Vulgar words in Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville (Page 1)
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I, for my part, jumped into the water, knocking up the pikes of two negroes, who looked as if they were going to spit me, with my gun, and hurriedly caught a man--with a civilian's hat on his head, a sash over his shoulder, and a big sword in his hand, who seemed to me to be the leader of the band--round the waist.
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A snag is only one of the numerous sources of accident in American river navigation.
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Aumale dandled the children in the chimney-corner, thereby winning their fond affections, while I set to work to make love to the mistress of the establishment, a stout and not altogether illiterate lady--for she could swear in any language.
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Then there is another whoop, and every soul goes home completely knocked up-- a very fine amusement indeed!"
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Because he was a bastard sovereign--and dared not reappear before his electors once he was beaten.