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... play at crambo ; and , according to Johnson , crambo is " a cant word probably without etymology , a play at which one gives a word to which another finds a rhime . " It is common in dictionaries to quote Swift as using the word ; but ...
... play at crambo ; and , according to Johnson , crambo is " a cant word probably without etymology , a play at which one gives a word to which another finds a rhime . " It is common in dictionaries to quote Swift as using the word ; but ...
Page 202
... play then being limited on the far side to wits sit , like lane coblers in their studies " ( i . 2 ) . 1601 , and to the later months in that year , and on Again , Judicio says , " I could better endure to see this side to the death of ...
... play then being limited on the far side to wits sit , like lane coblers in their studies " ( i . 2 ) . 1601 , and to the later months in that year , and on Again , Judicio says , " I could better endure to see this side to the death of ...
Page 342
... play ( p . 13 ) : - lie parallel " As if our Backs like Lampreys had no bones in ' em . " Sir Thomas says ( vol . i . p . 317 ) : — " Nor is it [ the Lamprey ] only singular in this forma- tion , but also in many other ; as in defect of ...
... play ( p . 13 ) : - lie parallel " As if our Backs like Lampreys had no bones in ' em . " Sir Thomas says ( vol . i . p . 317 ) : — " Nor is it [ the Lamprey ] only singular in this forma- tion , but also in many other ; as in defect of ...
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