10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRUELOVE KNOT»
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A dictionary of the English language
Truelove-knot', 3. a particular kind of knot. Tru'eness, s. sincerity; faithfulness.
True'penny, s. a worthy honest fellow. Truffle, s. a subterraneous mushroom. Tru'
ism, s. a self-evident truth. Trull, s. a vagrant dirty strumpet. Tru'ly, ad. certainly, ...
Robert Joseph Sullivan,
1847
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Elizabethan Silent Language
[B]ut I am much deceived if, by the turning of one loop or two, her Majesty may not
convert it to a truelove's knot. The mean I know, but not the manner, further than
that I am assured that no woman of less virtue, grace, and beauty than the best ...
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Encyclopædia of Antiquities: And Elements of Archaeology, ...
... as cognizances, were common. The knot was the symbol of Love, Faith, and
Friendship, among the ancient Danes. The Truelove knot is from the Danish
Trulqfa, " I plight my faith." Thence came the Bride-favours, or top-knots at
marriages3.
Thomas Dudley Fosbroke,
1825
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Roget's Thesaurus of Phrases
... middle- age spread, spare tire love knot badge of loyalty, lover's knot, rosette,
true lovers' knot, truelove knot love life sex life love nest abode of love,
assignation house, bower, bower of bliss, lovers' lane, meeting place, place of
assignation, ...
19, we read : " I shall appeal to any Enamoreto but newly married, whether he
took not more pleasure in weaving innocent Truelove Knot: than in untying the
Virgin zone, or knitting that more than Gordian Knot, which none but that
invincible ...
John Brand, William Carew Hazlitt,
1870
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Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from ...
... Together fast I tie the garters twain, And, while I knit the knot, repeat this strain ;
Three times a truelove's knot I tie secure, Firm be the knot, firm may his love
endure. Withmy sharp heel I three times mark the ground, And turn me thrice
around, ...
7
The Poetical Works of John Gay
... v 113 . . . i, 86 Thrashing . . . . . . ii, 66 Parish Clerk . vi 49 Truelove's Knot . . . iv,
115 . vi 67 Valentine's Day . Udder . . iv, 37 Rake . v, 123 . . i. 4 . V, 103 . vi, 119
Wake . . ii, 4 Robin Readbreast . King ...
... the garters twain, And, while I knit the knot, repeat this strain ; Three times a
truelove's knot I tie secure, Firm be the knot, firm may his love endure. With my
sharp heel I three times mark the ground, And turn me thrice around, around,
around.
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English Poets of the Eighteenth Century by Selected and ...
Now mine I quickly doff of inkle blue; Together fast I tie the garters twain, And
while I knit the knot repeat this strain: 'Three times a truelove's knot I tie secure;
Firm be the knot, firm mayhis loveendure!' With my sharpheelI threetimes mark
the ...
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Kenilworth (Extended Illustrated And Annotated Edition):
"No, sir,"repliedthelady,rejecting the instrument which he offered —"steel poniard
shall cut no truelove knot of mine." "It has cut many, however," saidAnthony
Foster, halfaside, andlooking at Varney.Bythis time the knotwas
disentangledwithout ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRUELOVE KNOT»
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Art Review | 'New at the Morgan: Acquisitions Since 2004' JP …
... François I. Smaller than a BlackBerry and sweetly illustrated, it is open to an image of the Holy Trinity framed by a truelove knot, François's signature emblem. «New York Times, Apr 09»
Arturo Vivante, Author of Tales Defined by Their Detail, Dies at 84
Mr. Vivante's last novel, “Truelove Knot,” was published in 2007 by University of Notre Dame Press. It reflects the year he spent in an internment camp in Canada ... «New York Times, Apr 08»