The 15,767 occurrences of ass

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"To see Keen and confess what an ass I've been!" returned Gatewood sullenly, striding across the breakfast room to take his hat and gloves from the rack.

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It rushes through the expiring Latin literature, imparts some coloring to Persius, Petronius and Juvenal, and leaves behind it the _Golden Ass_ of Apuleius.

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Your worship came to such a pass, That, when you calmly view it, You feel you were an utter ass, Though then you never knew it.

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ass, n. donkey, jackass.

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donkey, n. ass, burro, Neddy.

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fool, n. idiot, imbecile, natural; simpleton, dolt, dunce, defective, witling, dotterel, driveler, blockhead, beetlehead, ninny, ignoramus, numskull, booby, clodpate, nincompoop, ass, wiseacre, dunderhead, halfwit, oaf, dullard, coot, mooncalf; zany, harlequin, buffoon, jester, merry-andrew, droll, clown, scaramouch.

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Fourteen expeditions were found necessary by the French between 1838 and 1857 to subdue the Kabyles, who under leaders such as Ben-Salem, Ben-Kassim, the Man-with-the-Mule, the Man-with-the-She-Ass, and other chiefs less celebrated, defended their territory step by step.

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"Certainly, sir," says the pompous ass with slow indifference, "dinner directly.

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She brought it back like an intractable ass, but the stubborn beast again dodged her, and she had to abandon the attempt to convince herself that art which did not tend to the honour and glory of God should be suppressed--should be at least avoided.

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And every day it came to pass, That four lusty meals made he; And step by step, upon an ass, Rode abroad, his realms to see; And wherever he did stir, What think you was his escort, sir?

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Students of geometry who have pushed their researches into that fascinating science so far as the fifth proposition of the first book, commonly called the 'Pons Asinorum' (though now that so many ladies read Euclid, it ought, in common justice to them, to be at least sometimes called the 'Pons Asinarum'), will agree that though it may be more difficult to prove that the angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal, and that if the equal sides be produced, the angles on the other side of the base shall be equal, than it was to describe an equilateral triangle on a given finite straight line; yet no one but an ass would say that the fifth proposition was one whit less intelligible than the first.

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Then Cried a fair woman of the better sort To Howard, passing by her pannier'd ass, 'Apples, Lord Admiral, good captains all, Look you, red apples sharp and sweet are these,' Quoth he a little chafed, 'Let be, let be, No time is this for bargaining, good dame.

