"A drunkard clasp his teeth and not undo 'em, To suffer wet damnation to run through 'em."
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The Revenger's Tragedy (1607), Act III. Sc. 1. Compare: "Distilled damnation", Robert Hall (in Gregory's Life of Hall).
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Cyril Tourneur
Cyril Tourneur (ca 1575 – February 28, 1626) was an English dramatist who enjoyed his greatest success during the reign of King James I of England.
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