nor yet at the Almane's, for, said Gymnast, these jumps are for the
wars altogether unprofitable and of no use.
wars altogether unprofitable and of no use.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
' He Quotes Prior _(Alma_, Cant.
1) and
a letter from Bishop Warburton to Hurd (Apr. 1766): 'I told him (the
Lord Mayor) in what I thought he was defective--that I was greatly
disappointed to see no custard at table. He said that they had been
so ridiculed for their custard that none had ventured to make its
appearance for some years. ' Jonson mentions the 'quaking custards'
again in _The Fox_, _Wks. _ 3. 164. , and in _The Staple of News_,
_Wks. _ 5. 196, 7.
An Almain-leap was a dancing leap. 'Allemands were danced here a few
years back' (Nares). Cunningham quotes from Dyce: 'Rabelais tells us
that Gargantua "wrestled, ran, jumped, not at three steps and a leap,
. . .
nor yet at the Almane's, for, said Gymnast, these jumps are for the
wars altogether unprofitable and of no use. " _Rabelais_, Book 1, C. 23. '
Bishop Barlow, _Answer to a Catholike Englishman_, p. 231, Lond.
1607, says: 'Now heere the Censurer makes an Almaine leape, skipping
3 whole pages together' (quoted in _N. & Q. _ 1st Ser. 10. 157).
=1. 1. 97 their hoods. = The French hood was still worn by
citizens' wives. Thus in the _London Prodigal_, ed. 1709:
No _Frank_, I'll have thee go like a _Citizen_
In a Garded Gown, and a _French_ Hood.
a letter from Bishop Warburton to Hurd (Apr. 1766): 'I told him (the
Lord Mayor) in what I thought he was defective--that I was greatly
disappointed to see no custard at table. He said that they had been
so ridiculed for their custard that none had ventured to make its
appearance for some years. ' Jonson mentions the 'quaking custards'
again in _The Fox_, _Wks. _ 3. 164. , and in _The Staple of News_,
_Wks. _ 5. 196, 7.
An Almain-leap was a dancing leap. 'Allemands were danced here a few
years back' (Nares). Cunningham quotes from Dyce: 'Rabelais tells us
that Gargantua "wrestled, ran, jumped, not at three steps and a leap,
. . .
nor yet at the Almane's, for, said Gymnast, these jumps are for the
wars altogether unprofitable and of no use. " _Rabelais_, Book 1, C. 23. '
Bishop Barlow, _Answer to a Catholike Englishman_, p. 231, Lond.
1607, says: 'Now heere the Censurer makes an Almaine leape, skipping
3 whole pages together' (quoted in _N. & Q. _ 1st Ser. 10. 157).
=1. 1. 97 their hoods. = The French hood was still worn by
citizens' wives. Thus in the _London Prodigal_, ed. 1709:
No _Frank_, I'll have thee go like a _Citizen_
In a Garded Gown, and a _French_ Hood.
