Vulgar words in The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) (Page 1)

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ass x 5
buffoon x 1
damn x 2
hussy x 1
knock up x 1
            

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Of all injured vanities, that of the reproved buffoon is the most savage; and when grave issues are involved, these petty stabs become unbearable.

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"I'll speak to the hussy as she deserves."

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'I don't care a damn what you want,' sez I to him, 'but if you are Will'm Bent Pitman, there's your barrel.'"

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"Damn the inspector of police!" remarked his companion.

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"Don't be an ass," said Michael, who hated beards and was delighted to destroy one.

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"I suppose I may knock you up at a late hour?"

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"O, I know I am an ass," cried the barrister, "and I don't care a halfpenny!

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I know I'm an ass, and you may laugh at me to your heart's delight."

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"That man has been ass enough to steal the cart and the dead body; what he hopes to do with it I neither know nor care.

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"You innocent mutton," said Michael, "it's the seediest commonplace in the English language, and only proves the advertiser is an ass.

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