Vulgar words in The Foolish Lovers (Page 1)

This book at a glance

ass x 2
damn x 12
make love x 14
            

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Someone had tittered at Uncle Matthew as they passed up the steps of the court towards the door, and Uncle William, disregarding the fact that he was in a court of law, had turned on him very fiercely, and had said "Damn your sowl!..." but a policeman, saying "S-s-sh!

~   ~   ~   Sentence 880   ~   ~   ~

This is a damn silly play, this!"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 885   ~   ~   ~

"It's damn silly to let on a man doesn't know his own wife when he sees her.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,162   ~   ~   ~

In _The Merchant of Venice_, Bassanio and Portia, Lorenzo and Jessica, Gratiano and Nerissa had all made love.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,163   ~   ~   ~

Even young Gobbo, in a coarse, philandering way, had made love, too!

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,999   ~   ~   ~

and had taken her to a pleasant place and made love to her!

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,056   ~   ~   ~

"Damn the cod there's about it!

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,959   ~   ~   ~

"I may as well warn you that Dolly'll make love to you when she's recovered herself, but you needn't let it worry you.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,972   ~   ~   ~

As I tell her, if it's hard to be tragic when you're respectable, it's damn hard to be comic when you're not.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,449   ~   ~   ~

"Because I won't start making love to you, I suppose?"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,462   ~   ~   ~

She had not attempted to make love to him again, and her attitude towards him became more natural, almost, he thought, more friendly.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,656   ~   ~   ~

Then they say 'Oh, damn!' and go into the Civil Service, and in three years' time an earthquake wouldn't rouse them.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,881   ~   ~   ~

These unpleasant people, the lawyers and the parsons, had contrived to make Love an impropriety and had reduced Holy Passion to the status of a schedule to an act of parliament.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,914   ~   ~   ~

A clever, intelligent lad ought to talk revolutionary stuff, but when a man reaches Palfrey's age and is still gabbling that silly-cleverness, then the man's an ass.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 162   ~   ~   ~

Someone had tittered at Uncle Matthew as they passed up the steps of the court towards the door, and Uncle William, disregarding the fact that he was in a court of law, had turned on him very fiercely, and had said "Damn your sowl!..." but a policeman, saying "S-s-sh!

~   ~   ~   Sentence 880   ~   ~   ~

This is a damn silly play, this!"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 885   ~   ~   ~

"It's damn silly to let on a man doesn't know his own wife when he sees her.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,162   ~   ~   ~

In _The Merchant of Venice_, Bassanio and Portia, Lorenzo and Jessica, Gratiano and Nerissa had all made love.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,163   ~   ~   ~

Even young Gobbo, in a coarse, philandering way, had made love, too!

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,999   ~   ~   ~

and had taken her to a pleasant place and made love to her!

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,056   ~   ~   ~

"Damn the cod there's about it!

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,959   ~   ~   ~

"I may as well warn you that Dolly'll make love to you when she's recovered herself, but you needn't let it worry you.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,972   ~   ~   ~

As I tell her, if it's hard to be tragic when you're respectable, it's damn hard to be comic when you're not.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,449   ~   ~   ~

"Because I won't start making love to you, I suppose?"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,462   ~   ~   ~

She had not attempted to make love to him again, and her attitude towards him became more natural, almost, he thought, more friendly.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,656   ~   ~   ~

Then they say 'Oh, damn!' and go into the Civil Service, and in three years' time an earthquake wouldn't rouse them.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,881   ~   ~   ~

These unpleasant people, the lawyers and the parsons, had contrived to make Love an impropriety and had reduced Holy Passion to the status of a schedule to an act of parliament.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,914   ~   ~   ~

A clever, intelligent lad ought to talk revolutionary stuff, but when a man reaches Palfrey's age and is still gabbling that silly-cleverness, then the man's an ass.

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