The 17,250 occurrences of damn

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Come, come, brothers, don't be angry, I suppose we shall soon be in a warmer latitude--the Kidnapper seems as fond of these black regulars (as you call 'em, Jack) as he is of the brace of whores below; but as they come in so damn'd slow, I'll put him in the humour of sending part of the fleet this winter to the coast of Guinea, and beat up for volunteers, there he'll get recruits enough for a hogshead or two of New-England rum, and a few owld pipe-shanks, and save poor Owld-England the trouble and expense of clothing them in the bargain.

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Damn your old smoky jaws, you're better off than any man aboard, your trouble will be nothing,--for I suppose they'll be disbursted in different messes among the Tories, and it's only putting on the big pot, cockey.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,083   ~   ~   ~

Blast my eyes, Mr. Boatswain, if I disgrease myself so much, I have had the honour, damn me (tho' I say it that shou'dn't say it) to be chief cook of a seventy-four gun ship, on board of which was Lord Abel-Marl and Admiral Poke-Cock.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,085   ~   ~   ~

Damn the liars--old singe-the-devil--you chief cook of a seventy-four gun ship, eigh?

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,140   ~   ~   ~

[_Aside._] What a damn'd big mouth that Cudjo has--as large as our main hatch-way---- COOK.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,148   ~   ~   ~

Aye, he'd tumble plenty down his damn'd guts and swallow it, like Jones swallow'd the whale.

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That's a brave fellow--damn 'em--down with them all--shoot all the damn'd rebels.

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Damn 'em, I'd rather see half their weight in beef.

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Aye, curse their stomachs, or mutton either; then our Cook wou'dn't be so damn'd lazy as he is, strutting about the deck like a nobleman, receiving Paramount's pay for nothing.

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Walk faster, damn your black heads.

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Aye, damn 'em, hawks indeed; they are cursed dogs; a man is never safe where they are, but I'll take care to be out of their reach, let others take their chance, for I see they have no respect to persons--I suppose they wou'd shoot at me, if I were within their reach.

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The scoundrels are grown so damn'd impudent too, that one can scarcely get a roasting pig now-a-days, but I'll be even with some of 'em by and by.

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Damn it, don't let us kick up a dust among ourselves, to be laugh'd at fore and aft--this is a hell of a council of war--though I believe it will turn out one before we've done--a scolding and quarrelling like a parcel of damn'd butter whores--I never heard two whores yet scold and quarrel, but they got to fighting at last.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,276   ~   ~   ~

Who the devil shou'd know, if you don't?--damn it, didn't you send for us?

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Aye, a damn'd affair indeed--many powder'd beaus--petit maitres--fops--fribbles--skip jacks--macaronies--jack puddings--noblemen's bastards and whores' sons fell that day--and my poor marines stood no more chance with 'em than a cat in hell without claws.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,291   ~   ~   ~

nothing yet, but eat Paramount's beef, and steal a few Yankee sheep--and that, it seems, is now become a damn'd lousy, beggarly trade too, for you hav'n't left yourselves a mouthful to eat.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,296   ~   ~   ~

[_Aside._] But avast, I must bowse taught there, or we shall get to loggerheads soon, we're such damn'd fighting fellows.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,310   ~   ~   ~

I think we're all a parcel of damn'd boobies for coming three thousand miles upon a wild-goose chase--to perish with cold--starve with hunger--get our brains knock'd out, or be hang'd for sheep-stealing and robbing hen-roosts.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,143   ~   ~   ~

Stay a little, if you please, sir.--My happiness is too great at present, to let me take that revenge, which the baseness of your conduct deserves: but justice bids me accuse you of having wickedly, and without cause, endeavoured to injure the reputation of this lady, whom it is my highest boast and felicity now to call my wife; my making her such, however, at the very time when the baneful tongue of Slander is so diligent to damn her spotless fame,--[_Looking significantly at CANTWELL and HERALD._]--will at once convince the public of her innocence, and the cruelty of her enemies.

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They said as how the leaden man was a damn'd tory, and that he took wit in his anger and rode off in the time of the troubles.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,704   ~   ~   ~

What a tarnal curse and damn, too!

~   ~   ~   Sentence 123   ~   ~   ~

Oh, may no party-spirit blast his views, Or turn to ill the meanings of the Muse: She sings of wrongs long past, Men as they were, To instruct, without reproach, the Men that are; Then judge the Story by the genius shewn, And praise, or damn, it, for its worth alone.

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He sav'd thy life, yet strove to damn thy country; Doom'd millions to the haughty Briton's yoke; The best, and foremost in the cause of virtue, To death, by sword, by prison, or the halter: His sacrifice now stands the only bar Between the wanton cruelties of war, And our much-suffering soldiers: yet, when weigh'd With gratitude, for that he sav'd _thy_ life, These things prove gossamer, and balance air:-- Perversion monstrous of man's moral sense!