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(Unit of Measure, the Bushel) 1 Wheat 2 Barley 74.5 cents 3 Rye 45 " 4 Millet, ground 74.5 " 6 Millet, whole 37 " 7 Spelt, hulled 74.5 " 8 Spelt, not hulled 22.5 " 9 Beans, ground 74.5 " 10 Beans, not ground 45 " 11 Lentils 74.5 " 12-16 Peas, various sorts 45-74.5 " 17 Oats 22.5 " 31 Poppy seeds $1.12 34 Mustard $1.12 35 Prepared mustard, quart 6 " II (Unit of Measure, the Quart) 1a Wine from Picenum 22.5 cents 2 Wine from Tibur 22.5 " 7 Wine from Falernum 22.5 " 10 Wine of the country 6 " 11-12 Beer 1.5-3 " III (Unit of Measure, the Quart) 1a Oil, first quality 30.3 cents 2 Oil, second quality 18 " 5 Vinegar 4.3 " 8 Salt, bushel 74.5 " 10 Honey, best 30.3 " 11 Honey, second quality 15 " IV (Unit, Unless Otherwise Noted, Pound Avoirdupois) 1a Pork 7.3 cents 2 Beef 4.9 " 3 Goat's flesh or mutton 4.9 " 6 Pig's liver 9.8 " 8 Ham, best 12 " 21 Goose, artificially fed (1) 87 " 22 Goose, not artificially fed (1) 43.5 " 23 Pair of fowls 36 " 29 Pair of pigeons 10.5 " 47 Lamb 7.3 " 48 Kid 7.3 " 50 Butter 9.8 " V (Unit, the Pound) 1a Sea fish with sharp spines 14.6 cents 2 Fish, second quality 9.7 " 3 River fish, best quality 7.3 " 4 Fish, second quality 4.8 " 5 Salt fish 8.3 " 6 Oysters (by the hundred) 43.5 " 11 Dry cheese 7.3 " 12 Sardines 9.7 " VI 1 Artichokes, large (5) 4.3 cents 7 Lettuce, best (5) 1.7 " 9 Cabbages, best (5) 1.7 " 10 Cabbages, small (10) 1.7 " 18 Turnips, large (10) 1.7 " 24 Watercress, per bunch of 20 4.3 " 28 Cucumbers, first quality (10) 1.7 " 29 Cucumbers, small (20) 1.7 " 34 Garden asparagus, per bunch (25) 2.6 " 35 Wild asparagus (50) 1.7 " 38 Shelled green beans, quart 3 " 43 Eggs (4) 1.7 " 46 Snails, large (20) 1.7 " 65 Apples, best (10) 1.7 " 67 Apples, small (40) 1.7 " 78 Figs, best (25) 1.7 " 80 Table grapes (2.8 pound) 1.7 " 95 Sheep's milk, quart 6 " 96 Cheese, fresh, quart 6 " VII (Where (k) Is Set Down the Workman Receives His "Keep" Also) 1a Manual laborer (k) 10.8 cents 2 Bricklayer (k) 21.6 " 3 Joiner (interior work) (k) 21.6 " 3a Carpenter (k) 21.6 " 4 Lime-burner (k) 21.6 " 5 Marble-worker (k) 26 " 6 Mosaic-worker (fine work) (k) 26 " 7 Stone-mason (k) 21.6 " 8 Wall-painter (k) 32.4 " 9 Figure-painter (k) 64.8 " 10 Wagon-maker (k) 21.6 " 11 Smith (k) 21.6 " 12 Baker (k) 21.6 " 13 Ship-builder, for sea-going ships (k) 26 " 14 Ship-builder, for river boats (k) 21.6 " 17 Driver, for camel, ass, or mule (k) 10.8 " 18 Shepherd (k) 8.7 " 20 Veterinary, for cutting, and straightening hoofs, per animal 2.6 " 22 Barber, for each man .9 cent 23 Sheep-shearer, for each sheep (k) .9 " 24a Coppersmith, for work in brass, per pound 3.5 cents 25 Coppersmith, for work in copper, per pound 2.6 " 26 Coppersmith for finishing vessels, per pound 2.6 " 27 Coppersmith, for finishing figures and statues, per pound 1.7 " 29 Maker of statues, etc., per day (k) 32.4 " 31 Water-carrier, per day (k) 10.9 " 32 Sewer-cleaner, per day (k) 10.9 " 33 Knife-grinder, for old sabre 10.9 " 36 Knife-grinder, for double axe 3.5 " 39 Writer, 100 lines best writing 10.9 " 40 Writer, 100 lines ordinary writing 8.7 " 41 Document writer for record of 100 lines 4.3 " 42 Tailor, for cutting out and finishing overgarment of first quality 26.1 " 43 Tailor, for cutting out and finishing overgarment of second quality 17.4 " 44 For a large cowl 10.9 " 45 For a small cowl 8.7 " 46 For trousers 8.7 " 52 Felt horse-blanket, black or white, 3 pounds weight 43.5 " 53 Cover, first quality, with embroidery, 3 pounds weight $1.09 64 Gymnastic teacher, per pupil, per month 21.6 cents 65 Employee to watch children, per child, per month 21.6 " 66 Elementary teacher, per pupil, per month 21.6 " 67 Teacher of arithmetic, per pupil, per month 32.6 " 68 Teacher of stenography, per pupil, per month 32.6 " 69 Writing-teacher, per pupil, per month 21.6 " 70 Teacher of Greek, Latin, geometry, per pupil, per month 87 " 71 Teacher of rhetoric, per pupil, per month $1.09 72 Advocate or counsel for presenting a case $1.09 73 For finishing a case $4.35 74 Teacher of architecture, per pupil, per month 43.5 cents 75 Watcher of clothes in public bath, for each patron .9 cent VIII 1a Hide, Babylonian, first quality $2.17 2 Hide, Babylonian, second quality $1.74 4 Hide, Phœnician (?)

