Vulgar words in The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 4 (Page 1)
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While I plead guilty to this impeachment, let me show mitigation, that it has its enjoyments--first, although I am the most constant and devoted man breathing, as a very cursory glance at these confessions may prove, yet I have never been able to restrain myself from a propensity to make love, merely as a pastime.
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On reaching the Lion d'or we discovered that the only conveyance to be had was a species of open market-cart drawn by two horses, and in which it was necessary that my fair friend and myself should seat ourselves side by side upon straw: there was no choice, and as for Miss Bingham, I believe if an ass with panniers had presented itself, she would have preferred it to remaining where she was.
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EBOOK EDITOR'S BOOKMARKS: A crowd is a mob, if composed even of bishops Involuntary satisfaction at some apparent obstacle to my path Levelling character of a taste for play Never able to restrain myself from a propensity to make love Strong opinions against tobacco within doors We pass a considerable portion of our lives in a mimic warfare What we wish, we readily believe Whenever he was sober his poverty disgusted him