Cambridge, Dec. 14. 1850.
Passage in Bishop Butler (Vol. ii., p. 464.).--The "peculiar term" referred
to by Bishop Butler is evidently the verb "to Blackguard." It is for this
reason that he inserts the condition, "when the person it respects is
present." We may abuse, revile, vituperate an absent person; but we can
only "blackguard" a man when he is present. The word "blackguard" is not
recognised by Johnson. Richardson inserts it as a noun, but not as a verb.