blackguard

• O'Grady said he knew better, that the blackguard was a notorious joker, and having indulged in a jest in the first instance, was now only lying to save himself from punishment; furthermore, swearing that if he did not play that minute he'd throw him into the ditch With great difficulty O'Grady was prevailed upon to give up the gripe of the trumpeter's throat; and the poor breathless wretch, handing the instrument to the clarionet-player, appealed to him if it were possible to play on it. —  Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes
• What did Slegge say this morning Slegge is what you call a blackguard," cried Singh angrily Well, he isn't nice certainly," said Glyn; "but he'd begin at you again directly, and chaff, and say that you ought to ride on the elephant Well," said the boy, "and that would be my place if there were a howdah. —  Glyn Severn's Schooldays
• The man whom you call a blackguard--I don't know why, for he had not been destroying any defenceless person's property--had had a scoundrelly trick played him, and I and some other fellows got up a subscription for him, as anyone with a spark of gentlemanly feeling would be inclined to do. —  Dr. Jolliffe's Boys
• From your own account you have behaved either like a fool or a blackguard, and what I can't fathom is why Davies's commanding officer, or some friend or comrade, did not warn you off weeks ago Now, admitting that in the absence of almost all his comrades in the field, and that it was distinctly his duty to protect the honor and interest of his regimental comrade, let us see to what extent Captain Devers felt disposed to exercise his prerogative and act against this indisputable wolf in the sheepfold. —  Under Fire
• You have always regarded me as a blackguard, and a blackguard I am. —  The Swindler and Other Stories

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