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No, sirrah, I'll keep it on to abuse thee and leave thee without hopes of revenge SETTER.— The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2]
She continued to survey the graceful figure, well-poised head and handsome features of the jester Tell me, sirrah," she continued, "of the duke.— Under the Rose
Confine yourself to Hock and Moselle, sirrah: I fear me, you have a base hankering after mutton and beef.— Olla Podrida
But, sirrah, answer to these accusations speedily and clearly, or by hopeless Destruction I will I have brought hither," said the goblin, "many a soul since Satan was in the garden of Eden, and ought to know my trade better than this novice of an informer."— The Sleeping Bard or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell
'Faith, sirrah, an you'll not knock, I'll wring it I'll try how you can sol, fa_, and sing it He wrings GRUMIO by the ears Here is a pun on 'wring' and 'ring'; and 'sol-fa' is used as an equivalent for 'sing More important still is 'the gamut of Hortensio,' Shrew III, i, 72.— Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries

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