Vulgar words in The Philippine Islands (Page 1)
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The Duke shortly afterwards died, but through the influence of the Dowager-Queen's confessor--the notorious Nitard, also a favourite--young Valenzuela was presented at Court, where he made love to one of the Queen's maids-of-honour--a German--and married her.
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The command was taken by the _Maestre de Campo_, whose chief exploit seems to have been that he made love to the deceased General's widow and proposed marriage to her, which she indignantly rejected.
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In short, bastards of the friars are to be found everywhere in the Islands.
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In September, 1887, a Madrid periodical, _Correo de España_, stated that the bastard Philippine 50-cent pieces were rejected in Madrid even by money-changers.