His maligner and only slightly younger contemporary, Horace Walpole, in some of his letters, writes in a fashion which, putting mere slang aside, has hardly any difference from that of to-day.
"The English Novel"
George Saintsbury
It was difficult to hear the man who had come between him and all his best duties and affections named in this manner as his own maligner, and restrain his just and natural indignation;-yet he did restrain it, and said in a voice of the utmost gentleness, "Do you think, my beloved Fanny, Mr. Cartwright's influence in this house has been for our happiness?"
"The Vicar of Wrexhill"
Mrs [Frances] Trollope
"I have already told you, impious maligner of the holiest of men, that I know where my duty lies.
"The Vicar of Wrexhill"
Mrs [Frances] Trollope