"Turncoat" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... out, lad, say, Must we fall in that canting caitiff's power? Shall we yield to a knave and a turncoat? Nay, I had liever leap from our topmost tower. For a while we can surely await relief; Our walls are high and our doors are strong." This Kerr was indeed a canting thief— I know not rightly, some private wrong ...
— Poems • Adam Lindsay Gordon
... friend of Sir Turncoat 'twas lately averr'd, The electors would find him as good as his word! "As good as his word," did you say, "gracious me! What a terrible scamp ...
— The Jest Book - The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings • Mark Lemon |
