 | John Elihu Hall - 1810 - 530 страници
...scolding, and in such Billingsgate language as could not come out of the mouth of any man. He called it giving a lick with the rough side of his tongue. It...chide some one or other of the bar when he sat in chancery: and it was commonly a lecture of a quarter of an hour long. And they used to say, t his is... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 396 страници
...scolding; and in such Billingsgate language as should not come out of the mouth of any man. He called it giving a lick with the rough side of his tongue. It...chide some one or other of the bar, when he sat in chancery : and it was, commonly, a lecture of a quarter of an hour long. And they used to say, This... | |
 | 1814 - 538 страници
...weakness was, that he could not reprehend without scolding, and in the very lowest language. He called it "giving a lick with the rough side of his tongue."...ordinary to hear him say, "Go, you are a filthy, lousy, nitty rascal ;" with much more of like elegance. He took a pleasure in mortifying fraudulent attorneys.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 540 страници
...weakness was, that he could not reprehend without scolding, and in the very lowest language. He called it "giving a lick with the rough side of his tongue." It was ordinary to hear hius say, " Go, you are a filthy, lousy, nitty rascal ;" with much more of like elegance. He took a... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 540 страници
...scolding, and in the very lowest language. He called it "giving a lick with the rough side of his tongue.1* It was ordinary to hear him say, " Go, you are a filthy, lousy, nitty rascal ;" with much more of like elegance. He took a pleasure in mortifying fraudulent attorneys.... | |
 | John Evans - 1818 - 564 страници
...scolding, and in such Billingsgate language as should not come from the mouth of any man. He called it ' giving a lick with the rough side of his tongue.' It was ordiJUDGE JEFFERIES. 97 uary to hear him say — ' Go, you are bjilthy, Iwisy, ratty rascal,' with... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1819 - 368 страници
...scolding, and in such Billingsgate language, as should not come out of the mouth of any man. He called it " giving, a lick with the rough side of his tongue."...rascal ;" with much more of like elegance. Scarce a day past that he did not chide some one or other of the bar, when he sat in the Chancery ; and it was commonly... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1820 - 302 страници
...scolding, and in such Billingsgate language, as should not come out of the mouth of any man. He called it " giving a lick with the rough side of his tongue."...rascal ;" with much more of like elegance. Scarce a day past that he did not chide some one or other of the bar, when he sat in the Chancery ; and it was commonly... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 страници
...scolding ; and in such Billingsgate language, as should not come out of the mouth of any man. He called it giving a lick with the rough side of his tongue. It...ordinary to hear him say, Go, you are a filthy, lousy, nitty rascal ; with much more of like elegance. Scarce a day past that he did not chide some one, or... | |
 | 1820 - 404 страници
...scolding ; and in such Billingsgate language, as should not come out of the mouth of any man. He called it giving a lick with the rough side of his tongue. It was ordinary to hear him say, Go, you are ajilthy, lousy, nitty rascal; with much more of like elegance. Scarce a day past that he did not chide... | |
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He talked fluently, and with spirit ; and his weakness was, that he could not reprehend without scolding, and in such Billingsgate language, as should not come out of the mouth of any man. He called it " giving a lick with the rough side of his tongue. 