~   ~   ~   Sentence 616   ~   ~   ~

Then pray, sir, what have you to eat in this damn'd house fit for a gentleman?

~   ~   ~   Sentence 649   ~   ~   ~

[_Enter LAROLE._] Where the devil do you hide yourself in this damn'd house?

~   ~   ~   Sentence 652   ~   ~   ~

Oui, monsieur, dis is von damn contree, I can find nosing to eat.

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[_With an air of fashion._] Ma'am, your most devoted slave--inexpressibly happy to find a beautiful creature in this damn'd wilderness.

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"Barney, damn you!"

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"Damn the respondent," said John Ayliffe, "but she shall smart for it."

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"Gone?--Yes.--Do you mean my mother?--Damn it, yes!--She is gone, to be sure.--Didn't you meet her?"

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Damn this American!

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,695   ~   ~   ~

"Damn it!" the Professor snatched away his mouthpiece to exclaim: "If we could only _stop_."

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"Walk right up to them, direct the fire against their helmets, and damn the consequences.

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At last--and the gods will not damn thee for musing--you will stand in the band-wagon before the corner groggery and be the object of the admiration of your fellow citizens--perhaps of missiles, too.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,718   ~   ~   ~

Then the _Emden_ took a northerly course, likewise the enemy, and I had to stand there helpless, gritting my teeth and thinking; 'Damn it; the _Emden_ is burning and you aren't aboard!'"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,270   ~   ~   ~

Damn them!" he growled.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,176   ~   ~   ~

I cannot----" "Damn my professional reputation!

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,702   ~   ~   ~

Damn the luck that dogs me!" he ejaculated as he turned to issue more specific commands.

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"Oh, _damn_ the thing!...

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There's no harm in my huddling under the same roof with you--it's a damn necessity.

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"Damn the whole crew!" said the Captain; and the old lady laughed delightedly.

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Damn his eyes, what business had an erstwhile pirate, not too recently reformed, being self-righteous?

~   ~   ~   Sentence 93   ~   ~   ~

"Damn good reason," Grant said laconically.

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Damn--all we can do is watch," Grant gritted between his teeth.

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Answer, damn you, before I thrust you into the Gorm."

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"Damn you," said Lewis Stillman levelly.

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"Damn all of you!"

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Damn Australia, I say!

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"Damn your hide!" he howled.

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"You ain't so damn smart as you think."

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Damn them, it was a trap!

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There's only three or four destroyers left in the whole damn Asteroid Belt.

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Probably sneaked up on us from behind that damn moon.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,325   ~   ~   ~

Damn it, sir, what are they, to turn up their noses at us?

~   ~   ~   Sentence 6,488   ~   ~   ~

"Damn him, look here!" says Castlewood, holding out a paper.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,328   ~   ~   ~

He likes to go and sit in the smoking-room at the Grecian, or the Devil; to pace "Change and the Mall"(92)-to mingle in that great club of the world-sitting alone in it somehow: having goodwill and kindness for every single man and woman in it-having need of some habit and custom binding him to some few; never doing any man a wrong (unless it be a wrong to hint a little doubt about a man's parts, and to damn him with faint praise); and so he looks on the world and plays with the ceaseless humours of all of us-laughs the kindest laugh-points our neighbour's foible or eccentricity out to us with the most good-natured, smiling confidence; and then, turning over his shoulder, whispers _our_ foibles to our neighbour.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,574   ~   ~   ~

He did not damn with faint praise: he was in the world and of it; and his enjoyment of life presents the strangest contrast to Swift's savage indignation and Addison's lonely serenity.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,577   ~   ~   ~

All readers of our old masters know the terrible lines of Swift, in which he hints at his philosophy and describes the end of mankind:-(106) Amazed, confused, its fate unknown, The world stood trembling at Jove's throne; While each pale sinner hung his head, Jove, nodding, shook the heavens and said: 'Offending race of human kind, By nature, reason, learning, blind; You who through frailty stepped aside, And you who never err'd through pride; You who in different sects were shamm'd, And come to see each other damn'd (So some folk told you, but they knew No more of Jove's designs than you).

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,578   ~   ~   ~

The world's mad business now is o'er, And I resent your freaks no more; _I_ to such blockheads set my wit, I damn such fools-go, go, you're bit!'

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,875   ~   ~   ~

And were there one whose fires True genius kindles and fair fame inspires, Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear like the Turk no brother near the throne; View him with scornful yet with jealous eyes, And hate, for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserved to blame as to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise; Who but must laugh if such a man there be, Who would not weep if Atticus were he?

~   ~   ~   Sentence 11,378   ~   ~   ~

"Mr. Lintot began in this manner: 'Now, damn them!

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,038   ~   ~   ~

"Damn it, Anne!" he said, with suddenly frowning brow, and now she started.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 9,892   ~   ~   ~

On the sidewalk not far from her door he met Reardon with a casual nod, and Reardon blazed out at him, "Damn you!"

