Vulgar words in Rob Roy — Volume 01 (Page 1)
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But I had no reason for apprehension on that score; for a blotted piece of paper dropped out of the book, and, being taken up by my father, he interrupted a hint from Owen, on the propriety of securing loose memoranda with a little paste, by exclaiming, "To the memory of Edward the Black Prince-What's all this?-verses!-By Heaven, Frank, you are a greater blockhead than I supposed you!"
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He then tossed the paper from him with an air of superlative contempt, and concluded-"Upon my credit, Frank, you are a greater blockhead than I took you for."
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To say the truth, the compliment was so expressed, that the lady might easily appropriate the greater share of it, for Thorncliff seemed an arrant country bumpkin, awkward, shy, and somewhat sulky withal.
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"There is room for little choice in our family; Dick is a gambler, John a boor, and Wilfred an ass.