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43 cents 6a Cowhide, unworked, first quality $2.17 7 Cowhide, prepared for shoe soles $3.26 9 Hide, second quality, unworked $1.31 10 Hide, second quality, worked $2.17 11 Goatskin, large, unworked 17 cents 12 Goatskin, large, worked 22 " 13 Sheepskin, large, unworked 8.7 " 14 Sheepskin, large, worked 18 " 17 Kidskin, unworked 4.3 " 18 Kidskin, worked 7 " 27 Wolfskin, unworked 10.8 " 28 Wolfskin, worked 17.4 " 33 Bearskin, large, unworked 43 " 39 Leopardskin, unworked $4.35 41 Lionskin, worked $4.35 IX 5a Boots, first quality, for mule-drivers and peasants, per pair, without nails 52 cents 6 Soldiers' boots, without nails 43 " 7 Patricians' shoes 65 " 8 Senatorial shoes 43 " 9 Knights' shoes 30.5 " 10 Women's boots 26 " 11 Soldiers' shoes 32.6 " 15 Cowhide shoes for women, double soles 21.7 " 16 Cowhide shoes for women, single soles 13 " 20 Men's slippers 26 " 21 Women's slippers 21.7 " XVI 8a Sewing-needle, finest quality 1.7 cents 9 Sewing-needle, second quality .9 cent XVII 1 Transportation, 1 person, 1 mile .9 cent 2 Rent for wagon, 1 mile 5 cents 3 Freight charges for wagon containing up to 1,200 pounds, per mile 8.7 " 4 Freight charges for camel load of 600 pounds, per mile 3.5 " 5 Rent for laden ass, per mile 1.8 " 7 Hay and straw, 3 pounds .9 cent XVIII 1a Goose-quills, per pound 43.5 cents 11a Ink, per pound 5 " 12 Reed pens from Paphos (10) 1.7 " 13 Reed pens, second quality (20) 1.7 " XIX 1 Military mantle, finest quality $17.40 2 Undergarment, fine $8.70 3 Undergarment, ordinary $5.44 5 White bed blanket, finest sort, 12 pounds weight $6.96 7 Ordinary cover, 10 pounds weight $2.18 28 Laodicean Dalmatica [_i.e., a tunic with sleeves_] $8.70 36 British mantle, with cowl $26.08 39 Numidian mantle, with cowl $13.04 42 African mantle, with cowl $6.52 51 Laodicean storm coat, finest quality $21.76 60 Gallic soldier's cloak $43.78 61 African soldier's cloak $2.17 XX 1a For an embroiderer, for embroidering a half-silk undergarment, per ounce 87 cents 5 For a gold embroiderer, if he work in gold, for finest work, per ounce $4.35 9 For a silk weaver, who works on stuff half-silk, besides "keep," per day 11 cents XXI 2 For working Tarentine or Laodicean or other foreign wool, with keep, per pound 13 cents 5 A linen weaver for fine work, with keep, per day 18 " XXII 4 Fuller's charges for a cloak or mantle, new 13 cents 6 Fuller's charges for a woman's coarse Dalmatica, new 21.7 " 9 Fuller's charges for a new half-silk undergarment 76 " 22 Fuller's charges for a new Laodicean mantle.

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He sent two of his disciples to a place near by to borrow an ass's colt, on which he might ride into the city, fulfilling Zechariah's prophecy of the "king that cometh meek, and riding upon an ass" (see Matt.

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Two years later he was in France as companion to the son of Sir W. Raleigh, and on his return he held up hypocritical Puritanism to scorn in _Bartholomew Fair_, which was followed in 1616 by a comedy, _The Devil is an Ass_.

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He would not give it even to the wind, and no reed on his land would whisper 'Midas has ass's ears.'"

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I have this past week dried the tears of seven Frenchmen, persuaded Steuben that he is not Europe, nor yet General Washington, and without too much offending him, written a voluminous letter to Gates calculated to make him feel what a contemptible and traitorous ass he is, yet giving him no chance to run, blubbering, with it to the Congress, and official letters _ad nauseum_.

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But at least you wouldn't make an ass of me.

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"I feel like an ass and a spy," exclaimed Venable.

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The quagga resembled a wild ass with a few zebra stripes around its neck, and no stripes elsewhere.

