Vulgar words in Life of Johnson, Volume 4 - 1780-1784 (Page 1)
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I used to say of her that she was generally slut and drunkard; occasionally, whore and thief.
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When one of his little pragmatical foes was invidiously snarling at his fame, at Sir Joshua Reynolds's table, the Reverend Dr. Parr exclaimed, with his usual bold animation, 'Ay, now that the old lion is dead, every ass thinks he may kick at him.'
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There is another illustration in which an ass is represented bearing a coronet.
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She was habitually a slut and a drunkard, and occasionally a thief and a harlot.... Mrs. Williams," he added, "did not love Bet Flint, but Bet Flint made herself very easy about that."'