Vulgar words in The Pride of Palomar (Page 1)

This book at a glance

ass x 1
bastard x 1
beat (one's) brains out x 1
boob x 1
damn x 2
            
jackass x 1
poker face x 1
            

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~   ~   ~   Sentence 718   ~   ~   ~

Pressure is brought to bear on us from the seat of the national government; the President sends us a message to proceed cautiously, and our loyalty to the sisterhood of states is used as a club to beat our brains out.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,054   ~   ~   ~

We're a lot of sublimated jackasses, sacrificing our country to ideals that are worn at elbow and down at heel.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,130   ~   ~   ~

If I melt lead and iron and copper and silver and gold in the same pot, I get a bastard metal, do I not?

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,188   ~   ~   ~

"Damn my soul eef I don't know sometheeng!"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,379   ~   ~   ~

Many a time I have itched to grasp the jaw-bone of an ass and spoil a couple of dozen of those young pups with their story-book notions of life."

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,559   ~   ~   ~

And yet a couple of hundred prize boobs in Congress talk sagely about an amicable settlement of the Jap problem in California!

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,475   ~   ~   ~

Find my horse--get rifle--trail that man--who shot me--get him--damn your prayers--get him--" "Ah, Don Miguel," Pablo assured him in Spanish, in tones that were prideful beyond measure, "that unfortunate fellow has been shaking hands with the devil for the last forty-five minutes."

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,619   ~   ~   ~

The Potato Baron had assumed the "poker face" of all Orientals--wherefore Bill Conway knew the man was on his guard and would admit nothing.

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