scelerat

None of thy garrison tricks with that young person, Frederic! vieux scelerat!

The Newcomes

Do you know I heard your idol of a Napoleon (the antique hero) called the other evening through a black beard and gnashing teeth, 'le plus grand scelerat du monde,' and his empire, 'le regne du Satan,' and his marshals, 'les coquins.'

The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

'It was then he, _le scelerat_?' exclaimed Berenger; 'I have already thought it possible.'

The Chaplet of Pearls

'No!' cried Berenger; 'no, I am not that _scelerat_!

The Chaplet of Pearls

"Ah! the _scelerat_!" said Philip, smiling, "'tis a sad dog, but very clever and _loves me_, he would be incomparable, if he were but decently honest."

Devereux — Complete

Il n'est jamais permis de deteriorer une ame humaine pour l'avantage des autres, ni de faire un scelerat pour le service des honnetes gens.

The Disowned — Volume 07

Dumont remembers hearing him deliver a Report on Marseilles; 'every word was interrupted on the part of the Cote Droit by abusive epithets; calumniator, liar, assassin, scoundrel (scelerat): Mirabeau pauses a moment, and, in a honeyed tone, addressing the most furious, says: "I wait, Messieurs, till these amenities be exhausted."'

The French Revolution

Il leur dit qu'on en voulait decidement à sa vie; que la maitresse de l'auberge, qui ne l'avait pas reconnu lui avait declaré que l'Empereur etait detesté comme un scelerat, et qu'on ne l'embarquerait que pour le noyer.

Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes.

"Qui que ce soit," says Lewis, "qui entreprenne de l'enlever en Hollande trouvera non seulement une retraite assuree et une entiere protection dans mes etats, mais aussi toute l'assistance qu'il pourra desirer pour faire conduire surement ce scelerat en Angleterre."

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2

"_Voila l'affaire finie; mais, _" shrugging his shoulders, "_ce n'est qu'un scelerat de moins. _"

Pathfinder; or, the inland sea