Vulgar words in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 14, No. 400, November 21, 1829 (Page 1)
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Young Lady Giddygad, came down From spending half a year in town, With cranium full of balls and plays, Routs, fêtes, and fashionable ways, Caus'd in her country-town, so quiet, Unus'd to modish din and riot, No small confusion and amaze, "Quite a sensation," is the phrase, Like that, which puss, or pug, may feel When rous'd from slumber by your heel, Or drowsy ass, at rider's knock, Or----should you term him block; Quoi qu'il en soit, first, gossips gape, Then envy, scandalize, and ape!
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Our own case was hopeless, our progress was arrested, an execution was in the house, servants met with their deserts and were turned off, goods were seized, my master was knocked up, and I was knocked down for one hundred and twenty pounds.