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epilogue 1. a. a speech, usually in verse, addressed to the audience by an actor at the end of a play b. the actor speaking this 2. a short postscript to any literary work, such as a brief description of the fates of the characters in a novel How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It might have been expected that when the play was done, both players and audience would have dispersed; but the epilogue was as bad as the play, for no sooner was the Devil dead, than the manager of the puppets and his partner were summoned by the single gentleman to his chamber, where they were regaled with strong waters from his private store, and where they held with him long conversations, the purport of which no human being could fathom. From the first casting of the parts to the epilogue it was all bewitching, and there were few who did not wish to have been a party concerned, or would have hesitated to try their skill. Epilogue to Beaumont and Fletcher's Honest Man's Fortune. |
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