The 17,250 occurrences of damn
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"That's it--charge of Stonewall's field hospital--just happened to ride into Waite's camp that night--damn lucky for you I did--young snip there wanted to saw the bone--I stopped that--liked your face--imagined you might be worth saving--ain't so sure of it now, or you wouldn't be out in this God forsaken country, eating such grub--my name's Fairbain--Joseph Wright Fairbain, M.D.--contract surgeon for the railroad--working on the line?"
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"Damn me, Keith, you came near giving me a shock," he said, jerkily.
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Because I saw him, and talked with him yesterday--damn me, if I didn't, right here in this town."
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He got to Carson City with two wagons, a driver and a cook--had eight thousand dollars with him, too, the damn fool.
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"Damn me, no, it couldn't be that," he exclaimed, one hand pressing his head.
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Damn the light; a glow worm would be better."
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Damn me, if that drunken fool isn't waking up."
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"Will when I git good an' ready--go sleep, stay wake, just as I please--don't care damn what yer do--got new frien' now."
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damn yer!
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"Well, I didn't know--thought maybe you wanted a job, and didn't like to ask for it--have known 'em like that--no harm done--if you ever do want anything like that, just come to me--my name's Fairbain--everybody knows me here--operated on most of 'em--rest expect to be--Damn that engineer.
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De ol' man he swear fine at him, he call him eberyt'ing--a damn liar, a damn scoundrel--but Mr. Hawley he jest grin, and say ober de same ting."
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Den Hawley, he got plumb tired ob de ol' man swearin' at him, an' he grabbed a picter out ob he's pocket, an' says, 'Damn you; look at dat!
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"Damn you, I think I'm the one to ask for an explanation," he growled.
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"You women beat the devil," he ejaculated, gruffly, "pretending to be so damn particular.
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"You're an adventuress--a damn adventuress--Hawley's mistress, probably--a--" "Now, see here, Waite," and Fairbain swung himself forward, "you drop that.
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Hope, alone with that damn villain.
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Another moment, and they distinctly heard a voice: "Hustle up thar now, Manuel, an' turn out; it's your watch; wake up, damn yer--maybe that'll bring yer ter life."
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"Damn your talking, Keith," he returned savagely.
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"Damn you--yes!"
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"Quarter of an inch--quarter of an inch too high--scraped the lung--Lord, if I can only get it out--got to do it now--can't wait--here, Bristoe, that leather case on my saddle--run, damn you--we'll save him yet, girl--there, drop his head in your lap--yes, cry if you want to--only hold still--open the case, will you--down here, where I can reach it--now water--all our canteens--Hope, tear me off a strip of your under-skirt--what am I going to do?--extract the ball--got to do it--blood poison in this sun."
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How long he was at it, or what he did, she scarcely knew--she heard the splash of water; caught the flash of the sun on the probe; felt the half conscious shudder of the wounded man, whose head was in her lap, the deft, quick movements of Fairbain, and then-- "That's it--I've got it--missed the lung by a hair--damn me I'm proud of that job--you're a good girl."
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"Damn you, Pete!" was snarled at him for answer.
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Buried here--with _my_ talents--in this damn country, spending my days trapping and skinning beasts to keep the breath in our three useless bodies.
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Any damn fool do that.
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"They make his life one damn misery till he go."
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He might make your life one damn misery till you went of your own accord.
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If, as Old Mike and Johannson and the rest maintained, the bosses would "make your life one damn misery" till you left--then he would be ready to make a few damn miseries for the bosses in return!
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Say damn fool--board check-weighman!"
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'Damn the men!
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The little Welsh woman repeated the pit-boss's saying, "Damn the men, save the mules!"
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One of them, Alec Stone, was heard by a crowd of people to say, 'Damn the men!
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"Well, damn his soul!"
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Said Rusick, the Slav, slow-witted and slow-spoken, "Them fellers get mighty damn sore if they lose their job and don't got no strike."
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If I weren't a sort of missionary-in-law I would quote Jack and say it has been "perfectly damn gorgeously."
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Well I have a large one and her name is Susie Damn.
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When things reach the limit of endurance, I take it out on Susie Damn.
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I smacked Susie Damn clear down the steps and sang "A consecrated cross-eyed bear," then I wrote him to come, It is against the principles of the school to refuse anyone its hospitality, consequently everybody who is out of a job comes to see us.
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I don't know yet what mine is going to be, probably an opera bonnet for Susie Damn.
