Vulgar words in The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 (Page 1)
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She lost; and her opponent, being apparently as sporting as herself, dared her to win it back by riding through Bretton Park and village astride on a jackass with her face to the tail The idea of the haughty and pompous lady undertaking such a penance must have seemed actually incredible, but Madame Beaumont was not readily daunted.
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He is never engaged in disputes, and this not from a milkiness and yielding to others, but he seems superior to contention, and leaves a blockhead to enjoy his own nonsense."
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It was to be regretted that while evincing to the utmost his own contempt for what was "trifling and unworthy," it was impracticable for Collingwood to follow the example of his small midshipman and contentedly "leave a blockhead to his own nonsense."
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This last week we have been very gay--that is, we have been almost squeezed to death at sundry grand crowds, and knocked up with balls.
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The keeper was knocked up in loading his gun and trotting after him.
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Why, that of vanity alone; a pretty woman must make love to him.
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Such is the difference between a French and an English dandy: the first is an impertinent, affected coxcomb, who makes love to every woman as a matter of course--it is his vocation.