Vulgar words in Under Fire (Page 1)
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Barley loaves and Galilee perch might be made to go round in a bigger crowd in the days of miracles, but this isn't Jordan's strand," he added, as he glanced around at the dripping, desolate slopes, and then, fortified in his opinion by the gloomy survey, concluded, with cavalry elegance, "not by a damn sight."
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There goes Davies, coddling 'em again, damn it!
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"They're everywhere,--damn them!" was the curt answer, "except where we want them.
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Wagons it may be, but who'd be damn fool enough to start a wagon-train up the valley this year of all others, when every Indian at the reservation except old Spot is in league with the hostiles?
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"Grab yours, too," he muttered, hoarsely; "for God's sake don't let the damn fools bray."
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What his thoughts were could only be conjectured, but little Sanders seemed to hit pretty near the mark when he confided to Hastings that Differs didn't seem to care a damn whether Warren followed the Indian trail or not; what he was afraid of was that the major would "get onto" his own.
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Damn these psalm-singing, Sunday-go-to-meeting soldiers anyhow!
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"Boy and man I've soldiered in this regiment longer than you, Captain Differs, and I know an officer and a gentleman when I see wan, and it's the public opinion av more than wan private that there's more av both in that young feller's starvin' stummick than in your whole damn overfed, bow-legged carcass.
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"He's got," said he, "too damn much individuality for me."
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Damn it, man!
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"You inveterate ass!
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The man was an ass to ask me, and I told him so."
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"Why, damn it, Parson, don't be so brutally unjust.
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"Why," said he, "who'd be ass enough to be marching or drilling with trumpet calls this hour of the night and in the midst of a campaign?"
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"Damn the brevet!" groaned the youngster.
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Damn this having to fight Indians under office soldiers anyhow!"
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He was an accurate tactician, too, and a man who had the faculty of getting admirable results out of his command "without ever a cuss word," said Truman, a thing which that old-time troop leader could not understand.