There is no villainy he would not do if necessary, and yet I should hesitate to call him a blackguard.

Ay, you may look surprised at me, you two pragmatical Scotsmen; but I have, so to speak, lived with the man for months, and there's fineness and nobility in him.

He would be a terrible enemy, but a just one.

He has the heart of a poet and a king, and it is God's curse that he has been born among the children of Ham.

I hope to shoot him like a dog in a day or two, but I am glad to bear testimony to his greatness.' 'If the rising starts to-morrow,' I asked, 'have you any of his plans ?' He picked up a map from the table and opened it.