10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BONGRACE»
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bongrace in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Around the World in 21 Plays: Theatre for Young Audiences
MASTER BONGRACE: I know you from pranks of old. Today as before, you
weren't satisfied with my command, not happy with my instructions, so played
along the way, neglecting the message I sent you home to deliver. All wise men
know ...
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The Anglo-American Encyclopedia and Dictionary: Dictionary ...
bonfire 565 bonnet Bongrace. bSn'-fire.bfine'-firef^/iff^/oine-fire (Scotch), b. [
Probably from Eng. bone, and jire. Skeat considers the reference to be to the
burning of saints' relics i i the time of Henry VIII. Or bon may be from A S. bune—a
. dry ...
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The American encyclopædic dictionary
[Fr. 6onneffrace=tho head-curtain of a bed, a bongrace.] I. Ordinary Language: *1
. A forehead cloth or eovering for the head. A kind of veil attached to a hood. (
Skinner.) "I have seen her beset all over with emeralds and pearls, ranged in
rows ...
S. J. Herrtage, John A. Williams, Robert Hunter,
1897
4
A Cyclopaedia of Costume Or Dictionary of Dress, Including ...
BONGRACE. (French.) This article of female attire is described by Mr. Fairholt in
his 'Costume of England,' p. 441, as "a frontlet attached to the hood, and standing
up round the forehead, as worn by Anne Bullen " in the engraving of her at ...
James Robinson Planché,
1876
5
An Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Costume
441, as “a frontlet attached to the hood, and standing up round the forehead, as
worn by Anne Bullen” in the engraving of her at page 243 of his work; and he
quotes in support of this opinion, “Here is of our lady a relic full good: Her
bongrace, ...
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American encyclopedic dictionary
(8k inner.) "I hare seen her beset all over villi emeralds and pearl*, ranged in
rows about her caul, her peruke, her bongrace, and chaplet."— Bake will: On
Providence. " At you may perceive by his batter'd bongrace, that film of a demi-
caator.
Robert Hunter, John Alfred Williams, Sidney John Hervon Herrtage,
1897
7
The New American Encyclopedic Dictionary: An Exhaustive ...
[Fr. bonne grace= the head-curtain of a bed, a bongrace.] I. Ordinary Language: *
1. A forehead cloth or covering for the head. A kind of veil attached to a hood. (
Skinnen) "I have seen her beset all over with emeralds and pearls. Bongrace.
Edward Thomas Roe, Le Roy Hooker, Thomas W. Handford,
1907
8
Anonymous Plays: 3rd Series, Comprising Jack Juggler--King ...
Bongrace. Why, thou naughty villain, darest thou affirm to me [be? That which
was never seen nor hereafter shall That one man may have two bodies and two
faces, [places? And that one man at one time may be in two Tell me, drankest
thou ...
John Stephen Farmer,
1906
9
English Miracle Plays and Moralities
likeness, and stand at Bongrace's door like a servant of the house. Now
Bongrace is from home, at a feast, and has bidden Careaway go as fast as he
can to his wife and bid her join him. Care- away, going at his own pace,* which
permits of ...
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The imperial encyclopaedic dictionary: a new and exhaustive ...
[Fr. bonne gracc= the head-curtain of a bed, a bongrace.] I. Ordinary Language: •
1. A forehead cloth or covering for the head. A kind of veil attached to a hood. (
Skinner.) "I have eeen her beset all over with emeralds and pearlti, ranged in
rows ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BONGRACE»
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Anger as vandals deface priceless Cambridgeshire church monument
... wears rather old-fashioned clothes, suitable for an elderly woman, including a modest ruff and a type of flat headdress known as a bongrace. «Cambridge News, Nov 14»
The Kentucky Derby : A brief guide to hat - related words
Another kind of bonnet, the bongrace, was also a "shade formerly worn by women on the front of a bonnet to protect the complexion from the ... «The Week Magazine, May 13»