Vulgar words in Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War (Page 1)
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Th' gallant mules was led be a most courageous jackass, an' 'tis undhersthud that me frind Mack will appint him a brigadier-gin-ral jus' as soon as he can find out who his father is.
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He's th' biggest jackass in Tampa to-day, not exciptin' th' cinsor; an' I doubt if they'se a bigger wan in Wash'n'ton, though I cud name a few that cud thry a race with him.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 196 ~ ~ ~
They know a jackass whin they see wan, an' they see a good manny in that peaceful city.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 198 ~ ~ ~
An', be th' way, Hinnissy, if this here sociable is f'r to go on at th' prisint rate, I'm sthrong to ar-rm th' wild ar-rmy mules an' the unbridled jackasses iv th' pe-rary an' give thim a chanst to set Cuba free.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 199 ~ ~ ~
Up to this time th' on'y hero kilt on th' Spanish side was a jackass that poked an ear above th' batthries at Matoonzas f'r to hear what was goin' on.
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'It can't be an American jackass, or he'd speak,' he says.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 207 ~ ~ ~
Shot afther shot fell round th' inthrepid ass; but he remained firm till th' dinnymite boat Vesoovyus fired three hundherd an' forty thousand pounds iv gum cotton at him, an' the poor crather was smothered to death.
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Th' officers in th' field at prisint is well qualified f'r command iv th' new ar-rmy; an', if they'd put blinders on th' mules, they wudden't be scared back be wan iv thim Spanish fleets that a jackass sees whin he's been up all night, secretly stuffing himsilf with silo.
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Th' ordhers fr'm Washin'ton is perfectly comprehinsible to a jackass, but they don't mane annything to a poor, foolish man.
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But it ought to be as plain to th' mule that hears it as it is to th' jackasses that gets it up.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 230 ~ ~ ~
"I shud think," said Mr. Hennessy, "now that th' jackasses has begun to be onaisy"-- "We ought to be afraid th' cabinet an' th' Boord iv Sthrateejy 'll be stampeded?"