By thunder

“…mark him well, ladies and harlots, for Juvenal never spoke a truer word, omne in praecipiti vitium stetit,* by thunder!”


*Every kind of vice has reached its summit.


Flashman and the Angel of the Lord, p.60, Harper Collins, 1995.


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A rake and a harlot

'With me and Judy,' says he, very softly. 'And I'm not sure that the company of a rake and a harlot won't be better for her than yours.'



Flashman, p.67, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.