Vulgar words in Famous Reviews (Page 1)

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ass x 2
bastard x 1
blockhead x 2
make love x 2
            

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It has never occurred to him that there is a difference between assertion and demonstration, that a rumour does not always prove a fact, that a single fact, when proved, is hardly foundation enough for a theory, that two contradictory propositions cannot be undeniable truths, that to beg the question is not the way to settle it, or that when an objection is raised, it ought to be met with something more convincing than "scoundrel" and "blockhead."

~   ~   ~   Sentence 787   ~   ~   ~

Almost all his heroes make love either like Seraphim or like cattle.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,254   ~   ~   ~

Thus, for instance, Mr. Darwin builds a most ingenious argument on the tendency of the young of the horse, ass, zebra, and quagga, to bear on their shoulders and on their legs certain barred stripes.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,835   ~   ~   ~

And what think ye of that bastard temper?

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,882   ~   ~   ~

We had forgot that he was likewise a contributor to Mr. Southey's Omniana, where the Editor of the Edinburgh Review is politely denominated an "ass," and then _became himself a writer in the said Review_.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 5,087   ~   ~   ~

Every man is, according to Mr. Hunt, a dull potato-eating blockhead--of no greater value to God or man than any ox or dray-horse--who is not an admirer of Voltaire's _romans_, a worshipper of Lord Holland and Mr. Haydon and a quoter of John Buncle and Chaucer's Flower and Leaf.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 5,726   ~   ~   ~

He "leans on his own soul," and makes love to the Countess and seduces Alice Darvell.

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