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Title:  The true-born Irishman: or, Irish fine lady. A comedy of two acts. By Charles Macklin.
Author: Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797.
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—Ogh, they have courage in the very sound of them, for they come out of the mouth like a storm; and are as old and as stout as the oak at the bottom of the bog of Allen, which was there before the flood—and though they have been dispossessed by upstarts and foreigners, buddoughs and sassanoughs, yet I hope they will flourish in the Island of Saints, while grass grows or water runs.Enter Katty.Katty.Mr. Mushroom is come, sir.O'Dogh.What, in his woman's cloaths?Katty.Yes, sir.O'Dogh.Impudent rascal! and where have you put him, Katty?Katty.In the back parlour, sir.O'Dogh.Odzooks! Katty, go down, and shew him up here—this is the largest room to exercise the gentleman in—begone, quick, and leave all the rest to me.Katty.I am gone, sir.[Exit.O'Dogh.My dear, you must act a part in this farce; the better to bring the rascal into ridicule.Mrs. Dig.Any thing to be revenged of him for his ill opinion of me.O'Dogh.Step into your own room, then, and I will come and instruct you how to behave.[Exit Mrs. Dig.And, brother, do you go and open the affair to the company, and bring them here to listen to 0