrion,—the devil take him! The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 Well, I was at length driven away from my last employer as a scamp only fit to be hanged. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 I'm not often taken that way, but this old scamp's persistent audacity and impudence went beyond anything I had ever heard of. The Haunted Pajamas Very well, then, for, if not—But I don't know how he manages, the scamp! The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 Don’t you go to grieving over that scamp. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch Come here and kiss your old cousin, you scamp!” The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec So, quite confused and ashamed, he pulled his hat over his face, and took the road towards the Boulevards, believing that the scamp Cabrion would have confined his abominations to the Rue du Temple. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 The laughter and commotion increased; there was an exclamation: "Rascal, in a holy place!" and another: "Aha! the Kozlover smith's boy must be a first-class scamp!" Yiddish Tales "So, then, you would rather be an idler, a scamp, a vagabond,—eh?" said he, in a stern voice; "and then, perhaps, a thief?" The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 It makes all the blood in my body boil, when I see how everywhere the scamps get on in the world, and how the honest fellows, who don't use their elbows, remain behind. The Children of the World "I 'd not have dared to present myself in such a dress," stammered he out; "but that scamp Skeffy gave me no choice: he opened the door and pushed me in." Tony Butler I call "boys" that delightful, lovable race of young scamps from eleven to fourteen years old. John Bull, Junior or French as She is Traduced He would conclude that I was under obligations to the scamp, but, as you know, I haven't exchanged a dozen words with him. Hard Pressed I do not know any chap who has more vice than this scamp. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 So I took the pallid scamp to his unsuspicious parents in my own carriage, and yesterday reported his rapid progress toward convalescence. The Children of the World "What's your apology to me, you young scamp!" cried the other, wrenching open the gate and passing out into the road. Tony Butler "Very well, indeed; the impudent scamp is a clever fellow." John Bull, Junior or French as She is Traduced Mr. Copley may be a rich man now, but he is just as big a scamp as ever he was, and Sir George ought to know it. Hard Pressed But for him, this young scamp would be by himself. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 The ogre, awaking in the morning, said to his wife, "Go upstairs and dress those young scamps you took in last night." Tales of Passed Times You impertinent young scamp," said he, "what do I care about your tusks, or whether they grow or not? The Squirrels and other animals Illustrations of the habits and instincts of many of the smaller British quadrupeds “What did you help her for, you scamp?” he demanded of Joe, flourishing his staff unpleasantly near the lad’s head. The Only Woman in the Town And Other Tales of the American Revolution I know I am a bit of an old scamp, but, you see, my daughter doesn't know it. Hard Pressed "Ah!" that graceless scamp chuckled, with a suspicious look at our downcast faces, "been improving the opportunity, eh?" Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth "And I told papa; but he only frowned and made some observation about the degeneracy of the times, and the number of scamps thrown to the top by the modern methods of acquiring instantaneous fortunes." The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life His dirty scamp of a playfellow had once more tempted him from the path of duty. Mary You will find whole regiments of young fellows who drag along, scamping their work and slighting those opportunities which are right at hand. Five Young Men Messages of Yesterday for the Young Men of To-day "Do not stop, mejuffrouw, to parley with any of these scamps," said Maria as she clung fearsomely to her mistress's cloak. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel You are far too conscientious, far too morally beautiful yourself, to be in love with a moral scamp. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance If I can’t thrash my cook when he gets a poor dinner, Pray how shall the scamp ever get his desserts? A Book of Epigrams She had noticed such imperfections in other pictures, and had always looked upon them as instances of the artful way in which painters sought to scamp their work. Fragments of an Autobiography "I thought the stories about it were all humbug,—a trick played off upon the public by that worthless scamp, Bob Mason." Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. Instinct—that unerring instinct of the soldier—had told them that here was no scamp getting his just reward, but a brave man going with a careless smile to his death. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Your father is a scamp and an idler, and expects us to put every morsel of bread into his mouth. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. It takes no more time to write clearly than in spidery hieroglyphics, and a slovenly scribble is no proof of cleverness, but rather of carelessness and a tendency to 'scamp' work. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. And Time had done just the right thing, not scamping the work, as he will sometimes, or hurrying it and putting in touches that would come so much better a little later. Fragments of an Autobiography "Do you think that Providence cares for such a young scamp as you?" Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. It's like changing scamps into heroes on the battle-field, only these battles of hose and ax are all righteous battles to save life, to avert loss and suffering. Careers of Danger and Daring Tearing the chaplet of gladiolas from her hair, Ursine throws it on the ground, tramples upon it, and swears she will be revenged upon the shameless scamp. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades "There, you young scamp!" cried Mr. Ryder, whose own eyes were full of joyful tears at that moment. Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 "I believe them two scamps will be children when they are sixty year old!" Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction “Why, you scamp!” she exclaimed, teasingly, threatening to draw away from him. The Orphan I was once like him, and now when I go through the town men point their fingers at me and shrug their shoulders and cry, 'Pah, there is that scamp of a Pr�bler!' Edelweiss A Story The big scamp gave us a deal of trouble before we could bring him down. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades A fine scamp you must be if your own brothers had to chain you up! The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales ‘He came walking with big long steps up to the door of the barn, where we was keeping guard over Jill; and he said, “Who can wrestle, out of you young scamps?” The Youngest Girl in the School I said, 'You are scamp enough to swear that we set on you to steal your papers, a fine tale for our Jacobin mobocrats.' The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington What did the scamp almost call me?” shouted Mr Workman, working himself into another rage. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War The scamp immediately left on his errand, and at the solicitation of the countess I waited for the physician at our advanced posts. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades “Now, young fellow,” he said sharply, “I know all about it, and what a scamp you have been.” The New Mistress A Tale But scamp or no scamp, his presence there was a very fortunate thing for his fever-stricken host. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt He is a liar and a scamp, and worse. Tales of South Africa “You are a scamp, sir, and a disgrace to the school!” A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War I believe the old scamp has been enjoying himself all this time with the rebels. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War "I knew the scamp by his laugh—I heard it half a mile," said the sheriff, as he planted himself upon the bosom of the prostrate man, and proceeded to leash him in proper order. International Short Stories American But I’m much mistaken if the young scamps won’t take the matter into their own hands directly they hear a shot fired. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt Hallo! there's Spotty's dog! he has been lost for three days, the scamp. Anne He was an utter failure and a scamp, and it only needed Joe Sweetman’s efforts to defend him to settle the matter. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War But I can't make out why, because I am very happy and have so much to interest and amuse me, I must become a scamp. That Boy Of Norcott's Anyhow, one must in the ordinary world consent to take up with a scamp now and then. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. The man becomes a real live man, a great scamp no doubt, but an able scamp, so able that he actually excites our sympathy, when a really good actor plays him. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. He was the most hopeless young scamp I ever knew, and withal so aggravatingly funny that it was impossible not to laugh, no matter how much one felt like scolding. The Children of the Poor They shall pay for it, the young scamps, and so shall Ebden!” and, still shaking his stick, and in a towering rage, he went off to the school to interview its head. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War "If that boy of Norcott's isn't a scamp, he must be a most unteachable young rascal," said an old colonel once to Eccles on the croquet ground. That Boy Of Norcott's I am afraid I pass for a regular scamp in the memories of you Keeton people. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. In some mischief, I fear, the precious little scamp!” Dorothy on a House Boat His figures can serve as reagents against the ugly heroine and the scamp hero who grew fashionable twenty years ago. A Novelist on Novels I shall miss the boy though, while he’s away, but oh, confound it, yes—I would like to see that other scamp again before I die. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland But I think it is dangerous for decent men to associate with such scamps. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin Footnote 10: Black Forest provincialism:--a scamp, a loafer. Black Forest Village Stories In actual life twenty minutes are allotted for the scamped eating time of the railway station, and we all feel it as a grievance. How to See a Play Little scamps―” “But we don’t want to get soot all over us, Lucas!” cried his sister. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks What if I find him a thoroughly hardened and disreputable scamp?” The Triumph of Hilary Blachland In this letter also Mr. Beggs refers to "certain men who want to lead in Irish affairs" as "scamps," and says he "is disgusted with their conduct." The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin Well, there was never a more captivating youth than he—at least we must say so, to save ourselves from the obloquy of falling in love with such a scamp! Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 Instead of elevating the scamp into a political conspirator, it would be better to treat him at once as a swindler and a would-be obtainer of money under false pretences. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) He did not disdain even to know scamps by sight. Toilers of the Sea Had he been the scamp you—don’t believe him to be, you’d have heard from him fast enough, with some pitiful appeal for assistance.” The Triumph of Hilary Blachland I reckon I hain't raised such a scamp as my Tom all these years not to know him when I see him. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade But this was a new and delirious experience for the merry little scamps in harness. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade Those who love beauty and peace are often tempted to scamp their thinking, to avoid the elemental terrors that bring night into the mind. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time Now, Cousin Ronald," he said, "I'd not be a bit surprised to learn that you are well acquainted with that scamp. Elsie at Viamede But the implied threat in this case was absolutely an empty one, and the sooty scamps knew it. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland I can see well enough," he went on after a pause, "all the best big fellows look on me with suspicion; they think I'm a devil-may-care, reckless young scamp. Tom Brown's School Day's She had honoured a scamp by receiving his attention. The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients |
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