 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...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 4321863Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...aiithour and his editor. " Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because...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 pages
...authour and his editor. ' Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward' : a scoundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because...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 - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...authour and his editor. 'Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward1: a scoundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because...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... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...author and his editor : " Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward: a scoundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because...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')... | |
 | Trials - 1817 - 650 pages
...author and his editor. Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a soundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because...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 - Authors, English - 1820 - 384 pages
...and his editor : " Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because....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 pages
...authour and 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 388 pages
...authour and 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... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 372 pages
...author and his editor: " Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward: a scoundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because...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 - 1822 - 514 pages
...authour and his editor. " Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because...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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