Vulgar words in Washington Irving (Page 1)

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blockhead x 1
damn x 3
            

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And it has been to some extent the fashion to damn with faint admiration the pioneer if not the creator of American literature as the "genial" Irving.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 518   ~   ~   ~

Nobody in Washington knew what his opinion was--not one--nobody; he defied any one to say what it was--anybody--damn the one!

~   ~   ~   Sentence 520   ~   ~   ~

Then there's his brother George: 'Damn that fellow,--knows eight or nine languages; yes, sir, nine languages,--Arabic, Spanish, Greek, Ital---And there's his wife, now,--she and Mrs. Madison are always together.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 867   ~   ~   ~

"If ever he speaks favorably of the productions of a particular friend, dissent boldly from him; pronounce his friend to be a blockhead; never fear his being vexed.

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