Vulgar words in The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 - Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales (Page 1)
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Old Ben the boatswain said that he'd never knowed but one deader calm, and that, he explained, was when Preacher Jack, the reformed sailor, had got excited in a sermon in a seaman's chapel and shouted that the Archangel Michael would chuck the Dragon into the brig and give him a taste of the rope's-end, damn his eyes!
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We made love to one another, and plotted darkly in the deepest obscurity of the hold.
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He is an experienced seaman, a capable officer, and a Christian gentleman--damn his eyes!
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In the latter case the buffoon, an invariable adjunct, committed a thousand extravagances, and was a dear, delightful, naughty ancient Egyptian buffoon.
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For amusement and instruction of the vulgar, buffoons in herds of ten or more in fested the streets, hopping and posing to the sound of a drum.