Both Uses of
notorious
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- At the end of the eighteenth, in the year of grace 1792, it had not yet gained the notoriety and importance which a hundred additional years and the craze of the age have since bestowed upon it.†
Chpt 2 *notoriety = fame for something bad
- Everyone knew that he was hopelessly stupid, but then that was scarcely to be wondered at, seeing that all the Blakeneys for generations had been notoriously dull, and that his mother died an imbecile.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
well known for something bad