Vulgar words in Halil the Pedlar - A Tale of Old Stambul (Page 1)

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And certainly the Shiites must be great blockheads to allow themselves to be cut into mince-meat by thousands, rather than admit that God would enrich the calendar with three saints distasteful to them personally.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,319   ~   ~   ~

"Take care!--don't tread upon my tulips, you blockhead; don't you see that you nearly trampled upon one of them!"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,564   ~   ~   ~

It matters not to you whose servant you may be so long as you hold sway in your own domain, and you call him a blockhead who does not look after himself first of all.

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Yes, Kaplan Giraj, I am a blockhead no doubt, for I am not afraid to risk losing this wretched life, awaiting my reward in another world.

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