1 And because he was a gentleman and himself trustworthy, he trusted every scoundrel who came along and several times would have lost money for her if she had not tactfully intervened.
2 Miss Melly will believe any plausible scoundrel.
3 The old man had remarked that she must not value his hide very much if she did not feel some gratitude to Rhett Butler, even if the man was a Scallawag and a scoundrel.
4 And Father Merriwether intends to call and he talks like he was in his dotage and says he's grateful to that scoundrel, even if I'm not.
5 I shouldn't have given the old scoundrel shelter.
6 The fact that a black scoundrel is allowed to live and utter such loathsome and repulsive calumnies is a volume of evidence as to the wonderful patience of Southern whites.
7 Made it all out of hogs, too, damn ole scoundrel.
8 "The old scoundrel said the case was filled," he said.
9 My business was to declare myself a scoundrel, and whether I did it with a bow or a bluster was of little importance.
10 I was convinced that the scoundrel spoke of himself, and I saw my conviction reflected in Miss Dartle's face.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 46. INTELLIGENCE 11 I have been under a Taboo in that infernal scoundrel's service.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 49. I AM INVOLVED IN MYSTERY 12 A crucible into which destiny casts a man, whenever it desires a scoundrel or a demi-god.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER I—MARIUS INDIGENT 13 The first scamp that happens along lets his beard grow like a goat's, thinks himself a real scoundrel, and abandons his old relatives.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—THE SUBSTITUTE 14 Near the table, upon which Marius descried a pen, ink, and paper, sat a man about sixty years of age, small, thin, livid, haggard, with a cunning, cruel, and uneasy air; a hideous scoundrel.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VI—THE WILD MAN IN HIS LAIR 15 She thought that some of them had been laying violent hands on me; and, not daring to attack her master, she turned her vocal artillery against the younger scoundrel.