Vulgar words in The Hill of Dreams (Page 1)

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"I always thought he was a beastly young ass," said Edward Dixon, "but I didn't think he'd chuck away his chances like that.

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But he had deliberately chosen, as Edward Dixon had said, to chuck his chances away for the sake of literature; piety and a sense of the main chance had alike pointed the way to a delicate course of wheedling, to a little harmless practicing on Miss Spurry's infirmities, to frequent compliances of a soothing nature, and the "young ass" had been blind to the direction of one and the other.

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In the amphitheatre he sometimes witnessed strange entertainments in which such tales as _Daphnis and Chloe_ and _The Golden Ass_ were performed before him.

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