10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OSTENT»
Discover the use of
ostent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ostent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
Malone. s — sad ostent — ] Grave appearance; show of staid and serious
behaviour. Johnson. Ostent is a word very commonly used for show among the
old dramatick writers. So, in Heywood's Iron Age, 1632 : " — — you in those times
" Did ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, 1821
2
Merchant of Venice. Midsummer night's dream. Taming of the shrew
5 —sad ostent —] Grave appearance; show of staid and serious behaviour. J
ormsoN. Ostent is a word very commonly used for show among the old dramatick
writers. So, in Heywood's Iron Age, 1632: “ you in those times “ Did not affect
ostent.
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, 1821
3
Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice: der Kaufmann von Venedig ...
... look demurely; Nay more, while grace is saying, hood mine eyes 20) Thus with
my hat, and sigh, and say, amen; Use all the observance of civility, Like one well
studied in a sad ostent 21) To please his grandam, never trust me more. Bass.
William Shakespeare, J. Eckenstein, 1836
4
The Comedy of the Merchant of Venice ...
9 sad ostent] Grave appearance ; shew of staid and serious behaviour. Johnson.
Ostent is a word very commonly used for show among the old dramatic writers.
So, in Heywood's Iron Age, 1632: " you in those times " Did not affect ostent.
William Shakespeare, Ambrose Eccles, 1805
5
The plays and poems of William Shakespeare: with the ...
MALONE. s — sad ostent — ] Grave appearance; show of staid and serious
behaviour. JOHNSON. Ostent is a word very commonly used for show among the
old dramatick writers. So, in Heywood's Iron Age, 1632 : " — — you in those times
...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Richard Farmer, 1821
6
The Tragedie of Antonie and Cleopatra
56. oftentation] ostent Theob. Han. 56. The ostentation] Theobald: I dare say the
poet wrote : 'The ostent,' i. e. the shewing, token, demonstration of our love ; and
he uses it both in these acceptations, and likewise to signify ostentation.
William Shakespeare, 2001
7
The Comedy of the Merchant of Venice ... With the Notes and ...
Srnnvnns. 9 - sad ostent] Grave appearance; shew of staid and serious
behaviour. Jonusont Ostent is a word very commonly used for show among the
old dramatic writers. 50, in Heywood's Iron Age, 1632: ' ' “ you in those times “ Did
not affect ...
William Shakespeare, Isaac Ambrose ECCLES, 1805
8
The Banquet of Dun Na N-Gedh: And The Battle of Magh Rath : ...
Time is thus divided, from an atom to an age, viz., from an atom to an ostent, from
an ostent to a bratha, from a bratha to a part, from a part to a minute, from a
minute to a point, from a point to an hour, from an hour to a quarter, from a quarter
to a ...
9
The Banquet of Dun Na N-Gedh and The Battle of Magh Rath: An ...
Time is thus divided, from an atom to an age, viz., from an atom to an ostent, from
an ostent to a bratha, from a bratha to a part, from a part to a minute, from a
minute to a point, from a point to an hour, from an hour to a quarter, from a quarter
to a ...
10
Antony and Cleopatra; King Lear
Cms. Which soon he granted, Being an obstruct 'tween his lust and him.2 1 The
ostent of our love.] Old copy — ostentado». But the metre, and our author's
repeated use of the former word in The Merchant of Venice, " — Such fair ostents
of ...
William Shakespeare, 1813
