Vulgar words in A Houseful of Girls (Page 1)

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ass x 2
country bumpkin x 1
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He was not such a conceited ass as to believe he must necessarily succeed in the crowded ranks of the professions, for none of which had he any particular bent, while he had, he added, with a certain manliness and doggedness for a pacific fellow like Robinson, a considerable interest in the great old shop.

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She had the instinct which causes women to look back upon the men who have made love or proposed to them, even though the women have rejected the men--as in a sense their property, if not their prey, so as not by any means to relish the men's depreciation at the hands of other women.

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He hesitated whether to go or stay under the circumstances, but he hated to beat an ignominious retreat, as if _he_ thought that _she_ thought he could not be beside her for a quarter of an hour without making an ass of himself again and pestering her.

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I trust nobody suspects me of encouraging young ladies to become shop-women," he added, with a slightly foolish laugh, "as old actors used to be accused of decoying young men of rank and fashion into going on the stage, and recruiting sergeants of beguiling country bumpkins into taking the king's shilling."

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