10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROMPISHNESS»
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rompishness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
rompishness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Spectator with Sketches of the Lives of the Authors and ...
into some other unaccountable rompishness, till the time ' I had appointed to pass
away with her was over. I ' went from her full of pleasure at the reflection, that I '
had the keeping of so much beauty in a woman, who', ' as she was too heedless
...
The established aristocracy feared the “degeneracy” introduced by wartime
lapses, as two society women lamented “married ladies supping at Delmonico's
without their husbands and the rompishness of the younger ladies.”25
Nevertheless ...
... other unaccountable rompishness, . . 4 till --v._.---.-:- _ AA/xanwnhdnfi t { l e C
r t i: s N" 187. THE SPECTA'T'0 R- 7:
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The British Essayists: The Spectator
... try it upon herself in the glass, clap her arms a-kinbow,drawmy sword, and
make passes on the wall, take off my cravat, and seize it to make some other use
of the lace, or run into some other unaccountable rompishness, until the time I
had ...
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The Nunnery for Coquettes
... and make passes onthe wall, take off my cravat, and seize it to make sbme
other use of the lace, or run into some otherunaccountable rompishness, until the
time] had appointed to pass away with her was over.. Iwent from her full of
pleasure ...
... clap her arms a-kimbow, draw my sword, and make passes on the wall, take off
my cravat, and seize it to make some other use of the lace, or run into some other
unaccountable rompishness, till the time I had appointed to pass away with her ...
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Alexander Chalmers,
1853
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An English-Welsh pronouncing dictionary: with an analysis of ...
... prancio Romping, romp'-ing, s. gwilhersi, rhont- iad, ymlafniad Rompish, romp'-
ish,a. chwanog i neidio ; chwareugar, rhontus, llamsachus Rompishness, romp'-
ish-nes, s. chwareu- garweh,, rhontusrwydd, llamsachrwydd Rompu, rom'-piw, ...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]: with a biogr. and ...
... clap her arms a-kimhow, draw my word, ami make passes on the wall, take off
my cravat, and seize it to make some other use of the lace, or run into some other
unaccountable rompishness, till the time I had appointed to pass sway with her ...
... clap her arms a-kimbow, draw my sword, and make passes on the wall, take off
my cravat, and seize it to make some other use of the lace, or run into some other
unaccountable rompishness, till the time I had appointed to pass away with her ...
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Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language: ...
_ Hour, rginp, ii. Arude, awkward, boisterous, untaught girl; rough, rude play. ' ' To
ROMP, romp, v. n. To play rudely, noisily, and boisterously. _ [inclined to romp.
ROMPISH, romp'-lsh, ad}. Given to rude plsy, ROMPISHNESS, r£'iuip'-ish-nés, ...
John Walker, Francis R. Sowerby,
1862
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROMPISHNESS»
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rompishness is used in the context of the following news items.
After Woodstock, All Dogs Go to Kevin (Book Reviews)
I think stop-and-go readers will be able to get past the rompishness of this tale, and biography lovers will easily be able to ignore it. If, in fact, you like a little ... «Frontiers Media, Jul 15»
Summer of '69 and beyond
I think stop-and-go readers will be able to get past the rompishness of this tale and biography lovers will easily be able to ignore it. If, in fact, you like a little ... «Washington Blade, Jul 15»