 Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his...  Life of Viscount Bolingbroke - Pàgina 226per Arthur Hassall - 1889 - 237 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pàgines
...his editor. " Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman, to draw the trigger after his death !" Garrick, who I can attest... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pàgines
...his editor. 'Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward1: a scoundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman, to draw the trigger after his death' !' Garrick, who I can attest... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pàgines
...his editor. ' Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward' : a scoundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman, to draw the trigger after his death' !' Garrick, who I can attest... | |
 | 1874 - 596 pàgines
...scoundrel and a coward: a scoundrel for charging ' a blunderbuss against religion and morality; and a coward ' because he had not resolution to fire it...himself, but left ' half-a-crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger ' after his death.' These expressions, which were intemperate and offensive as... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 pàgines
...his editor : " Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward: a scoundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his death." (Boswell's ' Life of Johnson')... | |
 | 1817 - 650 pàgines
...his editor. Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a soundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not...himself, but left halfa-crown to a beggarly Scotchman, to draw the trigger after his d'eath !" Boswell'» Life of Johnson, vol. 1, p. 240, 8vo. 1793. You... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 384 pàgines
...editor : " Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he .had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman-, to draw the trigger after his death!" - " One day," says Boswell,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 398 pàgines
...his editor. " Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward: a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotch-, man, to draw the trigger after his death !" Garrick, who I can... | |
 | 1821 - 372 pàgines
...his editor: " Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward: a scoundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman, to draw the trigger after his death !" " One day," says Boswell,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 394 pàgines
...his editor. " Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman, to draw the trigger after his death !" Garrick, who I can attest... | |
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