A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs, Etc., which Have Been Thought to Require Illustration, in the Words of English Authors, Particularly Shakespeare, and His Contemporaries, Volume 2J.R. Smith, 1859 - English language |
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Page 478
... Todd's John- son . The wavering commons in kym kam sectes are haled . Stanyhurst's Virg . Coles has kim kam , and renders it by præposterè . Dr. Johnson's remark seems to imply that it was still in use in his time , for he says ...
... Todd's John- son . The wavering commons in kym kam sectes are haled . Stanyhurst's Virg . Coles has kim kam , and renders it by præposterè . Dr. Johnson's remark seems to imply that it was still in use in his time , for he says ...
Page 479
... Todd's Johnson . Servile to all the skiey influences That do this habitation , where thou keep'st , Hourly afflict . Meas for M. , iii , 1 . A plague upon ' t ! it is in Gloucestershire ; ' Twas where the mad - cap duke his uncle kept ...
... Todd's Johnson . Servile to all the skiey influences That do this habitation , where thou keep'st , Hourly afflict . Meas for M. , iii , 1 . A plague upon ' t ! it is in Gloucestershire ; ' Twas where the mad - cap duke his uncle kept ...
Page 480
... Todd . in the example . And he had besides two iron rings about his neck , the one of the chain , and the other of that kind which are called a keep - friend , or the foot of a friend , from whence descended two irons unto his middle ...
... Todd . in the example . And he had besides two iron rings about his neck , the one of the chain , and the other of that kind which are called a keep - friend , or the foot of a friend , from whence descended two irons unto his middle ...
Page 481
... Todd . They are desperate in revenge ; and their kerne thinke no man dead untill his head be off . Gainsford's Glory of Engl . , p . 149 . For the supposed etymologies , see Todd . KERSEN'D . A corruption of christened ; as CURSEN'D ...
... Todd . They are desperate in revenge ; and their kerne thinke no man dead untill his head be off . Gainsford's Glory of Engl . , p . 149 . For the supposed etymologies , see Todd . KERSEN'D . A corruption of christened ; as CURSEN'D ...
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... Todd . KEWWAW . Askew . The picture topsie - turvie stands kewwaw : The world turn'd upside downe , as all men know . Taylor's Workes , 1630 . KEX , or KECKSIE . A dry stalk of hemlock , and sometimes of other kinds . Perhaps kecksies ...
... Todd . KEWWAW . Askew . The picture topsie - turvie stands kewwaw : The world turn'd upside downe , as all men know . Taylor's Workes , 1630 . KEX , or KECKSIE . A dry stalk of hemlock , and sometimes of other kinds . Perhaps kecksies ...
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