A Cursory History of Swearing

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Utilitarian view of swearing--One touch of nature--The Shandean method--Code of Ernulphus--"Sacre froc d'Habacuc"-- Mr. William Barley--Philosophy of imprecation--"Bloody"--In the Low Countries--'The Man of Mode'--Swift without his waistcoat--Sanglant--Retrospect and ending 171

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A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARING.