Footnotes

[453:2] See Milton, page [232].


ANDREW CHERRY.  1762-1812.

Loud roared the dreadful thunder,

The rain a deluge showers.

The Bay of Biscay.

As she lay, on that day,

In the bay of Biscay, O!

The Bay of Biscay.


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GEORGE COLMAN, THE YOUNGER.  1762-1836.

On their own merits modest men are dumb.

Epilogue to the Heir at Law.

And what 's impossible can't be,

And never, never comes to pass.

The Maid of the Moor.

Three stories high, long, dull, and old,

As great lords' stories often are.

The Maid of the Moor.

Like two single gentlemen rolled into one.

Lodgings for Single Gentlemen.

But when ill indeed,

E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

Lodgings for Single Gentlemen.

When taken,

To be well shaken.

The Newcastle Apothecary.

Thank you, good sir, I owe you one.

The Poor Gentleman. Act i. Sc. 2.

O Miss Bailey!

Unfortunate Miss Bailey!

Love laughs at Locksmiths. Act ii. Song.

'T is a very fine thing to be father-in-law

To a very magnificent three-tailed Bashaw!

Blue Beard. Act ii. Sc. 5.

I had a soul above buttons.

Sylvester Daggerwood, or New Hay at the Old Market. Sc. 1.

Mynheer Vandunck, though he never was drunk,

Sipped brandy and water gayly.

Mynheer Vandunck.


JAMES HURDIS.  1763-1801.

Rise with the lark, and with the lark to bed.[454:1]

The Village Curate.