Vulgar words in The Mistress of Shenstone (Page 1)
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"Balaam's ass?" suggested Lady Ingleby, promptly.
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"But Balaam's ass is neither the only animal in the Bible, nor the most interesting case.
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The instinct of the ass would have been to flee in terror from the lion; but, undoubtedly, a Divine assurance overcame her natural fear; and all men who passed by beheld this remarkable sight:--a lion and an ass standing sentry, one on either side of the dead body of the man of God; and there they remained until the old prophet from Bethel arrived, to fetch away the body and bury it."
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"Anything Michael would mind, I have always told straight to himself; and they were silly little things; such as foolish people trying to make love to me; or a foreign prince, with moustaches like the German Emperor's, offering to shoot Michael, if I would promise to marry him when his period of consequent imprisonment was over.
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I cut the idiots who had presumed to make love to me, ever after; and assured the foreign prince, I should undoubtedly kill him myself, if he hurt a hair of Michael's head!
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It is I who have been a thoughtless ass.
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"Ass!" said Ronnie, affectionately.
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"We have sworn not to tell," continued Billy; "but I don't care a damn--I mean a pin--for an oath, if _your_ happiness is at stake."