Vulgar words in Under the Storm (Page 1)

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ass x 6
blockhead x 1
hussy x 1
knock up x 1
            

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"Well, Master," said the straggler, as he leant his back against the barn, and his two companions sat down on the ground in the shelter, "I have heard a lot about the Cause, but all I know is that my Lord of Essex sent to call out five-and-twenty men from our parish, and the squire, he was in a proper rage with being rated to pay ship money, so--as I had fallen out with my master, mine host of the 'Griffin,' more fool I--I went with the young gentleman, and a proper ass I was to do so."

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"I'd have made a good housewife of you, you ungrateful hussy, and now you may thank yourself, if you come to begging, I shall have nothing for you."

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"Look you here," said Jeph, "walk down with me to my good Captain's quarters, and he will give you a protection which you may shew to any man who dares to touch aught that is ours, be it corn or swine, ox or ass."

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"The jawbone of an ass," promptly answered Jephthah.

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"Pass, jawbone of an ass," responded the sentry, "and all's well.

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I would beat it out of him, as I was wont with our old ass."

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"Hark ye, blockhead," said the foremost.

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Don't ye know that, you ass?

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Ho, you now, Bill, run and knock them up at the Elmwood Arms, and bring down a gill."

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