Vulgar words in Mingo - And Other Sketches in Black and White (Page 1)
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"'Oho, ma'am!' says I; 'things is come to a mighty purty pass when quality folks has to go frum house to house a-huntin' up pore white trash, an' a-astin' airter the'r kin.
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He had not made love to the girl, principally because her moods were elusive and her methods unique.
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"Why, my goodness, Sis!" exclaimed Mrs. Hightower, "you look natchully fagged out.
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Teague looked at the two young people from under the brim of his hat and chuckled, but when Sis caught sight of him, a little while after, he was rubbing his rifle vigorously, and seemed to be oblivious to the fact that two young people were making love to each other in full view.
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Fat Mrs. Hightower laid aside her spectacles when the invitation was translated to her, and remarked-- "They hain't nobody on the face er the yeth good enough fer Sis, but that air feller's got the looks an' the spunk.
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Mrs. Kendrick and her daughter Kitty possessed their full share of what Brother Roach would have called "spunk;" but there is a large and very important corner of the human mind--particularly if it happens to be a feminine mind--which devotes itself to superstition; and these gentle ladies, while they stood in no terror of Blue Dave as a runaway negro simply, were certainly awed by the spectral figure which had grown up out of common report.
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I've been waiting on niggers all day; and even if I hadn't, I'm too old and fagged out to be rushing in amongst the pots and kettles to please George Denham."
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And arter the carriage got out of hearing, sir, he stood in that there door there and cussed plump tell he couldn't cuss.