![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 Scotsman to draw the trigger at his death.](/assets/img/quote-photos/sir-he-bolingbroke-was-a-scoundrel-and-a-coward-a-scoundrel-for-charging-a-bl.jpg)
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