Vulgar words in Daniel Defoe (Page 1)
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~ ~ ~ Sentence 96 ~ ~ ~
In his _True Born Englishman_, Defoe spoke very contemptuously of families that professed to have come over with "the Norman bastard," defying them to prove whether their ancestors were drummers or colonels; but apparently he was not above the vanity of making the world believe that he himself was of Norman-French origin.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 98 ~ ~ ~
In middle age, when Defoe was taunted with his want of learning, he retorted that if he was a blockhead it was not the fault of his father, who had "spared nothing in his education that might qualify him to match the accurate Dr. Browne, or the learned Observator."
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'Tis that from some French trooper they derive, Who with the Norman bastard did arrive; The trophies of the families appear, Some show the sword, the bow, and some the spear Which their great ancestor, forsooth, did wear.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 762 ~ ~ ~
"I must confess," he said, "I have sometimes thought it very hard, that having voluntarily, without the least direction, assistance, or encouragement, in spite of all that has been suggested, taken upon me the most necessary work of removing national prejudices against the two most capital blessings of the world, Peace and Union, I should have the disaster to have the nations receive the doctrine and damn the teacher."
~ ~ ~ Sentence 888 ~ ~ ~
"Let him go on," he said, "to bully Moderation, explode Toleration, and damn the Union; the gain will be ours."