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• He that with greatest grace can swear Gog's-zounds, Or in a tavern make a drunken fray, Can cheat at dice, swagger in bawdy-houses, Wear velvet on his face, and with a grace Can face it out with,--As I am a soldier! —  A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9
• when I ran away with your mother, I would not have touched anything old or ugly to gain an empire CAPT. A. Not to please your father, sir SIR A. To please my father--zounds! —  Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform
• nay, zounds, then, hap as 'twill Aside Exeunt SIR RALPH and HODGE severally MR GOUR. —  A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7
• Well, now you see the spot of earth he inhabits--zounds, man, in his shop you will find amusement for a month--see here is The House that Jack Built--there is the Queen's Matrimonial Ladder, do you mark?--What think you of these qualifications for a Gentleman In love, and in liquor, and o'ertoppled with debt, With women, with wine, and with duns on the fret There you have the Nondescript A something, a nothing--what none understand Be-mitred, be-crowned, but without heart or hand There's Jack in the Green too, and Noodles, alas Who doodle John Bull of gold, silver, and brass Come," said Dashall, "you must cut your story short; I know if you begin to preach, we shall have a sermon as long as from here to South America, so allons;" and with this impelling his Cousin forward, they 1 Tip us your Flipper--your mawley--your daddle, or your thieving hook; are terms made use of as occasions may suit the company in which they are introduced, to signify a desire to shake hands 271~~ approached towards Saint Paul's, chiefly occupied in conversation on the great merit displayed in the excellent designs of Mr. Cruikshank, which embellish the work they had just been viewing; nor did they discover any thing further worthy of notice, till Bob's ears were suddenly attracted by a noise somewhat like that of a rattle, and turning sharply round to discover from whence it came, was amused with the sight of several small busts of great men, apparently dancing to the music of a weaver's shuttle. —  Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821)
• Z! Z--zounds--zippy--zingorella--zoe! —  Star-Dust

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