Vulgar words in Shoulder-Straps - A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 (Page 1)
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There was a certain Frank Wallace, a young man of no particular family that any one had ever heard mentioned, a fellow of infinite jest and agreeableness, but very little money and no commission at all except to make love when necessary and extract as much comfort as possible from the passing hour,--who carried on a small printing business which just made him a comfortable livelihood, in a narrow street within a stone's throw of the Museum.
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You are talking about age, are you, you shameless, impertinent hussy--insulting _me_ as well as my friends, are you!
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"Why merely roasted a cowardly humbug who deserves nothing better, and who has not spunk enough to resent it--that is all!"
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I have not seen a pair before in a long while, that looked as if they could laugh and make love at the same time, and still have a little lightning in reserve for somebody they hated.
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"Another review, and by some officer who was not a d--d lawyer blockhead, might be awkward!"