Vulgar words in Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I (Page 1)
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Let us compose ourselves to death as fagged horsemen sleep in the saddle.
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Prying at it hard, we at length effected an entrance; but saw no golden moidores, no ruddy doubloons; nothing under heaven but three pewter mugs, such as are used in a ship's cabin, several brass screws, and brass plates, which must have belonged to a quadrant; together with a famous lot of glass beads, and brass rings; while, pasted on the inside of the cover, was a little colored print, representing the harlots, the shameless hussies, having a fine time with the Prodigal Son.
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"Then the little manikins would dive down into the sea, and rove about in the coral groves, making love to the mermaids.