Vulgar words in Diary in America, Series One (Page 1)
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It was a pretty general average; but, what was worse than all a snag had intercepted and unshipped our rudder, and we were floating away from it, as it still remained fixed upon the sunken tree.
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She was so weak that she supported herself against a rock; at last she rolled on her back, hogging the dog in her fore paws.
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The fourth day was for the exhibition of jackasses, of two-year and one-year, and for foals, and jennies also; this sight was to me one of peculiar interest.
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Accustomed as we are in England to value a jackass at thirty shillings, we look down upon them with contempt; but here the case is reversed: you look up at them with surprise and admiration.
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Several were shown standing fifteen hands high, with head and ears in proportion; the breed has been obtained from the Maltese jackass, crossed by those of Spain and the south of France.
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Warrior, a jackass of great celebrity, sold for 5,000 dollars, upwards of 1,000 pounds sterling.
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Half of another jackass, Benjamin by name, was sold for 2,500 dollars.
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At the show I asked a gentleman what he wanted for a very beautiful female ass, only one year old; he said that he could have 1,000 dollars, 250 pounds for her, but that he had refused that sum.
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They ran upon a snag, and were obliged to lay the vessel on shore until they could put the cargo on board of another steamboat, and repair the damage.