Vulgar words in The Works of Aphra Behn - Volume IV (Page 2)

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or how am I deceiv'd?--'Tis Day, and with it new Invention rise to damn this Woman to the sin of Shame; break all the Chains that hold the princely Youth, and sink her with her fancy'd Power and Vanity.

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_Ter._ And if I fail, may I be eternally damn'd to the Embraces of old Age.

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_Prince._ I'll not believe it her's; there are a thousand ways to ruin Innocence; if she be false--she's damn'd.

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Well, _George_--But hark ye, Sirrah, this is a damn'd Trick of yours.

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p. 346, l. 31 _pimp._ 4to 1696 misprints 'Pump'.

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Faustus_ (4to 1697, but produced at the Theatre Royal November-December, 1685, or very early in 1686), we have Scaramouch asking what practice the Doctor has, and Harlequin replies: 'Why his Business is to patch up rotten Whores against the Term for Country Lawyers and Attorneys Clerks; and against _Christmas_, _Easter_, and _Whitsun_ Holidays, for City Apprentices.' cf.

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Olivia, making love to Fidelia, who is dressed as a boy, is surprised by Vernish.

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