Vulgar words in The Man Thou Gavest (Page 1)

This book at a glance

ass x 1
cuss x 4
damn x 6
half-wit x 2
            

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"And Nella-Rose, the little no-count; did she repay Jed, the poor cuss?"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 185   ~   ~   ~

Yo' can steal what's our'n,--an' with that she took the bantam and fo' I could say a cuss, she wrung that chicken's neck right fo' Nella-Rose's eyes!"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,470   ~   ~   ~

He could not lay himself bare to any one as a sentimental ass; he must arrange things as soon as possible to return South; he would, just before starting, tell Lynda and Brace of his attachment for Nella-Rose.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,538   ~   ~   ~

Pete was right sober for him and spruced up owing to facts I am now coming to and when Pete's sober there ain't a more sensible cuss than what he is nor a gentlemaner.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,778   ~   ~   ~

"She wrote and sent the letter long of--of Bill Trim, a half-wit--but trusty.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,125   ~   ~   ~

Bill was a half-wit but as strong as an ox; and, once set upon a task, managed it in a way that had given him a secure position in the community.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,302   ~   ~   ~

And she?--why, she's the only holy thing in the hills; you couldn't damn her--you two!"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,866   ~   ~   ~

By all this you will judge what a comical little cuss Betty is, but all the same I am quite serious in urging you to come home before I grow desperate.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,316   ~   ~   ~

There he lay for a whole week, damn it all!

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,339   ~   ~   ~

The big man, troubled and as full of sympathy as a tender woman, paused in his strides and ejaculated: "Damn it all, Truedale!"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,684   ~   ~   ~

To make a child feel--different--is sure to damn him."

~   ~   ~   Sentence 5,657   ~   ~   ~

"Eternally damn the man and claim her sex privilege of unwarranted righteousness!"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 5,658   ~   ~   ~

"Does she damn herself--like an idiot?"

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