Vulgar words in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 20, No. 583, December 29, 1832 (Page 1)
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When I see a man who affects to doubt everything he hears, I never hesitate about writing him down an ass.
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How amusing is it to see the blockhead shake his empty pate, compress his lips into a sneer, and turn up his absurd unmeaning eyes in dubious disbelief, when he hears aught which he thinks it would imply sagacity to discredit!
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A person who cannot relish absurdity and wit, and must, moreover, have a satisfactory reason for whatever is said or done, is a philosophical blockhead.
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If a person has a great knack at finding out feats of legerdemain, you may pronounce him a blockhead.
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On the latter account, Oedipus must have been an ass.