10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEARMONGER»
Discover the use of
pearmonger in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pearmonger and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Notes and Queries: For Readers and Writers, Collectors and ...
18. 166. 342. Pearmonger, its meaning, xi. 244. 274. 392. Pearson (Sir Anthony),
xii. 450. 520. Pear-tree at Ilmington, vi. 507. Peart, its meaning, ii. 276; xi. 114.
232. 244. 274. Peasantry, popular stories of the English, v. 363. 459. 601: viii. 94.
2
THE History and Antiquities of BOSTON
As pert as a pearmonger." Ray says, a " pearmonger's mare." " He runs like a red-
shank." " He's as yellow as a peagle ;" a cowslip. iC As queer as Dick's hatband."
Mr. Wilbraham, in his " Cheshire Glossary," has, " as fine as Dick's hatband," ...
3
Swift's Polite Conversation
'there's no whispering . . .' : in 1678, Ray cites the proverb in the form 'Where
there is whispering there is lying' : 17th-19th centuries. Miss. Lord ! Mr. Neverout,
you are grown as pert as a Pearmonger this Morning. 'as pert as a Pearmonger' ...
Jonathan Swift, Eric Partridge, 1963
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Adam Brown, the merchant. By the author of Brambletye house
Help ! so loud, that it brought her to her senses again as pert as a pearmonger,
and in runs Tom to know what the row was about, and when I told him, and he
saw her nose kiver'd with ink, he laughed till I really thought he'd a-bust." The
whole ...
5
A Select Collection of English Songs with Their Original ...
Pert as a pearmonger I'd be, If Molly were but kind ; Cool as a cucumber, could
see The rest of womankind. Like a stuck pig I gaping stare, And eye her o'er and
o'er ; Lean as a rake with sighs and care Sleek as a mouse before : VoL.
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A Select Collection of English Songs: With Their Original ...
Pert as a pearmonger I'd be, If Molly were but kind 5 Cool as a cucumber, could
see The rest of womankind. Like a stuck pig I gaping stare,' And eye her o'er and
o'er; Lean as a rake with sighs and care 1 Sleek as a mouse before : VOL.
Joseph Ritson, Thomas Park, 1813
Mr. Newerout, you are as pert as a 'pearmonger this morning. , Ne-veraut. Indeed
, miss, you are very handsomex _ Poh! I know that already; tell me news. K 5 "si
Sambooy Samebady knock: at the door. Footman came: in. Footman [to ...
Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth, 1765
8
The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift: Accurately Revised in ...
Lord l Mr. Nwerout, you are as pert as a pearmonger this morning. ' Neverout.
Indeed, miss, you are very handsome. Poh ! I know that already; tell me news. \
Somehody Somehody knocks at the door. Footman comes in. Footman [to 152 ...
Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth, 1766
9
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
... on a pivot, and is fitted with a cutting point' (F. & H). persuasion. Nationality, sex
; sort, kind; description: 1864 (SOD). 'A dark little man... of French persuasion.' Ex
persuasion, religious belief, opinion. (In C.20, joc. coll) pert as a pearmonger, ...
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Adam Brown: The Merchant
Help ! so loud, that it brought her to her senses again as pert as a pearmonger,
and in runs Tom to know what the row was about, and when I told him, and he
saw her nose kiver'd with ink, he laughed till I really thought he'd a-bust." The
whole ...
