Vulgar words in The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (Page 1)

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ass x 2
damn x 3
            

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Oh, damn it, Hamilton, I'm losing my temper,"--this to his provost-marshal.

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And afterward--well, it was a tough job changing places with him, and then--damn you!

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As the camp had waned the cemetery had waxed; and long before the ultimate inhabitant, victorious alike over the insidious malaria and the forthright revolver, had turned the tail of his pack-ass upon Injun Creek the outlying settlement had become a populous if not popular suburb.

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Proceeding leisurely down the creek to a convenient crossing, the party came upon the cleanly picked skeleton of an animal which Mr. Porfer after due examination pronounced to be that of an ass.

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But my mental career has been lurid with experiences such as kill and damn.

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