 | English drama - 1744 - 448 pages
...I have ferv'd U«ider your command, and you have feen me fight> And handfomely , though I fay it ; and if now At this downright game, I may but hold your cards, I'll not pull down the fide. l(fal.fen. I reft much bound To your fo noble offers, •and I hope •Shall And your pardon,... | |
 | Philip Massinger - 1779 - 350 pages
...Belg. I have ferv'd Under your Command, and you have feen me fight, And handfomely, though I fay it ; and if now At this downright Game, I may but hold your Cards, I'll not pull down the Side. Malef.fen. I reft much bound To your fo noble Offers, and I hope Shall find your Pardon, though I now... | |
 | Philip Massinger - 1779 - 390 pages
...UNNATURAL COMBAT. ACT II. SC ENE III. Belgarde to Makfort Senior. _ And banJjomely you have feen me fight. If now At this downright Game, I may but hold your Cards, I'll not full down. the Side. I'll not pull down the Side, feems to have been a proverbial or common Expreffion... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1787 - 510 pages
...will fet up a fide." That is, will be partners. And in Maflinger's Unnatural Combat, Belgard fays : " and if now At this downright game, I may but hold your cards, I'll not pull down the fide." In the Maid's Tragedy, the fame expreflion occurs : " Dula, I'll hold your cards againtt any... | |
 | John Monck Mason - English drama - 1798 - 494 pages
...pluck down aside ; she does not use it. We should read, She will pluck down a side, &c. The allusion i* to a party at cards, and Dula refuses to take Aspatia...35. AMINTOR I have lost one desire ; 'tis not his crown Shall buy me to thy bed, now I resolve He has dishonoured thee. The desire that Amintor had lost,... | |
 | Philip Massinger - English drama - 1805 - 540 pages
...Belg. I have served Under your command, and you have seen me fight, And handsomely, though I say it ; and if now,* At this downright game, I may but hold your cards, I'll not pull down the side. and if now, At this downright game, 1 may but hold your cards, Til not pull down the side.] ie I'll... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 384 pages
...op a side.'" That is, will be parmers. And in Massinger's Unnatural Ctmttl, Helgard says : " — — And if now " At this downright game, I may but hold your cards, " I '11 not pull down the side." In The Maid's Tragedy, the same expression occurs: " Duhs. I "11 hold... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 378 pages
...up a side'' That is, will be partners. And in Massinger's Unnatural Combat. Belgard says : " — — And if now " At this downright game, I may but hold your cards, " I '11 not pull down the side." In The Maid's Tragedy, the same expression occurs : " Dula. I '11... | |
 | Philip Massinger - 1813 - 546 pages
...it ; and if now,* At this downright game, I may but hold your cards, I'll not pull down the side. s and if now, At this downright game, I may but hold your cards, Til not pull down the side.] ie I'll not injure your cause.the same expression occurs in the Grand... | |
 | Philip Massinger - 1813 - 542 pages
...say it; and if now,* At this downright game, I may but hold your cards, I'll not pull down the side. and if now, At this downright game, I may but hold your cards, Til not pull down the side.] ie I'll not injure your cause: the same expression occurs in the Grand... | |
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I must put in for that, since out tried friendship Hath lasted from our infancy. Belg. I have served Under your command, and you have seen me fight, And handsomely, though I say it ; and if now, At this downright game, I may but hold your cards, I '11... 