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"Pull the damn bed down and spike it to the floor!"

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Damn it, don't touch me!

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A damn liar!"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,105   ~   ~   ~

"Prince, damn you, help me with those boxes!"

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From across the room somebody was saying, "If the _Comet_ hadn't smashed on us, damn me but I'd ask the Commander to let some of us take her back.

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"Damn it, woman, we're on--" * * * * * Dr. Bird's voice was cut short by the sound of a pistol shot from the roof, followed by two others.

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"Damn her!"

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Damn men!"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,451   ~   ~   ~

I expect he said, 'Damn.'

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"Damn it!

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"Damn your softness," Spurling broke out.

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He was recounting his discovery of Spurling's flight, when his listener, taking it for granted that he already knew the rest, broke in impatiently, with "You damn fool!

~   ~   ~   Sentence 27   ~   ~   ~

AND BEBE, By Gustave Droz A ripe husband, ready to fall from the tree Affection is catching All babies are round, yielding, weak, timid, and soft And I shall say 'damn it,' for I shall then be grown up Answer "No," but with a little kiss which means "Yes" As regards love, intention and deed are the same But she thinks she is affording you pleasure Clumsily, blew his nose, to the great relief of his two arms Do not seek too much Emotion when one does not share it First impression is based upon a number of trifles He Would Have Been Forty Now Hearty laughter which men affect to assist digestion How many things have not people been proud of How rich we find ourselves when we rummage in old drawers Husband who loves you and eats off the same plate is better I would give two summers for a single autumn I do not accept the hypothesis of a world made for us I came here for that express purpose I am not wandering through life, I am marching on Ignorant of everything, undesirous of learning anything In his future arrange laurels for a little crown for your own It (science) dreams, too; it supposes It is silly to blush under certain circumstances Learned to love others by embracing their own children Life is not so sweet for us to risk ourselves in it singlehanded Love in marriage is, as a rule, too much at his ease Man is but one of the links of an immense chain Rather do not give—make yourself sought after Reckon yourself happy if in your husband you find a lover Recollection of past dangers to increase the present joy Respect him so that he may respect you Shelter himself in the arms of the weak and recover courage Sometimes like to deck the future in the garments of the past The heart requires gradual changes The future that is rent away The recollection of that moment lasts for a lifetime The future promises, it is the present that pays Their love requires a return There are pious falsehoods which the Church excuses Ties that unite children to parents are unloosed Ties which unite parents to children are broken To be able to smoke a cigar without being sick To love is a great deal—To know how to love is everything We are simple to this degree, that we do not think we are When time has softened your grief Why mankind has chosen to call marriage a man-trap MONSIEUR DE CAMORS, By Octave Feuillet A man never should kneel unless sure of rising a conqueror A defensive attitude is never agreeable to a man Bad to fear the opinion of people one despises Believing that it is for virtue's sake alone such men love them Camors refused, hesitated, made objections, and consented Confounding progress with discord, liberty with license Contempt for men is the beginning of wisdom Cried out, with the blunt candor of his age Dangers of liberty outweighed its benefits Demanded of him imperatively—the time of day Determined to cultivate ability rather than scrupulousness Disenchantment which follows possession Do not get angry.

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"Why, damn you, I thought you were an anarchist and wanted to do away with kings and governments," sputtered the little man.

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The fellow, with characteristic insolence, exclaimed, "Damn your spectacles!"

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"I don't give a good damn if you knock with a thousand," Edwardson said gaily.

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No one cares about me, and I never gave much of a damn about anyone.

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But what I want to do, you see," he went on, "is to put it to your conscience that you've an admirable opportunity; and that it's moreover one for which, after all, damn you, you've really to thank _me.

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Out wid it, er I'll bust yer damn arm!"

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"Do youse know dat cop, ye damn Ginnie?" muttered Jimmie.

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Bobbie Burke, damn 'im!

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"I'll get ye this time, damn your dirty carcass--ugh!"

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In the foreground an accident has occurred, a porter having upset the luggage of an English family, the head of which is saluting him with the national "Damn," while the courier of the party expresses the same idea in German.

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After you bought out, things got just too damn dull.

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Damn foolish.

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No damn good!

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He mumbled: "Damn fish--won't get me.

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"That'll teach you, damn you!"

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"Get back, damn you!" he cursed harshly.

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The Question is not, which is the readiest Way to Riches, but whether the Riches themselves are worth being damn'd for.

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Damn it, Joe, I'm sorry.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,110   ~   ~   ~

Then he cried fiercely, "Damn it!

~   ~   ~   Sentence 734   ~   ~   ~

When he had read two or three paragraphs, a gentleman present said, 'Damn his impudence, I dare say we shall hear by next post, that he is upon his march with one hundred thousand men to back this.'

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"I consider," said he, "that profane swearing is vulgar, but I must say damn that woman.

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I wonder what he did, damn him."

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