'And do you suppose that any English judge or English jury would believe so wild a storyor countenance so vile an accusation against the defenceless?' demanded Lady Maulevrier, standing up before him, tall, stately, with flashing eye and scornful lip, the image of proud defiance.

So vile a crew the world ne'er saw before, And grant, ye pitying heavens, it may no more!

No dunghill hath so vile an excrement, But with his beams he will thenceforth exhale.

This second answer provoked the Satyr's indignation as much as the first had kindled his surprise: so, taking the man by the shoulder, he thrust him out of doors, saying he would have nothing to do with a wretch who had so vile a quality as to blow hot and cold with the same mouth.

Indeed, it must be admitted that Mr. Flinks, while a man of undoubted talent in his particular line of business, was, like many of your great geniuses, in outward aspect unprepossessing and misleading; for whereas he looked like a very shiftless and very dirty tramp, he was as a matter of fact as vile a rascal as ever pawned a swinish soul for whiskey.

autour des enfants s'assombrisse. L'aïeul est le marquis d'Albenga, ce Fabrice Qui fut bon; cher au pâtre, aimé du laboureur; Il fut, pour guerroyer le pape ou l'empereur, Commandeur de la mer et général des villes; Gênes le fit abbé du peuple, et, des mains viles Ayant livré l'état aux rois, il combattit.

Vile is the attitude of England, vile her threats, her sneers, her wicked contempt of a great people in agony.