Vulgar words in Flowers of Freethought - (First Series) (Page 1)
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Even when Macbeth flies at the messenger in a towering rage, and cries "the Devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon," he does not lose his sense of the Devil's dignity.
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"Damn" and "damnation" shot from their mouths full and round, like a cannon ball sped with a full blast of gunpowder.
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We take it that "damned sinners," that is _all_ sinners, are persons to whom God says "Damn you!"
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Why should God "damn" men?
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Is it just to damn him for holding a bad hand?
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And when the fellow cries "Bless God!" this honest man will exclaim "Damn God!"
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God, if he exist, must be too humane and sensible to judge men according to their belief; and if he endowed us with reason, he will never damn us for exercising it.
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Their faces seemed as devoid of merriment as the faces of jackasses, and the heads above them were often as stupid.
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Justice forbid that I should run down a Hooker, a Barrow, a Taylor, or a South.
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It may safely be affirmed that five such witnesses would damn any case in a legal court where the laws of evidence are respected.
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Witchcraft, possession, and sexual intercourse between human and superhuman beings, are distinctly taught in the Bible; and if there were no other indictment of Christianity, the awful massacre and torture of millions of helpless women and children would suffice to damn it everlastingly.
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Baalam's ass, for instance, was not a performing "moke"; it does not appear to have known a single trick; and when it opened its mouth and talked in good Moabitish, the miracle was certain and triumphant.
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Evidently Paul could bray on occasion as lustily as Balaam's ass.