70 examples of scapegraces in sentences

Even that idle young scapegrace of a Master Todd, godson of Mr. Osborne, received a little eighteen-penny book, with Athene engraved on it, and a pompous Latin inscription from the professor to his young friend.

If George did not mimic his uncle to his face, it was only by Dobbin's rebukes and Amelia's terrified entreaties that the little scapegrace was induced to desist.

I waited for you, because I knew you would want to talk about that scapegrace of yours.

My opinion, Colonel, is that young scapegrace will give you a deal of trouble; or would, only you are so absurdly proud of him, and you think everything he does is perfection.

Mr. Pendennis's brother, the Major, she held to be a sort of Bayard among Majors, and as for her son Arthur, she worshipped that youth with an ardour which the young scapegrace accepted almost as coolly as the statue of the saint in St. Peter's receives the rapturous kisses which the faithful deliver on his toe.

I give you one hour to settle the matter; then I shall return to bestow my blessing or to banish these scapegraces forever.

Terrence's father, being wealthy and influential, had gone to Baltimore, interceded with the faculty and had the runaway scapegraces retained.

His father was a scapegrace, as everyone knows.

"In fact I always understood that he was somewhat of a scapegrace, and in consequence could never settle down to anything.

Then there is the class who are sent to sea,scapegraces all.

"And what is this young scapegrace going to do now?

Too proud to learn his business, and too proud also to play the scapegrace as Tom did, he neglected alike work and amusement, for lazy mooning over books, and the dreams which books called up.

" Slowly driving along the road to her home, the Widow Keswick gazed cheerfully at the blue sky above her, and the pleasant autumn scenery around her; sniffed the fine fresh air, delicately scented with the odor of falling leaves; and settling herself into a more comfortable position on her seat, she complacently said to herself: "Well, I reckon the old scapegrace has got his money's worth this time!

He was to go up to tea the first night, just as if he were of importance in the school world instead of the most reckless young scapegrace among the fags.

He casually admitted, that during this long interval he had held no communication with his relations; and I set him down accordingly as some wild scapegrace, who had stolen from a home whose happiness his follies had compromised too often.

Now about the middle of that May, Doctor Parker's scapegrace son Ned came home from sea,a great, lazy, handsome fellow, who had run away from Deerfield in his fifteenth year, because it was so "darned stupid," to use his own phrase.

Where did they come from, and why are they here?" "They are Douglas and Warner," said Mrs. Jeffrey, "two as big scapegraces as there are this side of Old Baileythat's what they are.

"I say Hannah," continued he sternly, as her eyes met his, "it will never do for you to throw yourself away upon that miserable scapegrace that has visited you so often of late.

Young Rockett, something of a scapegrace, was by the baronet's advice sent to sea, and thenceforth gave his parents no trouble.

Before three months were over, he became, to Eric's intolerable disgust, a ringleader in the band of troublesome scapegraces, whose increasing numbers were the despair of all who had the interests of the school at heart.

But he had a married sister with a scapegrace husband and six daughters whom, in fact, he did support.

Don't you know how the mildest people are often disposed to make out that they were reckless and daring scapegraces at school?

But the next letter made matters in some degree easier, for it at least showed the direction that his family gave to the excuses they now offered for the behaviour of the young scapegrace.

" The young scapegraces worked with a will, and, in a few moments, the strawberry-bedwhich was Frank's pride, next to his museum, and on which he had expended a great amount of laborwas almost ruined; and so quietly did they proceed in their work of wanton destruction, that Brave, although a very vigilant dog, was not aroused, and the marauders retraced their steps, and reached the woods in safety.

"What? Is my nephew and namesake so peevish a scapegrace?" demanded the visitor.

70 examples of  scapegraces  in sentences