 | 1820 - 404 страници
...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...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... | |
 | 1820 - 408 страници
...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...tongue. It was ordinary to hear him say, Go, you are afilthy, lousy, nitty rascal ; with much more of like elegance. Scarce a day past that he did not chide... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1820 - 596 страници
...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...a lick with the rough side of his tongue." It was or. dinary to hear him say, " Go, you are a filthy, lousy, knitty rascal ;" with much more of like... | |
 | 1826 - 372 страници
...talked fluently and with spirit -, but his weakness was, that he could not reprove without scolding. He called it giving a lick with the rough side of his tongue. Jeffries took great pleasure in mortifying fraudulent attornies. A scrivener of Wapping having a cause... | |
 | Joshua Toulmin - 1822 - 640 страници
...curious, it is here inserted in his own words : — " It was common for Jeffreys to use such Billingsgate language, as should not come out of the mouth of any man. He called it giving a lick with the rough title of hit tongue. It was ordinary to hear him say, Go,youjilthy, lousy, nitty rascal ,• with much... | |
 | Joshua Toulmin - 1822 - 652 страници
...it is here inserted in his own words : — '• It was common for Jeffreys to use such Billingsgate language, as should not come out of the mouth of any man. He culled it giving a lick zcith the rough side of his tongue. It was ordinary to hear him say, Go, you... | |
 | 1820 - 406 страници
...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...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... | |
 | 1831 - 550 страници
...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...lousy, knitty rascal, with much more of like elegance. But to conclude, with a strange inconsistency, he would drink and be merry, kiss and slaver, with those... | |
 | 1831 - 532 страници
...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 tick ictth the rough side of his tongue. It was ordinary to hear him say — go, you are a filthy,... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 246 страници
...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...ordinary to hear him say, ' Go, you are a filthy, lousy, nitty rascal 1' with much more of like elegance. Scarce a day passed that he did not chide some one... | |
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... forth his severities with a sort of majesty. He had extraordinary natural abilities, but little acquired, beyond what practice in affairs had supplied. He talked fluently, and with spirit ; and his weakness was, that he could not reprehend without... 