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He answered "Damn the others!" but it didn't help his case, and at last he broke out: "Will you just tell me this, then--is it because you've promised Miss Delia?"
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Damn him, he would hate to trust him.... Tidemand hears this and he laughs with the others, louder than the others, and he says: "You are right, he is not to be trusted, the sly dog!"
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"You are a damn fool!" he exclaimed angrily.
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Then Ole's anger blazed forth; he stuck his face close up to Tidemand's and shouted furiously, in a shrill voice: "I want to tell you something, damn you--you don't understand your own welfare!
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"Drive on, damn you!" cried Irgens.
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Think of our position Thou wouldst not think how ill all's here about my heart Time when she should and when she should not be wooed Time is the test, and Time will have its way with me Time a woman most yearns for a man is when she has refused him To die without whining To be popular is not necessarily to be contemptible To sorrow may their humour be a foil To-morrow is no man's gift Touch of the fantastic, of the barbaric, in all genius Training in the charms of superficiality Tricks played by Fact to discredit the imagination Triumph of Oriental duplicity over Western civilisation Truth waits long, but whips hard Tyranny of the little man, given a power Undisciplined generosity Untamed by the normal restraints of a happy married life Uses up your misery and makes you tired (Work) Vanity is the bane of mankind Vanity of successful labour Vanity; and from this much feminine hatred springs Very severe on those who do not pretend to be good Visions of the artistic temperament--delight and curse War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle Was not civilisation a mistake We don't live in months and years, but just in minutes We want to get more out of life than there really is in it We want every land to do as we do; and we want to make 'em do it We grow away from people against our will We are only children till we begin to make our dreams our life We care so little for real justice We do what we forbid ourselves to do We suffer the shames we damn in others We must live our dark hours alone We speak with the straight tongue; it is cowards who lie We'll lave the past behind us What fools there are in the world What is gone is gone.
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They say 'Damn you!'
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AND BEBE By Gustave Droz A ripe husband, ready to fall from the tree Affection is catching All babies are round, yielding, weak, timid, and soft And I shall say 'damn it,' for I shall then be grown up Answer "No," but with a little kiss which means "Yes" As regards love, intention and deed are the same But she thinks she is affording you pleasure Clumsily, blew his nose, to the great relief of his two arms Do not seek too much Emotion when one does not share it First impression is based upon a number of trifles He Would Have Been Forty Now Hearty laughter which men affect to assist digestion How many things have not people been proud of How rich we find ourselves when we rummage in old drawers Husband who loves you and eats off the same plate is better I would give two summers for a single autumn I do not accept the hypothesis of a world made for us I came here for that express purpose I am not wandering through life, I am marching on Ignorant of everything, undesirous of learning anything In his future arrange laurels for a little crown for your own It (science) dreams, too; it supposes It is silly to blush under certain circumstances Learned to love others by embracing their own children Life is not so sweet for us to risk ourselves in it singlehanded Love in marriage is, as a rule, too much at his ease Man is but one of the links of an immense chain Rather do not give--make yourself sought after Reckon yourself happy if in your husband you find a lover Recollection of past dangers to increase the present joy Respect him so that he may respect you Shelter himself in the arms of the weak and recover courage Sometimes like to deck the future in the garments of the past The heart requires gradual changes The future that is rent away The recollection of that moment lasts for a lifetime The future promises, it is the present that pays Their love requires a return There are pious falsehoods which the Church excuses Ties that unite children to parents are unloosed Ties which unite parents to children are broken To be able to smoke a cigar without being sick To love is a great deal--To know how to love is everything We are simple to this degree, that we do not think we are When time has softened your grief Why mankind has chosen to call marriage a man-trap If you wish to read the entire context of any of these quotations, select a short segment and copy it into your clipboard memory--then open the appropriate eBook and paste the phrase into your computer's find or search operation.
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I don't want to be uncivil, or I would say damn 'em--Mr.--sir--Jack!"
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I don't want to be uncivil, or I would say damn 'em-Mr.-sir-Jack!"
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What leaps he at?--a real fly--"Damn his eyes!" growled the Corporal.
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"Damn it!" cried the Corporal quickly, and clapping his hand behind.
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"Damn it," said the Corporal, slowly recovering his perpendicularity, "and the way to Lunnon was as smooth as a bowling-green!"
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What leaps he at?--a real fly--"Damn his eyes!" growled the Corporal.
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"Damn it!" cried the Corporal quickly, and clapping his hand behind.
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"Damn it," said the Corporal, slowly recovering his perpendicularity, "and the way to Lunnon was as smooth as a bowling-green!"
