Vulgar words in Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02 (Page 1)
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"Will D--nd--s, Will D--nd--s,--were you only an ass."
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But to you and Mr. Fox the reproach will constantly be made, and the blockheads and knaves in the House will always have the means of influencing the opinions of those without, by opposing with success your English character to your French one; and that which is only a mark of gratitude for past services will be construed by malignity into a bribe of some sort for services yet to be rendered.
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"No, T----, you were upon an _ass_ before, now you are upon a _mule_."
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Stout Lucy, my maid, is a damsel of spunk; Yet she weeps night and day for the loss of my _Trunk_!
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Of a very different description are the following striking and spirited fragments, (which ought to have been mentioned in a former part of this work,) written by him, apparently, about the year 1794, and addressed to the Naval heroes of that period, to console them for the neglect they experienced from the Government, while ribands and titles were lavished on the Whig Seceders:-- "Never mind them, brave black Dick, Though they've played thee such a trick-- Damn their ribands and their garters, Get you to your post and quarters.
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[1] Damn their ribands and their garters, Get you to your post and quarters, Think, on what things are ribands showered-- The two Sir Georges--Y---- and H---!
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Damn their ribands and their garters, Get you to your post and quarters.