Vulgar words in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Page 1)

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ass x 9
make love x 1
            

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Demetrius, I'll avouch it to his head, Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena, And won her soul; and she, sweet lady, dotes, Devoutly dotes, dotes in idolatry, Upon this spotted and inconstant man.

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[Re-enter PUCK, and BOTTOM with an ass's head.]

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you see an ass-head of your own, do you?

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BOTTOM I see their knavery: this is to make an ass of me; to fright me, if they could.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 491   ~   ~   ~

The shallowest thickskin of that barren sort Who Pyramus presented in their sport, Forsook his scene and enter'd in a brake; When I did him at this advantage take, An ass's nowl I fixed on his head; Anon, his Thisbe must be answerèd, And forth my mimic comes.

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I led them on in this distracted fear, And left sweet Pyramus translated there: When in that moment,-so it came to pass,- Titania wak'd, and straightway lov'd an ass.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 778   ~   ~   ~

I must to the barber's, monsieur; for methinks I am marvellous hairy about the face; and I am such a tender ass, if my hair do but tickle me I must scratch.

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Methought I was enamour'd of an ass.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 874   ~   ~   ~

I have had a dream-past the wit of man to say what dream it was.-Man is but an ass if he go about to expound this dream.

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THESEUS With the help of a surgeon he might yet recover and prove an ass.

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