DOLL COMMON 
 
 
league 'With Subtle the alchemist and 
Face his alley.-B. Jonson, The Alchemist 
(1610). 
  Mrs. Pritchard [1711-1768] could pass from 
"Lady Macbeth" to "Doll Common."-Leigh 
Hunt. 
 
  Doll Tearsheet, a "bona-roba." This 
virago is cast into prison with Dame Quick- 
ly (hostess of a tavern in Eastcheap), for 
the death of a man that they and Pistol 
had beaten.-Shakespeare, 2 Henry IV. 
(1598). 
 
  Dolallolla (Queen), wife of King Ar- 
thur, very fond of stiff punch, but scorn- 
ing " vulgar sips of brandy, gin, and rum." 
She is the enemy of Tom Thumb, and op- 
poses his marriage with her daughter Hun- 
camunca; but when Noodle announces that 
the red cow has devoured the pigmy giant- 
queller, she kills the messenger for his ill- 
tidings, and is herself killed by Frizaletta. 
Queen Dollalolla is jealous of the giantess 
Glundalca, at whom his majesty casts 
"sheep's eyes."--Tom Thumb, by Fielding 
the novelist (1730), altered by O'Hara, au- 
thor of Midas (1778). 
 
  Dolla Murrey, a character in Crabbe's 
Borough, who died playing cards. 
"A vole! a vole !" she cried ; "'tis fairly won." 
This said, she gently with a single sigh 
Died. 
                  Crabbe, Borough (1810). 
  Dolly. The most bewitching of the 
Bohemian household described in Frances 
Hodgson Burnett's Vagabondia. Piquante, 
brave, sonsie, and loving, she bears and 
smiles through the hardships and vicissi- 
tudes of her lot until she loses (as she 
thinks) the love and trust of " Griff," to 
whom she had been betrothed for years. 
Only his return and penitence save her 
 
 
from slipping out of a world that has few 
nobler women. 
 
  Dolly of the Chop-house (Queen's 
Head Passage, Paternoster Row and New- 
gate Street, London.) Her celebrity arose 
from the excellency of her provisions, at- 
tendance, accommodation, and service. 
The name is that of the old cook of the 
establishment. 
The broth reviving, and the bread was fair, 
The small beer grateful and as pepper strong, 
The beaf-steaks tender, and the pot-herbs young. 
 
  Dolly Trull. Captain Macheath says 
she was "so taken up with stealing hearts, 
she left herself no time to steal anything 
else."-Gay, The Beggar's Opera, ii. I. 
(1727). 
 
  Dolly Varden, daughter of Gabriel 
Varden, locksmith. She was loved to dis- 
traction by Joe Willet, Hugh of the May- 
pole inn, and Simon Tappertit. Dolly 
dressed in the Watteau style, and was 
lively, pretty, and bewitching.-C. Dickens, 
Barnaby Rudge (1841). 
 
  Dol'on, "a man of subtle wit and 
wicked mind," father of Guizor (groom of 
PollentA the Saracen, lord of "Parlous 
Bridge"). Sir Ar'tegal, with scant cere- 
mony, knocks the life out of Guizor, for 
demanding of him   "passage-penny" for 
crossing the bridge.   Soon afterwards, 
Brit'omart and Talus rest in Dolon's castle 
for the night, and Dolon, mistaking Brito- 
mart for Sir Artegal, sets upon her in the 
middle of the night, but is overmastered. 
He now runs with'his two surviving sons 
to the bridge, to prevent the passage of 
Britomart and Talus; but Britomart runs 
one of them through with her spear, and 
knocks the other into the river.-Spenser, 
Fatry Queen v. 6 (1596). 
 
 
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