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The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4

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And drinking.
1_st Gent_.

And wenching.
_Gray_.

The cursed yeas and forsooths, which we have heard uttered, when a man could not rap out an innocent oath, but straight the air was thought to be infected.
_Lovel_.

'Twas a pleasant trick of the saint, which that trim puritan _Swear-not-at-all Smooth-speech_ used, when his spouse chid him with an oath for committing with his servant-maid, to cause his house to be fumigated with burnt brandy, and ends of scripture, to disperse the devil's breath, as he termed it.
_All_.

Ha! ha! ha! _Gray_.


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