"Scelerat" Quotes from Famous Books
... exposes itself to death; and you may often hear those who kill it uttering a sort of litany of abuse with every blow, as if addressing a human enemy:—"Quitt moin tchou ou, maudi!—quitt moin tchou ou, scelerat!— quitt moin tchou ou, Satan!—quitt moin tchou ou, abonocio!" etc. (Let me kill you, accursed! ... — Two Years in the French West Indies • Lafcadio Hearn |