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  • It is unfortunate that police officers are thought of as ‘the law’ because it is not, in Gruff’s experience, police officers who are usually responsible for the failure of the law to protect the law abiding.

    Forget Your Future Plans « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007

  • Finally, HS staff take note: Mr. Gruff is a sad Atheist goat who only finds solace in coffee.

    Yoko Ono Talks About John Lennon For A Bloody Change 2008

  • I didn't usually mind being alarmed - one of my very favorite stories was the tale of Three Billy Goats' Gruff, which is nothing if not harrowing - but there was something about Beatrix Potter's stories that took all of the fun out of being alarmed.

    Bad on Bad 2007

  • I didn't usually mind being alarmed - one of my very favorite stories was the tale of Three Billy Goats' Gruff, which is nothing if not harrowing - but there was something about Beatrix Potter's stories that took all of the fun out of being alarmed.

    Archive 2007-01-21 2007

  • Tackleton the Toy – merchant, pretty generally known as Gruff and

    The Cricket on the Hearth 2007

  • Tackleton the Toy-merchant, pretty generally known as Gruff and Tackleton -- for that was the firm, though Gruff had been bought out long ago; only leaving his name, and as some said his nature, according to its Dictionary meaning, in the business -- Tackleton the Toy-merchant, was a man whose vocation had been quite misunderstood by his Parents and Guardians.

    The Cricket on the Hearth 1845

  • Tackleton the Toy-merchant, pretty generally known as Gruff and

    The Cricket on the Hearth Charles Dickens 1841

  • Tackleton the Toy merchant, pretty generally known as Gruff and

    The Cricket on the Hearth Charles Dickens 1841

  • I didn’t usually mind being alarmed – one of my very favorite stories was the tale of Three Billy Goats’ Gruff, which is nothing if not harrowing – but there was something about Beatrix Potter’s stories that took all of the fun out of being alarmed.

    Bad on Bad | Her Bad Mother 2007

  • Review of Super Furry Animals album 'Dark Days / Light Years' released through Rough Trade on 13th April 2009 have been overrun with side projects, such as Gruff Rhys's Mercury nominated

    Contactmusic Ltd | Latest music streams 2009

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