The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 5J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... term is from the Latin ; nor that the word in question was so derived , because Slender mis- took it for Latin . The mistake , indeed , is an argument to the contrary , as it shows his ignorance in that language . Fap , how- ever ...
... term is from the Latin ; nor that the word in question was so derived , because Slender mis- took it for Latin . The mistake , indeed , is an argument to the contrary , as it shows his ignorance in that language . Fap , how- ever ...
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... term . So , in The Merry Devil of Edmonton , 1608 , the merry Host says , " I have knights and colonels in my house , and must tend the Hungarians . " Again : " Come ye Hungarian pilchers . " Again , in Westward Hoe , 1607 : " Play ...
... term . So , in The Merry Devil of Edmonton , 1608 , the merry Host says , " I have knights and colonels in my house , and must tend the Hungarians . " Again : " Come ye Hungarian pilchers . " Again , in Westward Hoe , 1607 : " Play ...
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... term imports , the shortest note in musick . Its measure was afterwards , as it is now , as long as while two may be moderately counted . In Romeo and Juliet , Act II . sc . iv . Mercutio says of Tibalt , that in fighting he " rests his ...
... term imports , the shortest note in musick . Its measure was afterwards , as it is now , as long as while two may be moderately counted . In Romeo and Juliet , Act II . sc . iv . Mercutio says of Tibalt , that in fighting he " rests his ...
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... term for false dice , high and low . Torriano , in his Italian Dictionary , interprets Pise by false dice , high and low men , high fullams and low fullams . Jonson , in his Every Man out of his Humour , quibbles upon this cant term ...
... term for false dice , high and low . Torriano , in his Italian Dictionary , interprets Pise by false dice , high and low men , high fullams and low fullams . Jonson , in his Every Man out of his Humour , quibbles upon this cant term ...
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... terms , explain themselves . High numbers on the dice , at hazard , are from five to twelve , inclusive ; low , from aces to four . MALOne . High and low men were false dice , which , being chiefly made at Fulham , were thence called ...
... terms , explain themselves . High numbers on the dice , at hazard , are from five to twelve , inclusive ; low , from aces to four . MALOne . High and low men were false dice , which , being chiefly made at Fulham , were thence called ...
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