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For they slaughtered an animal much resembling a wild ass, and set before our men half-roasted steaks of it, but no other food or drink.

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But as our men not only could not run as fast as the giants, but could not even run as fast as the giants could walk, two of the three, seeing a wild ass grazing on a mountain at some distance, as they were going along, ran off after it and so escaped.

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What an utter, unmitigated, unmanageable, and unimprovable idiot, ass, dolt, and blockhead!

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What a most infernal ass I've been making of myself this last month!"

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The image of the immeasurable ass was still very prominent in his mind, and he had lost all his fever and delirium.

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"Well, old man, I was the most infernal ass that ever lived.

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The good advocate, however, had prepared this view for no ass, for the little handmaiden look longingly at the golden heap, and muttered a prayer at the sight of them.

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The servant and La Fallotte came on the same ass, making such haste that they arrived at the castle before the day had fully dawned.

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She was fond of the young ass for some reason or other.

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"Of course, I sound a braying ass in hesitating even a moment; but, in a way, you understand, I'm so anxious to do this or to fail in it quite on my own.

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Most men would have thought I was a presumptuous ass, and would have behaved accordingly."

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He said: "Don't you be a silly ass about this!

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First, he gives an amusing picture of the Bechuana chiefs, and then some details of his medical practice: The people are all under the feudal system of government, the chieftainship is hereditary, and although the chief is usually the greatest ass, and the most insignificant of the tribe in appearance, the people pay a deference to him which is truly astonishing....

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You might get ass's thanks for it-- 'The Ass that hee-hawed, when the dog should do it, For his lord's welfare, like an ass did rue it.'

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Damanaka asked how that happened, and Karataka related:-- THE STORY OF THE WASHERMAN'S JACKASS "There was a certain Washerman at Benares, whose name was Carpúrapataka, and he had an Ass and a Dog in his courtyard; the first tethered, and the last roaming loose.

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'Gossip Ass,' replied the Dog, 'leave me alone to guard the premises.

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'Thou extreme Ass!' replied the Dog.

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Three days afterwards I killed an ass that used to bring water to the palace, because he would not say these words and be a Mahometan.

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I've been an ass--and worse.

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In the eyes of Bursley people he was a very decent fellow, a steady fellow, a confirmed bachelor, a close un, a knowing customer, a curmudgeon, an excellent clerk, a narrow-minded ass, a good Wesleyan, a thrifty individual, and an intelligent burgess--according to the point of view.

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Some silly ass, a schoolmate, cried, 'Go it!' as the machine bowled along, and the mischief was that the mare, startled, went it.

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In other words, he was fully and painfully aware that he must have looked a fool, a coward, an ass, a contemptible and pitiful person, in the eyes of at least one girl, if not of two.

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My character wasn't wrecked because I happened to split on myself, like an ass, about that affair.

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It is over with you, Conrad, and you can go home, because, like the old ass that you are, in sooth, you uttered aloud the pent-up agony of your soul!"

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"I am a genuine old ass, and you do well to dismiss me forthwith; for I deserve nothing better, and am served quite right.

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a war about an ass's hide," exclaimed Burgsdorf, with an expression of horror.

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One is that a man always seems to me most of an ass when smirking on cardboard.

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Ass.

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CHAPTER IV FATHER GUSSON'S SECRET One day a peddler, such as often come round to villages, laden like a mule, and leading by the bridle an ass still more laden, appeared at the farm.

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I ought to have known what the fellow would do,' Muttered Phoebus aside, 'for a thistle will pass Beyond doubt for the queen of all flowers with an ass; He has chosen in just the same way as he'd choose 1720 His specimens out of the books he reviews; And now, as this offers an excellent text, I'll give 'em some brief hints on criticism next.'

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'The mass ough' to labor an' we lay on soffies, Thet's the reason I want to spread Freedom's aree; It puts all the cunninest on us in office, An' reelises our Maker's orig'nal idee,' Sez John C. Calhoun, sez he;-- 'Thet's ez plain,' sez Cass, 30 'Ez thet some one's an ass, It's ez clear ez the sun is at noon,' sez he.

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A PARABLE An ass munched thistles, while a nightingale From passion's fountain flooded all the vale.

