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So soon as ever thou seest him, draw; and as thou draw'st, swear
horrible; for it comes to pass read more
So soon as ever thou seest him, draw; and as thou draw'st, swear
horrible; for it comes to pass oft that a terrible oath, with a
swaggering accent sharply twanged off, gives manhood more
approbation than ever proof itself would have earned him.
Bad language or abuse
I never, never use,
Whatever the emergency;
Though "Bother it" read more
Bad language or abuse
I never, never use,
Whatever the emergency;
Though "Bother it" I may
Occasionally say,
I never never use a big, big D.
A demon holds a book, in which are written the sins of a
particular man; an Angel drops on read more
A demon holds a book, in which are written the sins of a
particular man; an Angel drops on it from a phial, a tear which
the sinner had shed in doing a good action, and his sins are
washed out.
And then a whoreson jackanapes must take me up for swearing, as
if I borrowed mine oaths of him read more
And then a whoreson jackanapes must take me up for swearing, as
if I borrowed mine oaths of him and might not spend them at my
pleasure.
I'll be damned for never a king's son in Christendom.
I'll be damned for never a king's son in Christendom.
I wasn't born with enough middle fingers.
I wasn't born with enough middle fingers.
When a gentlemen is disposed to swear, it is not for any
standers-by to curtail his oaths.
When a gentlemen is disposed to swear, it is not for any
standers-by to curtail his oaths.
To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
[Lat., In totum jurare, nisi ubi necesse est, read more
To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
[Lat., In totum jurare, nisi ubi necesse est, gravi viro parum
convenit.]
Though "Bother it" I may
Occasionally say,
I never never use a big, big, D.
Though "Bother it" I may
Occasionally say,
I never never use a big, big, D.