Vulgar words in Phineas Redux (Page 1)
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"After all, that man is an ass," said Erle.
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What an impudent ass he must be!"
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He may be an ass and yet not impudent, or impudent and yet not an ass.
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Don't you be an ass."
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But Gerard Maule so wore his clothes, and so carried his limbs, and so pronounced his words that he was to be regarded as one entitled to make love to any lady; whereas poor Mr. Spooner was not justified in proposing to marry any woman much more gifted than his own housemaid.
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A good deal may be done in dispute by calling a man an ass or a knave,-but the resolve to use the words should have been made only at the moment, and they should come hot from the heart.
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That evening Mr. Bonteen was singled out by the Duchess for her special attention, and in the presence of all who were there assembled he made himself an ass.
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He was more than ordinarily polite,-and was afterwards declared by the Duchess to have made love like an old gander.
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Making love to a sweet, soft, blushing, willing, though silent girl is a pleasant employment; but the task of declaring love to a stony-hearted, obdurate, ill-conditioned Diana is very disagreeable for any gentleman.
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I bought a horse the other day; my daughter wanted something to look pretty, and like an old ass as I am I gave a hundred and fifty pounds for the brute.
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"Exactly;-though I think he was an addle-pated old ass not to see the thing more clearly.