 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1858 - 1022 Seiten
...author of these "wild and pernicious ravings under the name of philosophy" ia well known : " Sir, he wan a scoundrel, and a coward: a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and шогаШу ; a coward bocnuse he had not resolution to fir« it off himw?lf, but left half acrown... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 638 Seiten
...their character and tendency, he remarked, with characteristic force and aptness of comparison — " Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward — a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss agaiust religion and morality ; and a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself,... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1858 - 470 Seiten
...scoundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not the resolution to fire it off himself, but left half-a-crown to a beggarly Scotchman (Mallett) to draw the trigger after his death." There is a popular superstition about wills which has... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1859 - 1028 Seiten
...author of these " wild and pernicious ravings under the name of philosophy" ie well known : " i^ir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel for...because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, hut left hitlf-acrown tnn Iw'ggHrly Scotch 111.111, to draw t hi- 1 ripper after hin death." No doubt... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1859 - 1030 Seiten
...of the author of these "wild and pernicious ravings under the name of philosophy" is well known : " Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward: a scoundrel for charging a Mm ii.-il M< . against religion and morality; a coward because he had not resolution to flra It off... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 Seiten
...just indignation, and pronounced i Si memorable sentence* upon the noble author and his editor :—" Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel...a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it nil himself, but left half-a-crown to a beggarly Sciil.'hman, to draw the trigger after hb iluui.lt... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 496 Seiten
...a just indignation, and pronounced this memorable sentence upon the noble author and his editor : " Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel...against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had no resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman, to draw the trigger... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1860 - 1176 Seiten
...Scotland, published the posthumous works of Bolingbroke, Johnson, speaking of the latter to Boswell, said, "Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward ; a scoundrel,...against religion and morality; a coward, because he had no resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman, to d-aw the trigger... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 Seiten
...pronounced this memorable sentence* upon the noble author andhis editor:—"Sir, he wasa scoundrel, and :i coward : a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against...a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it d(I himself, but left half-a-crown to a beggarly Scotchman, to draw the trigger after his death ! "... | |
 | 1860 - 894 Seiten
...within the range of Dr. Johnson's rough remark on Bolingbrokc's literary bequeet to Mallett : — " Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward — a scoundrel, for charging a * Knhel : Ein Buch des Andenken für Hire Freunde. Als Handschrift, lierlin: 1833, p. S. blunderbuss... | |
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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... 
