A. Still, what are you but a robber—a base dishonest robber?
— from Evenings at Home; Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened by John Aikin

They wouldn't take ye for a gift in the British Arrmy, for I doubt if ye'd weigh ninety pounds soakin' wet an' a rock in yer hand, but for all that, here's an iligant opporchunity for ye to serrve yer counthry, an' should worrd av yer brave action reach the king—bad cess to him—he may call ye Sir Thomas Riggins an' make ye consul-general av the Cannibal Islands.
— from Cappy Ricks Retires: But That Doesn't Keep Him from Coming Back Stronger Than Ever by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne

Alexander —Still, what are you but a robber,—a base, dishonest robber?
— from Reading Made Easy for Foreigners - Third Reader by John Ludwig Hülshof

"But, Inspector," I said, "why are you badgering a respectable young gentleman like Amulya Babu?"
— from The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore

Still, what are you, but a robber—a base dishonest robber?
— from The American Union Speaker by John D. (John Dudley) Philbrick