Vulgar words in How to Get on in the World - A Ladder to Practical Success (Page 1)

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In the latter respect he was beaten by all the blockheads of the school, but in his adornments he stood alone.

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"He is not strong," said they; "he is quite slim, and only appears stout because he puts himself into those bags (trousers): he will soon knock up."

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Though Sir Walter Scott, when at Edinburgh College, went by the name of "The Greek Blockhead," he was, notwithstanding his lameness, a remarkably healthy youth; he could spear a salmon with the best fisher on the Tweed, and ride a wild horse with any hunter in Yarrow.

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