Vulgar words in The Devil's Own - A Romance of the Black Hawk War (Page 1)

This book at a glance

cuss x 7
damn x 42
half-wit x 1
hussy x 1
snag x 2
            

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Thet damn sneak Carver must a did it, an' then the two ov 'em just sorter nat'rally faded away through that door thar."

~   ~   ~   Sentence 642   ~   ~   ~

"I'm fer swingin' that damn gambler up, without askin' nobody," shouted a fellow fiercely.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 821   ~   ~   ~

"Damn you!" he ejaculated, and for the first time his voice really exhibited temper.

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"Damn it, I thought as much.

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Kirby's got the law on his side--no doubt 'bout that--but I reckon as how he knows it wus a damn mean trick, and so he's sorter skeered as ter how them fellers livin' down ter the Landin' might act.

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He's a close-mouthed cuss, an' didn't say much, but puttin' it with what yer just told me, I reckon I kin sorter figger it out.

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I ain't never set eyes on her, but Carver he says she's damn good lookin'.

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"Haven't found a damn trace, except that Haines hasn't been home since before dark; some nigger came for him then.

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"Then bring the hussy in here.

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Someone spread the word before we ever got up here--that damn lawyer Haines likely enough.

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"Damn you, stop that!

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"And damn little good it is going to do you," he growled.

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It's a damn good thing fer this kintry we got him, an' I ain't worryin' none 'bount any nigger-stealer.

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The blindly floating boat had drifted upon a snag, seemingly the major portion of a tree, now held by some spit of sand.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,159   ~   ~   ~

They're liable fer ter be thar too afore ever this damn scow makes it, if we hav' ter stop an' pick eny mor' blame fools outer the river.

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"Wal', how fur is it then, ter thet damn Yellow Banks?"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,588   ~   ~   ~

"Now, Abe, yer've got him--crack the damn cuss's neck."

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Damn this being under military orders.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,802   ~   ~   ~

Stand most whisky all righ', but damn if I kin this kind--only hed three drinks, tha's all---whut's thet?

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,808   ~   ~   ~

"Tim's a damn good fellow, an' I never saw him so blame drunk afore," he said, regretfully.

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This yere Joe Kirby is pretty damn slick, let me tell you.

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"Yer a hell sight better lookin' then I thought yer wus, an' a damn sight younger.

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"Wal' now see yere, Moffett, I'm goin' fer ter be damn plain with yer.

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His name wus Beaucaire, an' he hed a son named Bert, a damn good-fer-nuthing cuss, I reckon.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,933   ~   ~   ~

Enyhow it looked like a damn good thing ter Kirby, who ain't passin' up many bets.

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Damn funny story.

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Thar's an ol' bum ov a preacher yere at Yellow Banks, a sorter hanger-on ter one o' them militia companies, what'll do eny damn thing I tell him too.

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"He wus damn glad to, after I told him how it cud be done.

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It's damn easy money ter my notion."

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"You--you damn bum; hell, that's a good joke--what'r yer givin' me now?"

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"The damn, low-lived pup--I told him whut he wus."

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"Wal' then, I'm a prayin' it starts; I want just one crack et thet Kirby, the ornary cuss."

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Don't be so damn touchy.

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Why, damn it, she kin hardly walk."

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"I reckon she can't fall off nohow, even if she don't sit up worth a damn.

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"Damn you--you sneakin' spy!" he hissed savagely, and his jaws snapped at me like a mad beast.

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damn you--let go!"

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Damn yer, yer try thet agin, an' I'll spill whut brains ye got all over this kintry.

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Damn nice trick yer two played, wa'n't it?

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"Gosh, I must'r hit the cuss harder than I thought--fair caved in his hed, the pore devil.

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Thar ain't so damn much law up yere, an' thet's 'bout whut wud happen.

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I drifted through the darkness out into the Mississippi, and later became caught on a snag in the middle of that stream.

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"I reckon I wus thar all right, just as ye say, an' thet I did yer a mighty mean turn, but I ain't such a dern ornary cuss as ye think--am I, Cap?"

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Them reds never left a damn gun behind neither.

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"This yere young chap is one o' them sojers; an' it strikes me, he's got a damn queer tale ter tell."

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"The cuss ain't a lyin'.

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I'm fer givin' the damn begger a chanst.

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And you accept the word of that half-wit?"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 5,517   ~   ~   ~

Damn you, Knox, do you know who she is?

~   ~   ~   Sentence 5,521   ~   ~   ~

I've got the papers, damn you!

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She's mine!--mine; and I am going to have her long after you're dead--yes, and the whole damn Beaucaire property with her.

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