10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRANECT»
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tranect in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
tranect and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Into my cofins hand, Doctor Belario, 52 And looke what notes and garments he
doth giue thee, Bring them I pray thee with imagin'd fpeed Vnto the Tranect, to the
common Ferrie 55 52. cofins] cofin Qa. Ktly, Del. Coll. iii, Wh. ii. 55. TranecT] ...
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1895
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A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: The merchant of ...
Tranect] Steevens: This appears to be derived from tranare, and was probably a
word current in the time of Shakespeare, though I can produce no example of it.
CAPELL (Glass.) : A Ferry- or Passage-boat: possibly from some provincial Italian
...
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, Modern Language Association of America, 1892
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A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: The merchant of ...
Into my cofins hand, Doétor Belario, 52 And looke what notes and garments he
doth giue thee, Bring them I pray thee with imagin'd fpeed Vnto the TraneCt, to
the common Ferric 55 52. cojins] co/ln Q2. Ktly, Del. Coll. Wh. ii. 55. Tranec'z'] ...
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, Samuel Burdett Hemingway, 1888
Tranect. Act III., Sc. i. " Unto the tranect, to the common ferry." This is the only
instance known of the use of the word tranect in English, and yet there is little
doubt that the word is correct. Tranare and trainare are interpreted by Florio not
only as ...
William Shakespeare, Charles Knight, 1876
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The Works of Shakespeare: The merchant of Venice
Unto the tranect, to the common ferry Which trades to Venice. Waste no time in
words, But get thee gone : I shall be there before thee. 5 5 Bal. Madam, I go with
all convenient speed. {Exit. Por. Come on, Nerissa ; I have work in hand That you
...
William Shakespeare, William James Craig, Robert Hope Case, 1905
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New Readings in Shakespeare
4.53 vnto the Tranect, to the common Ferrie Tranect makes no sense and is
surely a ghost-word. Rowe read traject, and I have no doubt that this is the true
reading, an anglicized version of 'traghetto', pronounced 'trajetto'. If spelled traiect
, a ...
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The comedies of The Merchant of Venice, and As you like it, ...
Unto the tranect,8 to the common ferry Which trades to Venice: waste no time in
words, But o-et thee i?one ; I shall be there before thee. Balth, •' Thus with imagin'
d wing our swift scene flies." Again, in Hamlet : « swift as meditation." Steevens.
William Shakespeare, Ambrose Eccles, 1805
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New Readings in Shakespeare
4.53 vnto the Tranect, to the common Ferrie Tranect makes no sense and is
surely a ghost-word. Rowe read traject, and I have no doubt that this is the true
reading, an anglicized version of 'traghetto', pronounced 'trajetto'. If spelled traiect
, a ...
Charles Jasper Sisson, 1956
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Comedy of The merchant of Venice
Tranect. The word occurs nowhere else. It may be a misprint for "traject," the
English equivalent of the French trajet, Italian traghetto. Coryat {Crudities, 161 1)
says: "There are in Venice thirteen ferries or passages, which they commonly call
...
William Shakespeare, 1903
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The Comedy of the Merchant of Venice ... With the Notes and ...
Unto the tranect,8 to the common ferry W hich trades to Venice: waste no time in
words, But get thee gone ; I shall be there before thee. Baltb. 'I'I'III-I'J'" “ Thus with
z'magin'd wing our swift scene flies.” Again, in Hamlet: “ swifi as meditation.
William Shakespeare, Isaac Ambrose ECCLES, 1805
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRANECT»
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tranect is used in the context of the following news items.
Beyond the Previously Known Bard
The particular reference is to a place where Portia will embark for Venice, “the Tranect,” which Shakespeare editors have conceived as a variant of traghetto or ... «Brooklyn Rail, Dec 11»
La fortuna del Mercante
Il dramma ha carattere italiano non solo per nomi dei personaggi e qualche precisa allusione (menzione del Rialto, del “tranect” o traghetto che congiunge ... «Wuz. Cultura&Spettacolo, Dec 09»
