Vulgar words in The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 - The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain (Page 1)
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"'I will do the utmost, my lord; get the engine to work on the sails--hang butts of water to the stays--pipe the hammocks down, and each man place shot in them--slack the stays, knock up the wedges, and give the masts play--start off the water, Mr. James, and pump the ship.'
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"Now we can have no desire for staying, for her ladyship is gone, and the _Ball_ for Friday knocked up by yours and the Earl's unpoliteness, to send gentlemen to sea instead of dancing with white gloves.
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'Leave off action!' he repeated, and then added, with a shrug, 'Now damn me if I do.'
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"It is but reasonable," he wrote to Greville, in January, 1802, "after having fagged all my life, that my last days should pass off comfortably and quietly.