10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASCAUNT»
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ascaunt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ascaunt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare
There is a willow grows ascaunt the brook 7 , That shows his hoar leaves in the
glassy stream ; Therewith fantastick garlands did she make Of crow-flowers,
nettles, daisies, and long purples H, That liberal 9 shepherds give a grosser
name, ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope,
1821
2
Shakspeare's himself again; or the language of the poet asserted
There is a willow grows ascaunt the brook, That shows his hoar leaves in the
glassy stream ; — ascaunt the brook,] Thus the quartos. The folio reads, ostant.
Ascaunce is interpreted in the glossary to Chaucer — askew, aside, sideways.
Steev.
3
Shakspeare's Himself Again: Or, The Language of the Poet ...
There is a willow grows ascaunt the brook, That shows his hoar leaves in the
glassy stream ; —ascaunt the brook,] Thus the quartos.. The folio read?, astant.
Ascaunce if interpreted in the glossary to Chaucer — askew, aside, side-ways.
Steev.
4
The College Shakspeare. In which ... Those Words and ...
There is a willow grows ascaunt the brook,' That'shows his hoara leaves in the
glassy stream; Therewith fantastick garlands did she make” When down her
weedy trophies, and herself, Fell in the. How now, sweet. queen '1' Laer. Drown'd
!
William Shakespeare,
1857
There is a willow grows ascaunt the brook,I That shows his hoar leaves in the
glassy stream; Therewith santastick garlands did she make Of crow-flowers,
nettles, daisies, and long purplesf 3 How now, srwnl quem P] These words are
not in the ...
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, Georges Steevens,
1793
6
The Works: The Text Formed from an Entirely New Collation of ...
There is a willow grows ascaunt the brook ", That shows his hoar leaves in the
glassy stream; Therewith fantastic garlands did she make Of crow-flowers, nettles
, daisies, and long purples, That liberal shepherds give a grosser name, But our ...
William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier,
1843
7
A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...
ASCAUNT, prep. Across. This use is not noticed in the dictionaries. There is a
willow grows ascaunl the brook That shews his hoar leaves in the glassy stream.
I have observed no other instance of it. ASCENDANT. A term lIl'jl1di0lfll astrology,
...
Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright,
1867
8
The Plays of William Shakspeare. ..: 22. Volume the ...
There is a willow grows ascaunt the brook,2 ' That shows his hoar leaves in the
glassy stream; Therewith santafiick garlands did she make * " \ Of crow-flowers,
nettlcs, daisies, and long purplesf ' How now, sum! qung] These words are not in
...
William Shakespeare,
1802
9
Hamlet: Edited by Horace Howard Furness
White, ascaunt a Sta. How now] how F, , Coll. 169. hoar] hore FjF,. horry Q,Q,.
165. Scene x. Pope +,Jen. hoary Q4, Jen. hoarie Qj. 162. stuck] Blackstone: Read
tuck, a common name for a rapier. M alone: * Stuck,' a term of the fencing-school,
...
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness,
1905
10
A new variorum edition of Shakespeare
White, ascaunt a Sta. How now} how F,, Coll. 169. hoar"] hore F,F,. horry Q,Q,.
165. Scene x. Pope +, Jen. hoary Q4, Jen. hoarie Q5. 162. stuck] Blackstone:
Read tuck, a common name for a rapier. Malone: ' Stuck,' a term of the fencing-
school, ...
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, Modern Language Association of America,
1918