Gear
was a word with a most extended signification.
was a word with a most extended signification.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
= One of the famous Inns
of Court (note 3. 1. 8). It formerly pertained to the Bishops of
Chichester (Stow, _Survey_, ed. 1633, p. 488a). The gardens 'were
famous until the erection of the hall, by which they were curtailed
and seriously injured' (Wh-C. ). The Tatler (May 10, 1709, no. 13)
speaks of Lincoln's Inn Walks.
=1. 6. 99 I did looke for this geere. = See variants. Cunningham says:
'In the original it is _geere_, and so it ought still to stand.
Gear
was a word with a most extended signification. Nares defines it,
"matter, subject, or business in general! " When Jonson uses the word
_jeer_ he spells it quite differently. The _Staple of News_ was first
printed at the same time as the present play, and in the beginning of
Act IV. Sc. 1, I find: "_Fit. _ Let's _ieere_ a little. _Pen. _ Ieere?
what's that? "'
It is so spelt regularly throughout _The Staple of News_, but in
_Ev. Man in_ 1. 2 (fol. 1616), we find: 'Such petulant, geering
gamsters that can spare No . . .
of Court (note 3. 1. 8). It formerly pertained to the Bishops of
Chichester (Stow, _Survey_, ed. 1633, p. 488a). The gardens 'were
famous until the erection of the hall, by which they were curtailed
and seriously injured' (Wh-C. ). The Tatler (May 10, 1709, no. 13)
speaks of Lincoln's Inn Walks.
=1. 6. 99 I did looke for this geere. = See variants. Cunningham says:
'In the original it is _geere_, and so it ought still to stand.
Gear
was a word with a most extended signification. Nares defines it,
"matter, subject, or business in general! " When Jonson uses the word
_jeer_ he spells it quite differently. The _Staple of News_ was first
printed at the same time as the present play, and in the beginning of
Act IV. Sc. 1, I find: "_Fit. _ Let's _ieere_ a little. _Pen. _ Ieere?
what's that? "'
It is so spelt regularly throughout _The Staple of News_, but in
_Ev. Man in_ 1. 2 (fol. 1616), we find: 'Such petulant, geering
gamsters that can spare No . . .
