Vulgar words in Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 (Page 1)
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An ass, with a mitre on its head, and dragging a Bible at its tail, formed a characteristic portion of the ceremony; the Bible was finally burnt, and its ashes scattered to the winds.
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"They went on a little further, when a laden ass, whose owner had fled, stood directly in their way.
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Most of them were mounted on rough mountain ponies and jackasses, although three or four of the women trudged afoot, with pyramids of baskets balanced upon their heads, the perspiration streaming down their faces from the combined effects of the sun and their load.
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After all this, our readers will be little surprised to find that a Mr Gordon, from the rich and partially civilized state of New York, whose commercial relations with us are of such magnitude and importance, makes an ass of himself with the best of them.
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"You don't mean to say," said Cutts, with singularly elaborate articulation--"You don't mean to say that you were such an inconceivable ass as to pay up your letter of allotment?
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"'Blockhead!' said I, 'what made you show her in there?