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You can tell a Stultz coat any where, which is quite enough to damn it: the moment a man's known by an invariable cut, and that not original, it ought to be all over with him.
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You can tell a Stultz coat any where, which is quite enough to damn it: the moment a man's known by an invariable cut, and that not original, it ought to be all over with him.
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He once thought I was dull enough to damn my fortune, and then he had some strange doubts for my soul; now he thinks me wise enough to become prosperous, and it is astonishing what a respect he has conceived for my principles."
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He once thought I was dull enough to damn my fortune, and then he had some strange doubts for my soul; now he thinks me wise enough to become prosperous, and it is astonishing what a respect he has conceived for my principles."
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"Damn it!" said the General.
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"Damn it, Borodaile," said he, as the latter was receiving the ultimate polish of the hairdresser, "I never saw you look better in my life.
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"Damn it!" said the General.
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"Damn it, Borodaile," said he, as the latter was receiving the ultimate polish of the hairdresser, "I never saw you look better in my life.
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All hated me--for I was ugly; damn them!
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All hated me--for I was ugly; damn them!
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"Damn your snuff," quoth Sir Miles, in great choler, as he rejected the proffered courtesy with a vehemence that sent half the contents of the box upon the joint eyes and noses of the two canine favourites dozing at his feet.
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Damn it, man!
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"Damn the bird!
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"Damn your snuff," quoth Sir Miles, in great choler, as he rejected the proffered courtesy with a vehemence that sent half the contents of the box upon the joint eyes and noses of the two canine favourites dozing at his feet.
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Damn it, man!
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"Damn the bird!
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"Damn the stocks," began Mr. Stirn, plunging right /in medias res/, and by a fine use of one of the noblest figures in rhetoric.
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"Mr. Stirn!" cried the squire, reddening, "did you say, 'Damn the stocks'?--damn my new handsome pair of stocks!"
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The parson write 'Damn the stocks,' indeed!
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'Damn the stocks,' indeed!"
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But we new men, as they call us (damn their impertinence!)
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Damn the aristocracy!
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"Oh, damn it," cried Spendquick, "but that's too bad,--employing you to get me to pay him!
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"Damn the stocks," began Mr. Stirn, plunging right in medias res, and by a fine use of one of the noblest figures in rhetoric.
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"Mr. Stirn!" cried the squire, reddening, "did you say, 'Damn the stocks'?--damn my new handsome pair of stocks!"
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The parson write 'Damn the stocks,' indeed!
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'Damn the stocks,' indeed!"
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But we new men, as they call us (damn their impertinence!)
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Damn the aristocracy!
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"Oh, damn it," cried Spendquick, "but that's too bad,--employing you to get me to pay him!
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'Damn the moon!' said B---- to me, as we once stood gazing on it at Venice; 'it always gives me the ague: but I have described it well in my poetry, Godolphin--eh?'"
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'Damn the moon!' said B---- to me, as we once stood gazing on it at Venice; 'it always gives me the ague: but I have described it well in my poetry, Godolphin--eh?'"
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HUBERT: Damn clever job, you know, quietly.... That was a rum touch, finding that broken lipstick in the rubbish-heap.... You know, the fact they still have no idea where this woman's head is---- OLIVIA (_convulsively_): Don't.... HUBERT: Sorry.
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DAN: Yes.... Clears the brain no end.... Makes you understand better.... (_His voice growing in vehemence_) Makes you see what a damn silly thing it is to get the wind up about anything.
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The whole damn world's on my track!...
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Mrs. Smithers was a-saying--" Oh, damn Mrs. Smithers!
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Damn such asininity, I say!
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Of a very different description are the following striking and spirited fragments, (which ought to have been mentioned in a former part of this work,) written by him, apparently, about the year 1794, and addressed to the Naval heroes of that period, to console them for the neglect they experienced from the Government, while ribands and titles were lavished on the Whig Seceders:-- "Never mind them, brave black Dick, Though they've played thee such a trick-- Damn their ribands and their garters, Get you to your post and quarters.
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[1] Damn their ribands and their garters, Get you to your post and quarters, Think, on what things are ribands showered-- The two Sir Georges--Y---- and H---!
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Damn their ribands and their garters, Get you to your post and quarters.
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"What damn fool stuff hev ye been tellin' Sally?"
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I'd like ter invite 'em in, an' let them damn dawgs sniff round the feet of every man in my house--an' then, when they're plumb teetotally damn satisfied, I'd like ter tell 'em all ter go ter hell.
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