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" 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. "
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1921
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The Rehearsal: A Comedy

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....
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Bell's British Theatre: Edward and Eleonora ... The mistake, by J. Vanbrugh

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....
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

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...
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Poésie, versification [etc

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...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 3

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...
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The Spectator, Volume 6

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...
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The Modern British Drama: Comedies

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,...
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The modern British drama, Volume 3

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....
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Some Account of the Life of Rachael Wriothesley, Lady Russell

Lady Rachel Russell, Mary Barry - Nobility - 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...
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Some Account of the Life of Rachael Wriothesley, Lady Russell

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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