Vulgar words in Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 (Page 1)
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My dear Tyndall, DAMN the L e c t u r e s. T.H.H.
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He may be able to help you as soon as X. the accursed (may jackasses sit upon his grandmother's grave, as we say in the East) leaves him alone.
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The Hookers' arrangements [i.e.
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May your shadow never be less, and may all your enemies, unbelieving dogs who resist the Prophet of Evolution, be defiled by the sitting of jackasses upon their grandmothers' graves!
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He is a man of really great knowledge of the literature of Zoology, and if it had not been for the accident of being a procrastinating impracticable ass, he could have been a distinguished man.
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[To make amends, fishery business in the west country during a fine summer had] "a good deal of holiday in it," [though a cross journey at the beginning of August from Abergavenny to Totness made him write:--] If ever (except to-morrow, by the way) I travel within measurable distance of a Bank Holiday by the Great Western, may jackasses sit on my grandmother's grave.
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All this week shall I be occupied in hearing one Jackass contradict another Jackass about questions which are of no importance.
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After a series of adventures and a good deal of strong language on my part, knocked up the people here, who took us in, though the hotel was in reality shut up like most of those in Naples.
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And mind we have letters waiting for us there, or your affectionate Pater will emulate the historical "cocky."