Vulgar words in Border Ghost Stories (Page 1)
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'It wull represent Palm Sunday--the entry of our Lord intil the Holy Ceety--_ridin' in on an ass_.'
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I returned to the inn, knocked up 'Boots,' went silently to bed, and slept late.
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'What d' ye want, damn ye?' he inquired surlily.
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'Hence the use of bastards.
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'Damn!' cried he in annoyance.
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'Damn the fellow!'
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'Damn!' said Dick meditatively.
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But Si had already been made aware of his enemy's intention, and had instructed Meg how to act in such an emergency, for it might well be that trouble would come when he was out looking after a 'hogging' he had of 'blackfaces' that were pasturing above the Forks, where the Lewis Burn and Oakenshaw Burn mate.
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'Twas Si himself that was riding gaily up the water, for he had disposed of his 'hogging' to a grazier from Hexham at a good price, and was now bethinking him whence he had best re-stock his farm--whether from Cumberland or Scotland.
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THE CRY OF THE PEACOCK 'Damn the dice!' cried the elder of the two players, in a spasm of rage; 'damn my ill-luck--damn everything!' and as he shouted his imprecations he regarded his opponent askance, as if including him in his malediction.