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they're quickly fled, A legend that grew in the forest's hush, A lily thou wast when I saw thee first, A poet cannot strive for despotism, A presence both by night and day, A race of nobles may die out, A stranger came one night to Yussouf's tent, About the oak that framed this chair, of old, Alike I hate to be your debtor, Along a river-side, I know not where, Amid these fragments of heroic days, An ass munched thistles, while a nightingale, 'And how could you dream of meeting?'

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Parable, A (An ass munched thistles, while a nightingale).

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He liveth an ass's life.

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As the camp had waned the cemetery had waxed; and long before the ultimate inhabitant, victorious alike over the insidious malaria and the forthright revolver, had turned the tail of his pack-ass upon Injun Creek the outlying settlement had become a populous if not popular suburb.

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Proceeding leisurely down the creek to a convenient crossing, the party came upon the cleanly picked skeleton of an animal which Mr. Porfer after due examination pronounced to be that of an ass.

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"For the foal of an ass stood _bound to a vine_" (Ibid, chap.

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He ordered his acquaintance to bring him an ass, and the foal of an ass which stood bound to a vine, and he mounted and rode into Jerusalem.

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The account of Matthew, that Jesus rode on the ass _and_ the colt, to fulfil the prophecy, "Behold thy king cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass" (xxi.

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7), shows that Matthew did not understand the Hebrew idiom, which should be rendered "sitting upon an ass, even upon a colt, the foal of an ass," and related an impossible riding feat to fulfil the misunderstood prophecy.

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Here we notice a most remarkable divergence: the Synoptics tell us that he was going up to Jerusalem from Galilee, and, arriving on his way at Bethphage, he sent for an ass and rode thereon into Jerusalem: the fourth Gospel relates that he was dwelling at Jerusalem, and leaving it, for fear of the Jews, he retired, not into Galilee, but 'beyond Jordan, into a place where John at first baptised,' i.e., Bethabara, 'and _there he abode_.'

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What a double-dyed ass am I!"

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Then they struck up, and the clerk, absolutely alone, in a majestic voice which swayed up and down without regard to time or tune, sang it through like the braying of an ass; not a soul else joined in; the farmers amused and smiling at each other.

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[150] Rustum (or Rustem), having killed a wild ass while hunting on the Turanian frontier, and having feasted on its flesh, composed himself to sleep, leaving his faithful steed, Ruksh (or Raksh), to graze untethered.

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"I am a clumsy ass!"

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The ancient desert instinct of the wild ass, brought down through thwarted generations, never had been lost to them.

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What an inward quiet laughter springs up and lubricates the fancy at Bottom's droll confusion of his two natures, when he talks, now as an ass, now as a man, and anon as a mixture of both; his thoughts running at the same time on honey-bags and thistles, the charms of music and of good dry oats!

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Hitherto the seeming to be a man has made him content to be little better than an ass; but no sooner is he conscious of seeming an ass than he tries his best to be a man; while all his efforts that way only go to approve the fitness of his present seeming to his former being.

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We can bear--at least we often have to bear--that a man should seem an ass to the mind's eye; but that he should seem such to the eye of the body is rather too much, save as it is done in those fable-pictures which have long been among the playthings of the nursery.

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1819, that personage sets to work to bang the poor ass, the result of which is this, p. 36.: "Among the rocks and winding crags-- Among the mountains far away-- Once more the ass did lengthen out More ruefully an endless shout, The long dry see-saw of his horrible bray.

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(_To Ass._) Next slide--quick!

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(_To Ass._) I can't stand this any more.

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Still more unchristian are the injunctions to run ahead of one's fellows, on landing, in order to get the best quarters at the inn, and first turn at the dinner provided; and above all, at Port Jaffa, to secure the best ass, "for ye shall paye no more for the best than for the worste."

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"Ah... Do you remember how I pranced about like a needle, like an enthusiastic ass at those private theatricals when I was courting Zina?

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Ech, you are an ass, brother!"

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He said that he was a tough old ass that every one rode on.

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The priest's son had flown into a rage with the cook and abused her: "Ah, you Jehud's ass!" and Father Simeon overhearing it, said not a word, and was only ashamed because he could not remember where such an ass was mentioned in the Bible.

