10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POPERIN»
Discover the use of
poperin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
poperin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
As. maids. call. medlars. when. they. laugh. alone. —. O,. Romeo,. that. she. were,
. O,. that. she. were. An. open. et. cetera,. thou. a. poperin. pear ! 36. As] Which
Rowe, &c. 38. open et cetera, tnou\ \yii) Mai 37. 0....0,] Ah,.. .ah, Capell. open, ...
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1913
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The plays of William Shakspeare: In fifteen volumes. With ...
An open — or thou a poperin pear. Shakfpeare followed the fastiion of his own
time, which was, when fomething indecent was meant to be fuppressed, to print tt
catera, instead of the word. See Minsheu's Dictionary, p. 112, col. i. Our poet did ...
William Shakespeare, 1793
3
The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ...
From hence the Poperin pear was brought into England What were the peculiar
qualities of a Poperin pear, I am unable to ascertain. The word was chosen, I
believe, merely for the sake of a quibble, which it is not necessary to explain.
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Samuel Johnson, 1809
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A general glossary to Shakespeare's works
122. Polled. —. Poperin. polled, shorn, bald-headed : the poWd bachelor, The
Two Noble Kinsmen, v. 1. 85. polled, bared, cleared : leave his passage poWd,
Coriolanus, iv. 5. 202. pomander, either a composition of various perfumes,
wrought ...
Thus much may safely be said; viz. that our pear might have been of French
extraction, as Poperin was the name of a parish in the Marches of Calais. So, in
Chaucer's Rime of Sire Thopas, Mr. Tyrwhitt's edit. 1775, ver. 13,650: “ In
Flandres, al ...
William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, 1821
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Romeo and Juliet. As you like it
... nor does it appear indeed to deserve explanation. Thus much may safely be
said; viz. that our pear might have been of French extraction, as Poperin was the
name of a parish in the Marches of Calais. So, in Chaucer's Rime of Sire Thopas,
...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edward Capell, 1821
7
The works of Shakespeare
O, Romeo, that she were, O, that she were An open et caetera, thou a poperin
pear ! Romeo, good night : I 'll to my truckle-bed ; This field-bed is too cold for me
to sleep : 40 Come, shall we go ? Ben. Go, then ; for 'tis in vain To seek him here
...
William Shakespeare, Charles Harold Hereford, 1901
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A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. 1871
As. maids. call. medlars. when. they. laugh. alone. —. O,. Romeo,. that. she. were,
. O,. that. she. were. An. open. et. cetera,. thou. a. poperin. pear ! 36. As\ Which
Rowe, &c. 38. open el cetera, thoii\ (QJ Mai. 37. O,...O,~\ A/I,.. .a/i, Cnpell. open, ...
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1878
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The Works of William Shakspeare...: Collated Verbatim with ...
Poperin Pear. XiV. 32, n. 9. Portage. VI 82, n. 3. VIII 409, n. 3. Portance X. 1^4, n.
3. .XV. 23,, n 3. Ports VIII. 3C0, n. 3. . X is6, n 1. . XII. 126, n 1. in, n. 8. Possess. VI.
224, n. 6. . . XII I 1 , 11. 9. 1- ssess'a. X. .71, n j. Post IV 10, n. 6. . VI. 206, 11. 9.
William Shakespeare, 1816
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The Works of Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
Now will he sit under a medlar-tree, And wish his mistress were that kind of fruit
35 As maids call medlars when they laugh alone. O, Romeo, that she were, O,
that she were An open et cetera, thou a poperin pear ! Romeo, good night : I 'll to
my ...
William Shakespeare, William James Craig, Robert Hope Case, 1900
