Vulgar words in A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. - Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was - Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred - And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, - Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At - Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes - And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political - Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct - Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre - Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. (Page 1)
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The captain seemed astonished, and first looking over his larboard shoulder, and then over his starboard shoulder, said to his officers, "_this is a damn'd queer fellow!
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They damn the "_lying yankee scrawl_," Torn from thine hand, it strews the wave,-- They force thee, trembling, to the yawl.
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Oft gem'd his eye the bursting tear, As mem'ry lingered on past joy; As oft they flung the cruel jeer, And damn'd the "_chicken liver'd boy_."
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I overheard captain Wilson say to the second in command, "these Americans are the sauciest dogs I ever saw; but damn me if I can help liking them, nor can I ever hate men who are so much like ourselves--they are _John Bull_ all over."
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He said we were a damn set of rebel yankees that lived too well, which made us saucy.
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And he added, _I had rather have the charge of five thousand Frenchmen, than FIVE HUNDRED of these sons of liberty; and yet_, said he, _I love the dogs better than I do the damn'd frog-eaters_.
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While in the act of rendering this man assistance, I heard Captain Shortland order the soldiers to kill the damn'd rascal--meaning me; immediately the soldiers came and pricked me with their bayonets, and I was forced to run to the prison at the hazard of my life, and leave the man that was wounded.
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He then ordered the soldiers to charge; and instantly observed to the commanding officer of the military--"It is no use to charge on the damn'd Yankee rascals--FIRE"--when this commenced immediately.
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Shortland replied, you damn'd son of a bitch, carry him back to the prison; and he was obliged to comply.
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Shortland order them to fire, which they not immediately obeying, I saw him seize hold of a musket in the hands of a soldier, and direct it towards a prisoner, and heard him again repeat--"_fire; God damn you, fire_."
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_Secondly_--He having been heard to say, when the boys had picked the hole in the wall, and some time before the alarm bell was rung, while all the prisoners were quiet as usual in their respective yards--"_I'll fix the damn'd rascals directly._" _Thirdly_--His having all the soldiers on their posts, and the garrison fully prepared before the alarm bell rang.
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The conduct of Thomas George Shortland, the agent at Dartmoor Prison, is such as should "damn him to everlasting fame."