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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... "
Doctor Johnson: His Life, Works & Table Talk - Page 88
de James Macaulay - 1884 - 156 pages
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 1

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...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

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...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

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...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...this memorable sentence upon the noble authour and his editor. 'Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward1: a scoundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion...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...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 112

1860 - 636 pages
...within the range of Dr. Johnson's rough remark on Bolingbroke's literary bequest to Mallett : — ' Sir, he was a scoundrel • and a coward — a scoundrel,...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 to draw the...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 139

1874 - 596 pages
...Mallet, to the great offence of what Boswell calls all 'well-principled men,' Dr. Johnson exclaimed, ' Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward: a scoundrel...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...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 1

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...
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The Quarterly Review, Volumes 53 à 54

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1835 - 606 pages
...which Dr. Johnson pronounced on the posthumous appearance of Bolingbroke's philosophical works : — ' Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward ; a scoundrel...blunderbuss against religion and morality; a coward, because lie had not resolution to fire it off himself, but * We find in the Hurdwicke Papers (Coxe, ii. 342)...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 6

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 pages
...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...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

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...
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