 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 pages
...indignation, and pronounced i Si memorable sentence* upon the noble author and his editor :—" Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel for...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 pages
...just indignation, and pronounced this memorable sentence upon the noble author and his editor : " 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... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1860 - 1176 pages
...published the posthumous works of Bolingbroke, Johnson, speaking of the latter to Boswell, said, "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 d-aw the trigger... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | James Whiteside - 1862 - 100 pages
...Bolingbroke, thus disposed of them. " Sir — Bolingbroke was a scoundrel and a coward — a scoun drelfor charging a blunderbuss 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... | |
 | 1863 - 662 pages
...and posthumous publication have been made notorious by Dr. Johnson's memorable sentence : — ' Sir, he was ' a scoundrel and a coward : a scoundrel for charging a blunder' buss against religion and morality — a coward because he had ' not resolution to fire it... | |
 | Charles Beard - 1864 - 638 pages
...north, St. John's fell genius issued forth, And Pelham's fled to heaven ;" and Dr. Johnson says, "Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward ; a scoundrel for...religion and morality ; a coward because he had not the courage to fire it off himself, but left half-a-crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger... | |
 | George Gresley Perry - 1864 - 674 pages
...invective against Bolingbroke Chap. XLII. is well known. "Sir, he was a scoundrel and a I74I-I772coward: a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality : a coward because he had no resolution to fire it 0ff himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger... | |
 | 1864 - 626 pages
...to heaven ;" and Dr. Johnson says, "Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward ; a scoundrel for chaining a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward because he had not the courage to fire it off himself, but left half-a-crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger... | |
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