1824 J. Hogg Justified Sinner 24: One of the competitors chanced to say rashly, in the moment of exultation, ‘That’s a d——d fine blow, George!’.at damned, adv.
1824 J. Hogg Justified Sinner 11: ‘[A] heathenish man of Belial—a dangler among the daughters of women,—a promiscuous dancer,—and a player of unlawful games’.at dangler, n.
1824 J. Hogg Justified Sinner 85: Every new disappointment only whetted her desire to fish up some particulars concerning it [. . . .] Returning very late one evening from a convocation of family servants, which she had drawn together in order to fish something out of them.at fish (out) (v.) under fish, v.1
1824 J. Hogg Justified Sinner 236: There was no flaring, no flummery, nor bombastical pretensions.at flare, v.
1824 J. Hogg Justified Sinner 5: [B]eing considerably flustered by drinking, and disposed to take all in good part [etc].at flustered, adj.
1824 J. Hogg Justified Sinner 24: [P]oints of such minor importance, that a true Christian would blush to hear them mentioned, and the infidel and profane make a handle of them to turn our religion to scorn.at handle, n.
1824 J. Hogg Justified Sinner 50: ‘O, this will never do. Kick him out of the play-ground! Knock down the scoundrel’.at kick out, v.1
1824 J. Hogg Justified Sinner 166: He [an academic rival] [. . .] left the school for several months [...] and I stood king of the class.at king, n.
1824 J. Hogg Justified Sinner 77: ‘Who has he quarrelled with?’ asked a third. ‘Don’t know.’— ‘Can’t tell, on my life’.at on my life! (excl.) under life, n.
1824 J. Hogg Justified Sinner 93: The saving of [my life] would not have cost you a plack, yet you refused to do it.at plack, n.
1824 J. Hogg Justified Sinner 253: ‘Might we not rather pop him off in private and quietness, as we did the deistical divine?’ said I.at pop, v.1