I come, kind Gentlemen, strange news to tell ye; I am the Ghost of poor departed Nelly. Sweet Ladies, be not frighted; I'le be civil; I'm what I was, a little harmless Devil. Catalogue - Page 401921Full view - About this book
| George Villiers Duke of Buckingham - English drama - 1796 - 132 pages
...was to be carried oft' by the bearers, strikes one of them a box on the ear, and speaks to him thus i Hold, are you mad, you damn'd confounded dog ? I am to rise, and speak the epilogue. Ttrpnmc Lo<ve. PLATS tiAMED IN 77//S KEY. i. THE Lost Lady. By Sir William Bromley, a. Love and Honour.... | |
| English drama - 1797 - 436 pages
...to be carried off by the l>earers, strikes one of them a box on the ear, anil speaks to him thus : Hold, are you mad, you damn'd confounded dog ? I am to rise, and speak the epilogue. Tyrannic Love. _ PLATS NAMED IN THIS KEY. 1 . THE Lost Lady. By Sir William Bromley. 2. Love and Honour.... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 600 pages
...abrupt beginning of what was a very ludicrous, but at the same time thought a very good epilogue : ' Hold ! are you mad ? you damn'd confounded dog, I am to rise and speak the epilogue.' ' This diverting manner was always practised by Mr. Dryden, who, if he was not the best writer of tragedies... | |
| Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 360 pages
...LOVE,. Spoken by Miss Nelly Gwin , when she was to be carried off dead by the bearers. TO THE BEARER. Hold! Are you mad, you damn'd confounded dog? I am to rise, and speak the epilogue. * TO THE AUDIENCE. I come , kind gentlemen , strange news to tell ye ; I am the ghost of poor departed... | |
| John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 462 pages
...MRS ELLEN *, WHEN SHE WAS TO BE CARRIED OEP DEAD BY THE BEARERS. TO THE BEARER. HOLD ; arc you mad f You damn'd confounded dog ! I am to rise, and speak the epilogue. TO THE AUDIENCE. I come, kind gentlemen, strange news to tell ye ; I am the ghost of poor departed... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 384 pages
...abrupt beginning of what was a very ludicrous, but at the same time thought a very good epilogue : ' Hold ! are you mad ? you damn'd confounded dog, I am to rise and speak the epilogue.' ' This diverting manner was always practised by Mr. Dryden, who, if he was not the best writer of tragedies... | |
| Walter Scott - English drama - 1811 - 698 pages
...was to be carried off by the bearers, strikes one of them a box on the'ear, and speaks to him thus: Hold ! are you mad, you damn'd, confounded dog? I am to rise and speak the epilogue. Tyrannic Loft. THE COUNTRY GIRL. ALTERED ГНОМ WYCHEHLY, GARRICK MOODY. HARCOURT. SPARKISH. BELVILLE,... | |
| British drama - 1811 - 696 pages
...»aj to be carried off by the bearers, strikes one of them a box on the ear, and speaks to him thus : e thus — honourable worship, let me derive Tyrannic loft. 242 THE COUNTRY GIRL. ALTERED FROM WYCHKRLY, • »* GARRICK MOODY. HARCOUHT. SPARKISH.... | |
| Lady Rachel Russell, Mary Berry - Great Britain - 1819 - 268 pages
...King by speaking the Epilogue to Dryden's Tyrannic Love, in 1669, which was prefaced by the words, " Hold ! are you mad, you damn'd confounded dog ? " I am to rise and speak the Epilogue." Others say that, in the Epilogue to the Conquest of Grenada, she first attracted notice, speaking from... | |
| Lady Rachel Russell, Mary Barry - Nobility - 1819 - 410 pages
...speaking the Epilogue to Dryden's Tyrranic Love, in 1669, which was prefaced by the words, " Hold 1 are you mad, you damn'd confounded dog ? " I am to rise and speak the Epilogue." Others say that, in the Epilogue to the Conquest of Grenada, she first attracted notice, speaking from... | |
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