Vulgar words in The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano - Tales from the German of Tieck (Page 1)
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He won't come back again, the blockhead!
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"Thou yellow blockhead!" he whispered to him; "what am I to do with thy gold bars that thou hast left me?
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His companion, who staid behind, was a youth: he took the old woman by the hand, and said: "Can it be true, Alexia, that certain rites and spells, as those old wild stories, in which I could never put faith, tell us, can fetter the free will of man, and make love and hatred grow up in the heart?"
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Only look yourself how the lazy slut has fallen asleep in her chair there, and lets the fire go out and the soup get cold."
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When the master is a blockhead, the servant must bear the blame.
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I might grow rich, meseems, were I to let myself be stared at for money while I stay here; and if I chance to give them all this pleasure gratis, forthwith a pack of blockheads begin barking and hallooing at my tail.