Vulgar words in Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 (Page 1)
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He named himself after this city, because he had there pursued his studies in Arabic; from which he inferred that he must possess more profound accomplishments than Mirza-Schaffy, whom he told me he considered a "_Fschekj_," an ass among the bearers of wisdom.
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On ev'rything he spies His bitter bane he passes; For naught escapes his eyes, Except that he an ass is.
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And often finds; for in our scribbling times No fool can lack a fool to praise his rhymes; The flattest work has here within the court Met with some zealous ass for its support; And in all times a forward scribbling fop Has found some greater fool to cry him up.
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_Antonio_--It is an affair of Egypt, brother, and I shall not acquaint you with it; peradventure it relates to a horse or an ass, or peradventure it relates to a mule or a _macho_; it does not relate to yourself, therefore I advise you not to inquire about it--_Dosta_.