[8] Aristophanes, ‘The Birds.’
[9] Plutarch, Quæstion. Rom., p. 271.
[10] ‘Mariage de Figaro,’ iii. 5.
[11] MS. Bibliothèque nationale. ‘Collection Complète des Mémoires,’ vol. viii.
“Williams. Ah, damnation! Goddam!
Blondel. Goddam! Monsieur est Anglais apparemment.”
‘Cœur de Lion,’ 1789.
[13] ‘Notes on Ancient Poetry,’ ed. 1770.
[14] One of the last cases where the use of the word produced some coolness on the part of the persons concerned, occurred when a certain bishop in a northern diocese was reported by the local newspaper to have said in a sermon, “that he would not preach in that damned old church any more.” The bishop wrote to the paper that he had said “damp old church.” The editor, however, declined to question the accuracy of his reporter.
[15] See passage from Roger de Collerye, given by Littré.
[16] ‘L’agréable conférence de Piarot et Janin.’ Paris, 1651.