Vulgar words in Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality (Page 1)
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"Bastard dog," cried one of the Russians, "tell us who you are and whence you came."
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Buffoons were chosen to lift the new dignitary to his throne, and four fellows who stammered with every word delivered absurd addresses upon his exaltation.
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Another buffoon of the court, Buturlin by name, was appointed Kniaz Papa, and a marriage arranged between him and the widow of Sotof, his predecessor.
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In truth, the buffoon flourished in Russia like a green bay-tree.
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In the reign of the empress Anne the number of court buffoons was reduced to six, but three of the six were men of the highest birth.
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He had changed his religion, and for this offence he was made court page, though he was over forty years of age, and buffoon, though his son was a lieutenant in the army, and his family one of the first in the realm.
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"Carpenters and shipwrights sit next to the czar; but senators, ministers, generals, priests, sailors, buffoons of all kinds, sit pell-mell, without any distinction."
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"The present butler is one of the czar's buffoons, to whom he has given the name of _Wiaschi_, with this privilege, that if any one calls him by that name he has leave to drub him with his wooden sword.