Vulgar words in The Voyage of the Beagle (Page 1)
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His gravity is carried to a high pitch: I heard one of his mad buffoons (for he keeps two, like the barons of old) relate the following anecdote.
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This bird is commonly called the jackass penguin, from its habit, while on shore, of throwing its head backwards, and making a loud strange noise, very like the braying of an ass; but while at sea, and undisturbed, its note is very deep and solemn, and is often heard in the night-time.
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In the afternoon one of the horses knocked up; we were then on a brow of a hill, which commanded a fine view of the Llanos.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 198 ~ ~ ~
His gravity is carried to a high pitch: I heard one of his mad buffoons (for he keeps two, like the barons of old) relate the following anecdote.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 382 ~ ~ ~
This bird is commonly called the jackass penguin, from its habit, while on shore, of throwing its head backwards, and making a loud strange noise, very like the braying of an ass; but while at sea, and undisturbed, its note is very deep and solemn, and is often heard in the night-time.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 140 ~ ~ ~
In the afternoon one of the horses knocked up; we were then on a brow of a hill, which commanded a fine view of the Llanos.