10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SIR-REVERENCE»
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sir-reverence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. 1871
Ktly. surrever- (ed. 2). Or save you reve rence love Qq. ence Sing. (ed. 2). sir-
reverence Love Or save your rwcrence love F, F^F^. Or, White, (sir-reverence)
Dyce (ed. I). save your reverence, love F4, Rowe, £c. sir-reverence, S. Walker
conj.
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1871
2). Or save you reverence love Qq. ence Sing. (ed. 2). sir-reverence Love Or save
your reverence love F,FaF . Or, White, (sir- reverence) Dyce (ed. 1). save your
reverence, love F 4, Rowe, &c. sir-reverence, S. Walker conj.] /irev. Capell, Ulr. <?
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1871
1811). Sir-reverence, in old writers a common corruption of save-reverence or
saving your reverence, an apologetic phrase used when mentioning anything
deemed improper or unseemly, and especially a euphemism for stercus
humanum.
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare
S. A very reverend 2 body ; ay, such a one as a man may not speak of, without he
say, sir- reverence 3 : I have but lean luck in the match, and yet she is a
wondrous fat marriage. Ant. S. How dost thou mean, a fat marriage ? Dro. S.
Marry, sir ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, 1821
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Romeo and Juliet; Comedy of errors
8vo. 1681, in v. sa- reverence. So, in Massinger's Very Woman : " The beastliest
man, — M {Sir-reverence of the company) a rank whore-monster." Again, in The
Puritan, 1607 : " — ungartered, unbuttoned, nay, {sir-reverence, ) untrussed.
William Shakespeare, 1813
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Club Law; a Comedy Acted in Clare Hall, Cambridge, About ...
36: 'The stone casters to be suspended of degree yf graduates, yf noe whipped' (
16^). 139. Childest, childishest. The form is not in the N.E.D. 144. the sir
reverence of the towne. Cp. l. 423. Shakspeare, Comedy of Errors, III. 2. 90: 'What
is she?
George Charles Moore Smith, 2013
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Facetiae. Musarum deliciæ: or, The muses recreation, by sr. ...
Mopsus almost, what e're he means to speak, Before it, sir-reverence the way
must break : Such maners hath sir-reverence learnt at school, That now sir-
reverence Mopsus is a fool. Turpe lucrum Veneris. Will in a wilfull humour, needs
would ...
John Mennes (sir.), Thomas Park, James Smith, 1817
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Two gentlemen of ...
... beastly creature, lays claim to me. ANT. S. What is she ? DRO. S. A very
reverend 2 body ; ay, such a one as a man may not speak of, without he say, sir-
reverence 3 : I have but lean luck in the match, and yet she is a wondrous fat
marriage.
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Richard Farmer, 1821
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The Dialect of Craven in the West-Riding of the Country of ...
SIR-REVERENCE, Human ordure. Une merde. Miege. This curious term,
according to Mr. Nares, is a corruption of .saverence, salvfi-reverentid, and was
formerly used as a kind of apologetical apostrophe, when any thing was to be
said, that ...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare
S. A very reverent body ; ay, such a one as a man may not speak of, without he
say, sir reverence: I have but lean luck in the match, and yet is she a wondrous fat
marriage. Ant. S. How dost thou mean, a fat marriage ' Dro. S. Marry, sir, she's ...
William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed, 1813
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SIR-REVERENCE»
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The Entertainment Industry Is Actually Booming, So… Why SOPA?
95% of their content has been complete sir-reverence, and the past few years seem to have been dominated exclusively by remakes, sequels, and driveling ... «WebProNews, Jan 12»
Benjamin Franklin on American Happiness
And the more we eat, the less is the Piece remaining; and in the end the whole will become Sir-reverence [excrement]. Oh vain and miserable world! How sadly ... «City Journal, Sep 10»
Excuse me, do you speak Klingon?
... including “Siege,” “easment,” “Jakes,” “Privy House of office” and, best of all, “Sir-reverence.” Wilkins left behind a marvelous catalog of early modern English ... «Salon, Jun 09»
