Vulgar words in The Call of the Blood (Page 1)

This book at a glance

ass x 5
bastard x 1
damn x 1
make love x 2
            

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"Emile, forgive me, but sometimes you seem to me deliberately to lie down and roll in pessimism rather as a horse--" "Why not say an ass?"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 904   ~   ~   ~

"An ass, then, my dear, lies down sometimes and rolls in dust.

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"What an ass!"

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Here were colored reproductions of actresses in languid attitudes, of peasants dancing, of babies smiling, of elaborate young people with carefully dressed hair making love with "Molti Saluti!"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,474   ~   ~   ~

"Damn!"

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Lucrezia and Gaspare had gone to their festa, to dance, to sing, to joke, to make merry, to make love--who knew?

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,563   ~   ~   ~

The master of the ceremonies was shouting out his commands in bastard French: "Tournez!"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,795   ~   ~   ~

"Don't be an ass, Gaspare.

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The doctor's rather an ass, very French and excitable, but he does his best.

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