Vulgar words in Historical Miniatures (Page 1)
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But Pericles broke in: "Unless my eyes deceive me, I saw just now a pair of ears projecting from behind the pillar of Hermes, and these ass's ears can only belong to the notorious tanner."
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"Yes, of course; otherwise they would have thought me a blockhead.
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This Aristophanes is an ass!
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He who believes not in miracles is therefore an ass."
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In those days the court-fool was generally not a wit, but a naive blockhead, who believed all that was said, and was therefore a butt for jests.
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Pope John XVI came riding backwards on an ass.
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The Hermit rode on an ass at the head of them, and knew not what went on behind him--robbery, drunkenness, and licence.
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Famine has raged among them, and of three hundred thousand Goyim, [Footnote: Gentiles.]
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"Now, on the roads, they are talking of a new battle which the Goyim have won, and they believe that the Crusaders will march straight on Jerusalem."
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Before the altar stood an ass with an open book before it; below the ass stood a priest and read mass.
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You are an ass."
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He is an ass!
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"Then wake it up, you ass!
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"If he does not understand it, then he is a blockhead...." "But if he does, you may expect a declaration of war."
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The world has nothing to do with how the old ass looked; there is nothing to see in that.