Vulgar words in The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 - Miscellaneous Pieces (Page 1)

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When the construction of a word is explained, it is necessary to pursue it through its train of phraseology, through those forms where it is used in a manner peculiar to our language, or in senses not to be comprised in the general explanations; as from the verb _make_ arise these phrases, to _make love_, to _make an end_, to _make way_; as, he _made way_ for his followers, the ship _made way_ before the wind; to _make a bed_, to _make merry_, to _make a mock_, to _make presents_, to _make a doubt_, to _make out an assertion_, to _make good_ a breach, to _make good_ a cause, to _make nothing_ of an attempt, to _make lamentation_, to _make a merit_, and many others which will occur in reading with that view, and which only their frequency hinders from being generally remarked.

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--The merciless Macdonal,--from the western isles Of _Kernes_ and _Gallowglasses_ was supply'd; And fortune on his damned _quarry_ smiling, Shew'd like a rebel's whore.-- _Kernes_ are light-armed, and _Gallowglasses_ heavy-armed soldiers.

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Dennis is offended, that Menenius, a senator of Rome, should play the buffoon; and Voltaire, perhaps, thinks decency violated when the Danish usurper is represented as a drunkard.

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He knew that Rome, like every other city, had men of all dispositions; and, wanting a buffoon, he went into the senate-house for that which the senate-house would certainly have afforded him.

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The lady's grief is very affecting, and the character of the bastard contains that mixture of greatness and levity which this author delighted to exhibit.

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Valerius Maximus says, that he died with laughing at a little incident: seeing an ass eating his figs, he ordered his servant to drive her away; the man made no great haste, and the ass eat them all: "Well done," says Philemon, "now give her some wine."

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