Vulgar words in Representation of the Impiety and Immorality of the English Stage (1704); Some Thoughts Concerning the Stage in a Letter to a Lady (1704) (Page 1)
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1._ for prophanely using the Name of GOD upon the _Stage_, and Verdicts were obtained against them._ _And in _Easter-Term, 1701_, the _Players_ of one House were Indicted at the _King's-Bench-Bar_, before the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice _Holt_, for using these following Expressions, and were thereof Convicted._ _In the Play call'd, _The Provok'd Wife.__ 'But more than all that, you must know I was afraid of being damn'd in those Days; for I kept sneaking, cowardly Company, Fellows that went to Church, and said Grace to their Meat, and had not the least Tincture of Quality about em.
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'Damn 'em both, with all my Heart, and every thing else that daggles a Petticoat; except four generous Whores, with Betty Sands at the Head of 'em, who were drunk with my Lord Rake and I, ten times in a Fortnight.
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'He has married me, and be damn'd to him 'Pox of the Parson.
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'Damn Morality, and damn the Watch.
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'Let me speak and be damn'd.
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[Note: _This is spoken by one in a Minister's Habit._] 'And you and your Wife may be damn'd.
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'Stand off and be damn'd.
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'Damn me, if you han't.
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What Notions have we silly Women from these old Philosophers of Virtue, for Virtue is this, and Virtue is that, and Virtue has its own Reward; Virtue, Virtue is an Ass, and a Gallant is worth forty on't.
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'Marriage, that was only contriv'd for the meaner Rank; tell me of Marriage, commend me to a Whore.
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'Let him be in Misery and be damn'd.
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'Prithee Dress and be damn'd.
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'Pox on 'em: Pox on you all Whores.
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'Let him Plague you, Pox you, and damn you; I don't care and be damn'd.
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'Say that 'tis true, you are married to another, and that a---- Twou'd be a Sin to think of any Body but your Husband, and that ---- You are of a timorous Nature, and afraid of being damn'd.
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Damn ye, you young Rogue.
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'Then damn me, if I don't, &c. Pag.
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'Rot me and be damn'd.
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'Damn'd Lies, by _Jupiter_ and _Juno_, and the rest of the Heathen Gods and Goddesses; for I remember I paid two Guinea's for swearing Christian Oaths last Night.
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'That dear damn'd Virtue of hers tempts me strangely.