The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 12AMS Press, 1966 - Theater |
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Page 264
... French word signifying plenty , abundance . I am told that it is still in common use in the North . STEEVENS . 9 I have heard the Ptolemies ' PYRAMISES are very goodly things ; ] Pyramis for pyramid was in common use in our au- thor's ...
... French word signifying plenty , abundance . I am told that it is still in common use in the North . STEEVENS . 9 I have heard the Ptolemies ' PYRAMISES are very goodly things ; ] Pyramis for pyramid was in common use in our au- thor's ...
Page 291
... French of Amyot , by Thos . North , in folio , 1597 , * will be seen at once the origin of this mistake : * I find the character of this work pretty early delineated : " " Twas Greek at first , that Greek was Latin made , " That Latin ...
... French of Amyot , by Thos . North , in folio , 1597 , * will be seen at once the origin of this mistake : * I find the character of this work pretty early delineated : " " Twas Greek at first , that Greek was Latin made , " That Latin ...
Page 370
... French , who at this day call the trump at cards , le triomphe . STEEVENS . It is evident that Ben Jonson did not consider the word trump as derived from triumph , but from the French tromper , to deceive , as appears from the following ...
... French , who at this day call the trump at cards , le triomphe . STEEVENS . It is evident that Ben Jonson did not consider the word trump as derived from triumph , but from the French tromper , to deceive , as appears from the following ...
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