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So far as he could remember, poor ignorant ass, he had never seen a pony like it in his extensive travels--probably from Yün-nan-fu to Tali-fu, if so far; but as a matter of fact, Rusty had wrenched his right fore fetlock between a gully in the rocks the day before and was now going lame.

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"But pardon me, will--" "Morning, morning--he, h-e-e." "Yes, you silly ass, I know it is morning, but--" "Yes, yes; morning, morning--he-e-e-e-e." He then made for the door, not the least abashed.

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I chimed in with my infallible "Puh tong, you stupid ass, puh tong" (I don't understand, I don't understand); and what with the noise of the disputants, the Chinese bystanders, my own men (they were all acutely disgusted with every Shan in the district, and plainly showed it, because they could not be understood in speech) and myself all talking at once, and the dogs who mistook me for a beggar, and tried to get at close grips with me for being one of that fraternity, it was a veritable Bedlam and Tower of Babel in awfullest combination.

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_Short._ I hope so, I have not waited at the tail of wit so long to be an Ass.

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These feed no Hinds, nor wait the expectation of Quarterdaies, you see it showers in to you, you are an Ass, lie plodding, and lie fooling, about this Blazing Star, and that bo-peep, whining, and fasting, to find the natural reason why a Dog turns twice about before he lie down, what use of these, or what joy in Annuities, where every man's thy study, and thy Tenant, I am ashamed on thee.

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As for this talk of taking the horses--well, a sailor always wants a ride when he first comes ashore, if it is only on an ass.

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"Don't be an ass," said Rogers.

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"You are a silly ass," he said.

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Heaven it was which came to pass Within those magic walls of glass (Though William, like a silly ass, Had lost my bag of bull's-eyes).

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There was nothing real except the present in which we lived--a present in which all the human beings were kind, in which a dim-sighted grandfather sang songs (especially a song in which the chorus began "Free and easy"), in which aunts brought us animal biscuits out of town, in which there was neither man-servant nor maid-servant, neither ox nor ass, that did not seem to go about with a bright face.

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Do they not stand still at the most unreasonable places with the obstinacy of an ass?

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Not a joke--well, one joke, when a fat man saw a poor brown lop-eared ass in a field of daisies, and called out: "There's the winner o' the Durby!"

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It was to be hoped Nixon would be able to do more for it than that ass, the Dunscombe doctor.

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: Goethe's Mother 28 MACAULAY, LORD: "Boswell and Johnson" 102 Macaulay's Wit 290 MERIVALE, CHARLES: From the Greek Anthology 313 MONTAIGNE: Odours and Moustaches 415 PERCY ANECDOTES: The Great Condé 2 A Classical Ass 3 Memory 4 "Come in Here" 4 A Pope Innocent 5 A Good Paraphrase 5 Irish Priest 6 A Digression 7 Fortune-teller 7 Gasconades 8 Tribute to Beauty 8 Begging Quarter 9 Gascon Reproved 9 Absent Man 11 Pride 12 Witty Coward 12 Valuing Beauty 12 Pro Aris et Focis 14 PRIOR, MATTHEW: Epigrams 345 RELIGIO MEDICI: The Happiness of Sir Thomas Browne 244 RICHTER: Theisse 1 Broken Studies 1 ROBINSON, CRABB: Your Hat, Sir 191 SAINTE-BEUVE: The Charming Frenchman: Bossuet, Rousseau, Joubert, Mme D'Houdetot, Mme de Rémusat, Diderot, La Bruyère 269 SELDEN, JOHN: Table-talk of John Selden 309 SMITH, ALEXANDER: Dreamthorp 418 SMITH, SYDNEY: A Little Moral Advice 360 Mrs. Partington 363 STEPHEN, J.K.: In a Visitor's Book 126 A Sonnet 345 STERNE: The Supper 118 The Grace 120 Uncle Toby and the Fly 277 STOW: Old London Sports 314 THACKERAY: Letters from Thackeray 406 THOMSON, MISS E.G.

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A CLASSICAL ASS [Sidenote: _Percy Anecdotes_] The ass, though the dullest of all unlaughing animals, is reported to have once accomplished a great feat in the way of exciting laughter.

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