CHAPTER III.

"Odd's bodikins"--In Socrates' thinking-shop--The British shibboleth--Don Juan--Beaumarchais--Parny--Joan of Arc a satirist of swearing--La Hire--Corbleu et Cie.--"Jarnicoton"-- "[Greek: Ma ton]"--'Jurons de Cadillac'--Little King Goddam-- Sir John Harrington--'Amends for Ladies'--"Don't care a damn" 38