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Nuncius Infernalis, or, Dialogue from the Hell of Cuckoldom choose

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[UK] C. Gildon Dialogue from Hell of Cuckoldom 15: S---nk me, Ned, I was always of thy Mind, as long as I could flutter abroad in my Glass Coach [...] D---me if I car’d a rush who rid in my Saddle.
at not care a rush, v.
[UK] C. Gildon Dialogue from Hell of Cuckoldom 17: We [...] left our Estates to our Wives at our Death, who will be sure to bestow them on some Silly, Hectoring spend-thrift Bully of Alsatia.
at Alsatia, n.
[UK] C. Gildon Dialogue from Hell of Cuckoldom 12: They were deaf to Reason here [...] and one swore D---me, Bl--d and Z--ns, another Oaths all around the Compass.
at blood and ’ounds!, excl.
[UK] C. Gildon Dialogue from Hell of Cuckoldom 12: We had been worm’d out of our Birth-right by the Arse and Refuse of the World.
at arse, n.
[UK] C. Gildon Dialogue from Hell of Cuckoldom 21: Ha! Brothers of the Quill, what Fate for us remains?
at brother of the quill (n.) under brother (of the)..., n.
[UK] C. Gildon Dialogue from Hell of Cuckoldom 17: We [...] left our Estates to our Wives at our Death, who will be sure to bestow them on some Silly, Hectoring spend-thrift Bully of Alsatia.
at bully, n.1
[UK] C. Gildon Dialogue from Hell of Cuckoldom Epistle vi: You sometimes unbend to a Friend, and a chirping Bottle.
at chirping merry, adj.
[UK] C. Gildon Dialogue from Hell of Cuckoldom 22: Poor Teague is St. Patricks own Country-man be Chreest.
at Christ!, excl.
[UK] C. Gildon Dialogue from Hell of Cuckoldom 15: S---nk me, Ned, I was always of thy Mind, as long as I could flutter abroad in my Glass Coach [...] D---me if I car’d a rush who rid in my Saddle.
at flutter, v.2
[UK] C. Gildon Dialogue from Hell of Cuckoldom 14: I am a Member [...] of the Hogan Mogen Common-wealth of Europe.
at hogan-mogan, adj.
[UK] C. Gildon Dialogue from Hell of Cuckoldom 14: We are all French-men, and therefore you need not doubt the cause, the Pox, and our Wives, Ma foy.
at pox, n.1
[UK] C. Gildon Dialogue from Hell of Cuckoldom 17: Was it my Duty to keep and maintain them after they were of sufficient bigness to prog for themselves?
at prog, v.
[UK] C. Gildon Dialogue from Hell of Cuckoldom 20: Reflect on another very pertinent Precedent [...] John a Noaks is Tenant only for Life, and John Astiles Tenant in Tail.
at tenant in tail (n.) under tenant, n.
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