10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EQUIVOKE»
Discover the use of
equivoke in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
equivoke and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Haiku and an
Equivoke
A. Haiku. and. an. Equivoke. PUNgencies Copyright © 2013 by Paul Treatman.
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2
How to Win a Pullet Surprise: The Pleasures and Pitfalls of ...
An equivoke is a remark that can be taken two ways: One seems to compliment
the person it is directed at; the other satisfies the conscience and integrity of the
person making the remark. The most common and useful equivoke is the one ...
3
A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: The tempest. 1892
Now, when Stephano perceives the rich garments hanging abroad, as it were, for
an air, he says that the jerkin when taken down will lose its air; and prove, he
adds—his wit just catching at the equivoke—a bald jerkin. . . . . So, again, ' we
steal ...
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, Samuel Burdett Hemingway, 1895
4
The Theatre of the Moment: A Journalistic Commentary
In his scene with Tybalt, wherein the latter challenges him to combat, our great
lover is so cowardly and full of equivoke that Mercutio, disgusted, is impelled to
denounce his attitude as " dishonorable, vile submission." Subsequently, when ...
5
Memoirs of a Life, Chiefly Passed in Pennsylvania Within the ...
... the. production ; and either his participation in it, or approbation of it, was
roundly asserted by its fautors. The doctor, perhaps a-sceptic in relation to forms
of government, and ever cautious of commiting himself, 'had- thrown out an
equivoke ...
6
Bell's New Pantheon; or Historical dictionary of the gods, ...
... or the Romans to overcome Pyrrhus, The equivoke is so peculiar in the Latin
phrase, that one cannot well render it into English : / do pronounce tbat Rome
Pyrrhus sball overcome. It would be very tedious to give a history of the duration
of ...
7
The Gentleman's Magazine
In this, as well 43 in many other senfences in Sliakefpe^r (where his sublime
genius condescended to stoop to humour the quaint taUe of the times), the whole
sense and sarcasm depends upon the equivoke of oar word, viz. batt, in sound,
but ...
8
A Critical History of the Old Testament
He was of opinion that almost all the Hebrew words were equivocal j Omnes fere
di&iones Hebraic^ funt equivoke ; and as according to him the Hebrew Text is
always equivocal, the fence of the Text is limited in the Translations. Wherefore
he ...
Richard Simon (oratorien), 1682
9
The Human Tradition in Modern Latin America
unsuspected equivoke. A certainty suddenly can be perceived in different ways;
ambiguity allows incongruity as one possible perception of the situation. An
individual's inability to catch the equivocal character of a word, phrase, action, ...
William H. Beezley, Judith Ewell, 1997
... purchasing the manor of Beaumont-le-Vicomte, which gave rise to the
equivoke upon this name, made by our well-beloved Rabelais, in his most
magnificent book. He acquired also the domain of Nointel, the forest of Carenelle,
St. Martin, ...
