Vulgar words in The Rise of David Levinsky (Page 1)

This book at a glance

blockhead x 3
boob x 2
damn x 2
make love x 2
spunk x 1
            

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The block where we usually did business was one of the best, but I hated him so violently that I finally moved my push-cart to a less desirable locality I came home in despair "Oh, it takes a blockhead to make a success of it," I complained to Mrs. Dienstog "Why, why," she consoled me, "it is a sin to be grumbling like that.

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I asked She tried to define it and, failing in her attempt, she said, with a giggle: "Oh, you are a boob.

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"You're a nuisance, Levinsky," was his final retort I was tempted to say, "And you are a blockhead."

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At the bottom of my heart I had a conviction that one who had not studied the Talmud could not be anything but a blockhead The first thing he did the next evening was to take up the same subject with me, the rest of the class watching the two of us curiously.

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"You have a lot of spunk.

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He ought to be given a lift, for most educated people are damn fools.'

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This was my way of drawing Dora into a flirtation, my first attempt in that direction, though in my heart I had been making love to her for weeks I told her the story of my acquaintance with Matilda.

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I hope he ain't going to be some boob."

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I can do as I damn please."

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CHAPTER V GUSSIE, the finisher-girl to whom I had once made love with a view to marrying her for her money, worked in the vicinity of my factory and I met her from time to time on the Avenue.

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