 | 1850 - 704 pages
...of his infidel and pseudophilosophical sentiments, that he broke out in the following words ; " Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward ; a scoundrel for charging a blunderbus against religion and morality ; a coward because he had not resolution to fire it off himself,... | |
 | Eliot Warburton - 1852 - 596 pages
...in allusion to this edition of his Lordship's works that Dr. Johnson said, " Sir, he (Bolingbroke) was a scoundrel and a coward ; a scoundrel for charging...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... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 978 pages
...to be published immediately after hii death. This gave rise to Johnson's remark, that " Bolingbroke was a 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... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 976 pages
...to be published immediately after his death. This gave rise to Johnson's remark, that " Bolingbroke was a 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... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 594 pages
...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 against religion and morality ; and a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half-a-crown to a beggarly... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 pages
...character and tendeney, he remarked, with characteristic force and aptness of comparison — "Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward — a scoundrel for charging a hlunderhuss agaiust religion and morality ; and a coward, hecause he had not resolution to fire it... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 364 pages
...upon the noble author and his editor : — " Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward ; a scoundrel for4 charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality...himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his death ! " — B. my hand and seal the twenty-second day of November, in... | |
 | Frederick Lawrence - 1855 - 430 pages
...edition of Bolingbroke, when the name of the sceptical philosopher was mentioned in conversation: " Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward ; a scoundrel for...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... | |
 | William Massey - 1855 - 592 pages
...recollect Johnson's witty remark on this subject, ' a coward who loaded a pistol against Christianity, and left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to pull the trigger after his death.' — BOE well's Life of Johnson. PARLIAMENTARY ELOQUENCE. 539 effect on the popular side. Churchill... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1856 - 962 pages
...to be published inimediately after his death. This gave rise to Johnson's remark, that " Bolingbroke L6dl J ^c !q G at uy " U x e. E |C ו I hR$ q g 2 ; and a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly... | |
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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... 
