Vulgar words in The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) (Page 1)

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ass x 1 bastard x 1 cuss x 2 damn x 4 scrap x 1

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He restrained his conversation, though, until we had traveled three or four miles, and were just crossing the divide between Silver City and Spring Valley, when he thrust his head out of the dark stage, and allowed a pallid light from the coach lamps to illuminate his features for a moment, after which he returned to darkness again, and sighed and said, "Damn it!" with some asperity.

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He propped the end of that organ upon the end of his finger, and looked pensively upon it--which had the effect of making him cross-eyed--and remarked, "O, damn it!" with great bitterness.

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It was only just down stairs--for they save men eternally in the second story of the new court house, and damn them for life in the first.

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Dr. Tjader was called in, and as soon as he found that the cuss was poisoned, he rushed down to the Magnolia Saloon and got the antidote, and poured it down him.

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In the eyes of the law he was a bastard, yet he knew himself to be the legitimate son of the Duke of Zeln.

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He told me who the brute was "sired" by, and was proceeding to tell me who he was "dammed" by, but I gave him to understand that I was competent to damn the horse myself, and should probably do it very effectually before I got to the battle-ground.

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I ruminated upon my singular position for many minutes, arrived at no conclusion--that is to say, no satisfactory conclusion, except that Lawler was an accomplished knave and I was a consummate ass.

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But no barehanded scrapping, like ladies at a tea-party, for me."

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Now Twine vas a gyrotwistive cuss, Ash blainly ish peen shown, Und vas alfays an out-findin Votefer might pe known; Und mit some of his circumswindles He fix de matter so Dat he'd pe himself at dis meetin And see how dings vas go.

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