10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBSTROPALOUS»
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obstropalous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
obstropalous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The good-natured man: a comedy, in five acts
you did not treat Miss Hardcastle in this obstropalous manner. I'll warrant me,
before her you look'd dash'd, and kept bowing to the ground, and talk'd for all the
world, as if you was before a justice of the peace. Mar. [Aside.] Egad ! She has hit
it ...
Oliver Goldsmith, Mrs. Inchbald, 1808
Marlow. (Aside.) Egad, she has hit it, sure enough! (To her.) In awe of her, child ?
Ha! ha! ha! A mere awkward, squinting thing ! No, no. I find you 1 obstropalous :
Obstreperous. By Halliwell held to be genuine London dialect. don't know me.
Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Herbert Dickinson, 1908
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The British theatre; or, A collection of plays: which are ...
you did not treat Miss Hardcastle in this obstropalous manner. I'll warrant me,
before her you look'd dash'd, and kept bowing to the ground, and talk'd for all the
world, as if you was before a justice of the peace. Mar. [Aside.] Egad ! She has hit
it ...
4
A Collection Of New Plays
acquaintance , not I. I'm sure you did not treat Miss Hardcastle that was here
awhile ago in this obstropalous manner. I'll warrant me, 'before her you look'd
dash'd, and kept bowing to the ground, and talk'd, for all the world, as if you was
before ...
5
The Poetical and Dramatic Works. A New Ed. with an Account ...
I want no such acquaintance, not I. I'm sure you did not treat Miss Hardcastle that
was here awhile ago in this obstropalous manner. I'll warrant me, before her you
look'd dash'd, and kept bowing to the ground, and talk'd, for all the world, as if ...
6
The good natur'd man and She stoops to conquer
I want no such acquaintance, not I. I'm sure you did not treat Miss Hardcastle that
was here awhile ago in this obstropalous manner. 405 I'll warrant me, before her
you look'd dash'd, and kept bowing to the ground, and talk'd, for all the world, ...
Oliver Goldsmith, Austin Dobson, George Pierce Baker, 1903
7
Comedy of the Chances with the Life of the Author, and a ...
... in this obstropalous manner. I'll warrant me, before her you look'd dash'd and
kept bowing to E 3 Act III. on, Ti-nz MISTAKES or A NIGHT. 41.
Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Oliver Goldsmith, 1817
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Goldsmith's miscellaneous works
... is it possible you and I can be ever acquainted ? Miss Hard. And who wants to
be acquainted with you % I want no such acquaintance, not I. I'm sure you did not
treat Miss Hardcastle, that was here a while ago, in this obstropalous manner.
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Transactions of the Albany Institute
A large class of uncouth words, such as disgruntled, bamboozle, obstropalous,
flabbergasted and skimshaunter, that have been regarded by many as the
outcome of Yankee humor are all words that have been used as slang in
England for an ...
I want no such acquaintance, not I. I'm sure you did not treat Miss Hardcastle, that
was here awhile ago, in this obstropalous manner. I'll warrant me, before her you
looked dashed, and kept bowing to the ground, and talked, for all the world, ...
