Vulgar words in A Roman Singer (Page 1)
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But I would have stopped it then, for it is a most incongruous thing, a peasant boy making love to a countess.
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It must have been like making love to a pillar of ice.
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Why, you go about it as though it were the most innocent thing in the world to disguise yourself, and present yourself as a professor in a nobleman's house, in order to make love to his daughter!
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You, to make love to a noble damigella, a young countess, with a fortune!
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There is more dignity in a poor patient ass toiling along a rough road under a brutal burden that in the entire human race put together, from Adam to myself.
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He complacently takes all his images from the other animals, or from natural objects and phenomena, depicting himself bold as an eagle, brave as a lion, strong as an ox, patient as an ass, vain as a popinjay, talkative as a parrot, wily as a serpent, gentle as a dove, cunning as a fox, surly as a bear; his glance is lightning, his voice thunder, his heart stone, his hands are iron, his conscience a hell, his sinews of steel, and his love like fire.
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It was a little ass, with sad eyes, and ears as long as its tail.
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But this ass prefers straw."
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"A frugal ass," I said, and we began to bargain.
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Of course I do not believe the story of his carrying the brother-in-law and the heavy load uphill at a gallop; but I am thin and not very heavy, and the little ass carried me well enough through the valleys, and when we came to a steep place I would get off and walk, so as not to tire him too much.
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"Nino," I said, "I have made great sacrifices to help you in finding these people,"--I would not tell him I had sold my vineyard to make preparations for a longer journey, though he has since found it out,--"but if you are going to do anything rash I will get on my little ass and ride a few miles from the village until it is over."
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The countryman, who had grown rich in the last three days, offered to buy the thin little ass which had carried me so far and so well.