Vulgar words in The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 (Page 1)
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The blockheads who oiled your wheels yesterday have screwed up your patent axles too tightly; the friction is enormous; the hotter the metal gets, the greater grows the friction; your horse's work is quadrupled.
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You drive slowly home, and severely upbraid the blockheads.
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A dull, quiet man, whom you esteemed as a blockhead, may suddenly be valued very differently when circumstances unexpectedly call out the solid qualities he possesses, unsuspected before.