Vulgar words in Washington Irving (Page 1)
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And it has been to some extent the fashion to damn with faint admiration the pioneer if not the creator of American literature as the "genial" Irving.
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Nobody in Washington knew what his opinion was--not one--nobody; he defied any one to say what it was--'anybody--damn the one!
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Then there's his brother George: 'Damn that fellow,--knows eight or nine languages; yes, sir, nine languages,--Arabic, Spanish, Greek, Ital--And there's his wife, now,--she and Mrs. Madison are always together.
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"If ever he speaks favorably of the productions of a particular friend, dissent boldly from him; pronounce his friend to be a blockhead; never fear his being vexed.