Vulgar words in The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 5 (Page 1)
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~ ~ ~ Sentence 817 ~ ~ ~
Having made the most effective toilet my means would permit, my right arm in a sling, and my step trembling from weakness, I sallied forth with Trevanion to make love with as many fears for the result as the most bashful admirer ever experienced, when pressing his suit upon some haughty belle--but for a far different reason.
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If, on the other hand, I only found that she too had amused herself with a little passing flirtation, why then, I was a free man once more: but, on catechising myself a little closer, also, one somewhat disposed to make love de novo.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 949 ~ ~ ~
She thinks it so natural to be made love to, that there is neither any affected coyness nor any agitated surprise.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 952 ~ ~ ~
My first twenty-four hours in Dublin is so pleasantly characteristic of this that I may as well relate it here, while the subject is before us; besides, as these "Confessions" are intended as warnings and guides to youth, I may convey a useful lesson, showing why a man should not "make love in the dark."
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"Troth and I think the gentleman would be better if he went off to his flea-bag himself."
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"Can you doubt it, dearest," said I, passionately pressing her to my bosom; and at the same time muttering, "What the devil's in the wind now; we are surely not going to patch up our separation, and make love in earnest."