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"Scot free" Quotes from Famous Books

... my dear son!" said the rector in a gentle voice; "don't fancy we want to do you any harm, for of course how can you help what is written in this letter; but if you want to escape scot free, answer truly and without compulsion to the questions that I am about to put ...

— The Day of Wrath • Maurus Jokai

... within fair range, dropped upon one knee and fired. Unluckily, the ball struck the trap, smashed it, and set the wolf free; and all the hunter got for his pains was a dead dog and a broken trap—while the wolf went scot free. ...

— The Drama of the Forests - Romance and Adventure • Arthur Heming

... that our liberty will have much difficulty to get away from here scot free. At least mine has suffered most violent attacks; my heart ...

— The Pretentious Young Ladies • Moliere

... the mountain side, and at such times she seemed to be enticing him after her. And then, on his way home, he would shudder. "What," thought he, "if the mountain wall were to shut to behind me?" and every time he was right glad that he had been so far on his guard and had come off scot free. ...

— Weird Tales from Northern Seas • Jonas Lie

... husband in a month. Now that little cankerworm, that has been gnawing at your roots of life for the last year or two, has done its worst, and you are perfectly free to go and make other mistakes. I only hope you'll get 'scot free' from those, too, for I don't like to see nice men burn their fingers. We became such good friends huddled up in that boat when we were stuck in the mud—Ugh! I can smell it now!—that I am glad to be the first to send you ...

— Robinetta • Kate Douglas Wiggin

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