Vulgar words in The Record of Nicholas Freydon - An Autobiography (Page 1)
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I see myself in jersey and flannel knickers sitting beside my father on the edge of a deck skylight, and gazing out across dazzlingly sunlit waters to the near-by northern coast of New South Wales.
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He really is too killingly sweet when he makes love-- Oh, with the most knightly respect, my dear!
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That accounts for the don't-care-a-damn light-heartedness seen in Australian faces, and for the dominance of care in these faces.
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'Well, my friend, since you are an inspired ass, and a confirmed sentimentalist, I imagine you----' 'What would you advise in the circumstances, I mean?'
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But I occupied Dr. Powell's old room during most days, and did my best; and, rather to my surprise, when I quite casually said I was not able to afford some luxury or another--lawn tennis, I believe it was, recommended by my chief as a remedy for my fagged and unhealthy appearance--I was given an increase of salary to the extent of an additional fifty pounds a year.