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  • Stand there, damn'd meddling villain, and be silent;
    For if thou utt'rest but a single word,
    A cough or hem, to cross me in my speech,
    I'll send thy cursed spirit from the earth,
    To bellow with the damn'd!

    Joanna Baillie (2001). “Plays on the Passions”, p.179, Broadview Press