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“I mean, the arrogance harbored by someone who knew only European languages, which rendered the well-laced interconnectedness of the rest of the world invisible.”

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2018

"Gamut—David Gamut," returned the singing master, preparing to wash down his sorrows in a powerful draught of the woodsman's high-flavored and well-laced compound.

From The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by Cooper, James Fenimore

"Gamut—David Gamut," returned the singing-master, preparing to wash down his sorrows in a powerful draught of the woodman's high-flavored and well-laced compound.

From The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 by Cooper, James Fenimore