Sir, he [Bolingbroke] 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 at his death.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784): Life of Johnson (Boswell). Vol. ii. Chap. i. 1754.

  Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784): Life of Johnson (Boswell). Vol. v. Chap. ix.