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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.
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.
I'll be damned for never a king's son in Christendom.
I'll be damned for never a king's son in Christendom.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
I wasn't born with enough middle fingers.
I wasn't born with enough middle fingers.
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.
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.
Jack was embarrassed--never hero more,
And as he knew not what to say, he swore.
Jack was embarrassed--never hero more,
And as he knew not what to say, he swore.
There written all
Black as the damning drops that fall
From the denouncing Angel's pen,
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There written all
Black as the damning drops that fall
From the denouncing Angel's pen,
Ere Mercy weeps them out again.