A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary of Obsolete and Uncommon Words: Illustrative of the Works of Our Early Dramatic and Lyric Poets, with Historical Notices of Ancient Customs, Manners, &c. &cW. Pickering, 1832 - 479页 |
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ALISAUNDRE ancient anon called cant word CHAUCER'S KNIGHT'S TALE CHAUCER'S MERCHANT'S TALE CHAUCER'S MILLER'S TALE CHAUCER'S REVE'S TALE CHAUCER'S ROM cloth CŒUR DE LION colour CORIOLANUS corruption court CRESS custom DAMON AND PYTHIAS DEKKAR'S denote derived doth EASTWARD HOE etymology fair fool formerly French gold GOWER'S GREENE'S TU QUOQUE grete GURTON'S NEEDLE HAMLET hath hence HONEST WHORE horse HUDIBRAS IBID JONSON'S king kyng lady LANGTOFT'S CHRON London lord LOST MACBETH meaning MERCHANT'S TALE MERRY WIVES MILTON'S modern word NIGHT'S DREAM O. P. GAM O. P. LINGUA O. P. THE FOUR O. P. THE HONEST O. P. THE SPANISH OTHELLO person play PLOWMAN'S TALE QUEEN RICH RICHARD III ROSE sense SEVEN SAGES Shakspeare shew SHIPMAN'S TALE SHREW signify song species spelt SPENSER'S F SPENSER'S SHEP sword thee thing thou TROI TWELFTH NIGHT wine WINTER'S TALE WIVES OF WINDSOR wold woman worn
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