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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... "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Pagina 191
door James Boswell - 1922
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pagina’s
...ravings, under the name of " Philosophy," which were thus ushered into the world, gave great offence to all ' well-principled men. Johnson, hearing of...pronounced this memorable sentence upon the noble aiithour and his editor. " Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel, for charging a blunderbuss...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pagina’s
...began to give a loose to contumelious language and virulent was 312 A beggarly Scotchman. [AD 1754. was roused with a just indignation, and pronounced this memorable sentence upon the noble authour and his editor. 'Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward1: a scoundrel, for charging a blunderbuss...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pagina’s
...pernicious ravings, under the name of Philosophy, which were thus ushered into the world, gave great offence to all well-principled men. Johnson, hearing of their tendency', which nobody disputed, he is called Mr. L. Lyttelton did not become Sir George Lyttelton till Sept. 14, 1751. He was raised...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 112

1860 - 636 pagina’s
...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,...against 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...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 139

1874 - 596 pagina’s
...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 Quarterly Review, Volumes 53-54

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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...ravings under the name of ' Philosophy,' which were thus ushered into the world, gave great offence to all well-principled men. Johnson hearing of their...indignation, and pronounced this memorable sentence upon the author and his editor : " Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward: a scoundrel, for charging a blunderbuss...
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ..., Volume 22

1817 - 650 pagina’s
...ravings, under the name of" Philosophy," which were thus ushered into the world, gave great offence to all well-principled men. Johnson, hearing of their...editor. Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a soundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution...
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ..., Volume 22

1817 - 650 pagina’s
...ravings, under the name of" Philosophy," which were thus ushered into the world, gave great offence to all well-principled men. Johnson, hearing of their...sentence upon the noble author and his editor. Sir, be was a scoundrel, and a coward : a soundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pagina’s
...ravings, under the name of " Philosophy," which were thus ushered into the world gave great offence to all well-principled men. Johnson, hearing of their...memorable sentence upon the noble author and his editor. " Sjr, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and...
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