Vulgar words in Ernest Maltravers — Complete (Page 1)
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"Ah, but you say the Greeks made Love a god.
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And the minor satellites?--dancing, whispering, making love, or sipping lemonade.
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Those cold names and unsubstantial shadows which Madame de Ventadour had been accustomed to yawn over in skeleton histories, took from the eloquence of Maltravers the breath of life--they glowed and moved--they feasted and made love--were wise and foolish, merry and sad, like living things.
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He was, it is true, generally reputed clever, and fools were afraid of him: but as he actively interfered with no man's pretensions, so no man thought it necessary to call him a blockhead.
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"I see now why she wanted Mr. Butler," quoth Hobbs, with a knowing wink--"the slut has come to swear!"
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All hated me--for I was ugly; damn them!
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He bought horses--he gave away jewels--he made love to a marchioness of forty-two, who was very kind to him and very fond of _ecarte_--he gambled--he was in the high road to destruction.
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By Jove, what an ass that poet is!
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I wish that Italian blockhead would come.