Vulgar words in Gideon's Band - A Tale of the Mississippi (Page 1)
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"Your father and I, and your grandfather Hayle, and this gentleman here----" "Ya-ass, ya-ass!" drawled the nurse in worshipping reminiscence, and Ramsey laughed to Hugh, and all the while the captain persisted: "We've built and owned rival boats----" "Fawty yeah'!" murmured the nurse.
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"You lie, damn you!" was the answering cry.
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Hugh was remarking upon some matter on the other side of the world, when she asked him as abruptly as a boat might strike a snag: "Is your grandfather a Whig?"
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"It really isn't second-handed, sir; but if you think it is and if you're willing to put your request in writing and will dictate it to me, here and now----" The senator exploded: "Damn the writing!"
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At Natchez she's got to discharge an all-fired lot o' casting an' boilers, things she can't put ashore 'ithout han'spikes, block-an'-taickle an' all han's a-cuss'n' to oncet.
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"Did you ever hear of a poker face?" asked the senator.
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No, suh, they jess shot in pyo' devil-_ment_ by awngawdly damn fools--same as them on this boat all day 'istiddy a-poppin' they pistols at ev'y live thing they see'--fo' no damn' reason in the heab'ms above aw the earth beneath aw the watehs undeh the earth--Lawd!
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Fo' no betteh reason 'an to he'p them-ah damn' ovehwhelmin' furrinehs to escape the righteous judg-_ments_ o' the Lawd!
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"Damn him and it!
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"Yes, damn you!
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The man cast a pleading look on the twins, but when Lucian granted him only a withering smile, and Julian with his cane in his folded arms said majestically, "Go, you hopeless ass," he went--with haste.
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"Mr. Hayle," he said, "you don't want to be another 'hopeless ass,' do you?"
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The night was not too dark to show him the poker face fitting its nickname insufferably.
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For I'm a meek an' humble follower o' the Lawd Gawd A'mighty, which may the same eternally an' _ee_-sentially damn yo' cowa'dly soul, you stump-tail' little Hugh Co'teney up yandeh with yo' Gawd-fo'sakened, punkin face an' yo' sawed-off statu'e!"
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He's a funny little cuss; like you, a trifle puny.
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She felt her whole nature tempted to make love's final approach steep and slippery, but again without looking she saw his face; his face of stone; his iron face with its large, quiet, formidable eyes that could burn with enterprise in great moments; a face set to all the world's realities, and eyes that offered them odds, asking none.
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"Oh, damn you, so did your great-grandmother.
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Damn it, it's a simple euthanasia."