Vulgar words in The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln (Page 1)
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"He said one was ahead o' the rest an' had his tomahawk raised to brain me with it when--bing!--an' 'Mord' fetches _him_ down like he did the fellow that was goin' to skelp Father.
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To avoid witnessing its wrongs which made it harder for self-respecting white men to rise above the class referred to with contempt in the South as "poor white trash," Tom Lincoln determined to move farther north and west--and deeper into the wilds.
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"'Yes,' my father replied, 'that's about the size of it; and I'm glad if you understand it.
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Douglas sneered at his tall opponent, trying to "damn him with faint praise" by referring to him as "a kind, amiable and intelligent gentleman."