Illustrations of Shakespeare and of Ancient Manners: With Dissertations on the Clowns and Fools of Shakespeare ; on the Collection of Popular Tales Entitled Gesta Romanorum, and on the English Morris DanceT. Tegg, 1839 - Počet stran: 631 |
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... thing dwarfish . There is however good reason for supposing it of Celtic ori- gin . Erch in Welsh , is terrible , and urzen , a superior intelli- gence . In the Bas Breton language urcha signifies to howl . " Urthinwad Elgin , " says ...
... thing dwarfish . There is however good reason for supposing it of Celtic ori- gin . Erch in Welsh , is terrible , and urzen , a superior intelli- gence . In the Bas Breton language urcha signifies to howl . " Urthinwad Elgin , " says ...
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... thing dwarf- ish , for we still say a little urchin , this sense of the word seems to have originated rather from the circumstance of its having once signified a fairy , who is always supposed to be a diminu- tive being , than from the ...
... thing dwarf- ish , for we still say a little urchin , this sense of the word seems to have originated rather from the circumstance of its having once signified a fairy , who is always supposed to be a diminu- tive being , than from the ...
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... just . But to compass in this place signifies , to perform , accomplish , take measures for doing a thing . Thus in Twelfth night , Act I. Scene 2 , " that were hard to compass ; " and in TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA . 27.
... just . But to compass in this place signifies , to perform , accomplish , take measures for doing a thing . Thus in Twelfth night , Act I. Scene 2 , " that were hard to compass ; " and in TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA . 27.
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... thing . Such is the sense in the New Testament , " the love of Christ , which passeth knowledge , " Ephes . iii . 19 . The French often use passer in the same manner ; and in Hamlet we have this expression , " I have that within which ...
... thing . Such is the sense in the New Testament , " the love of Christ , which passeth knowledge , " Ephes . iii . 19 . The French often use passer in the same manner ; and in Hamlet we have this expression , " I have that within which ...
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... thing invented , disposed , or arranged . Point - devisé was therefore a particular sort of pat- terned lace worked with the needle ; and the term point - lace is still familiar to every female . They had likewise their point - coupé ...
... thing invented , disposed , or arranged . Point - devisé was therefore a particular sort of pat- terned lace worked with the needle ; and the term point - lace is still familiar to every female . They had likewise their point - coupé ...
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