 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...  Doctor Johnson: His Life, Works & Table Talk - Page 72de James Macaulay - 1884 - 156 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 564 pages
...blunderbufs againft religion and morality ; a coward, becaufe he had not refolution to fire it off himfelf, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman, to draw the trigger after his death !" Garrick, who I can atteft from my own knowledge, had his mind feafoned with pious reverence, and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 554 pages
...againft religion and morality ; a coward, becaufe he had not refolution to fire it off himfelf, but fcft half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman, to draw the trigger after his death!" Garrick, who I can atteft from my own knowledge, had Jus mind feafoned with pious reverence, and fincerely... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 680 pages
...with a just indignation, and pronounced this memorable sentence upon the noble authour and his editor. 'Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward ' : a scoundrel,...beggarly Scotchman, to draw the trigger after his death ' !' Garrick, who I can attest from my own knowledge, had his mind seasoned with pious reverence, and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...a just indignation, and pronounced this memorable sentence upon the noble authour and his editor. ' Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward' : a scoundrel,...beggarly Scotchman, to draw the trigger after his death' !' Garrick, who I can attest from my own knowledge, had his mind seasoned with pious reverence, and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...just indignation, and pronounced this memorable sentence upon the noble aiithour and his editor. " Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel,...beggarly Scotchman, to draw the trigger after his death !" Garrick, who I can attest from my own knowledge, had his mind seasoned with pious reverence, and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pages
...a just indignation, and pronounced this memorable sentence upon the noble authour 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... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 pages
...roused with a just indignation, and pronounced this memorable sentence upon the author and his editor: " Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward: a scoundrel,...beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his death." (Boswell's ' Life of Johnson') 1 tation from the public, who justly appear to have paid them very little... | |
 | 1817 - 650 pages
...sentence upon the noble author and his editor. Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a soundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality...had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left halfa-crown to a beggarly Scotchman, to draw the trigger after his d'eath !" Boswell'» Life of Johnson,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...just indignation, and pronounced this memorable sentence upon the noble author and his editor. " Sjr, 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 382 pages
...coward : a scoundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, becanse he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but...beggarly Scotchman, to draw the trigger after his death!" " One day," says Boswell, " he read to us a dissertation which he was preparing for the press, entitled,... | |
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