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rhetorician (c 35-c 97 A.
rhetorician (c 35-c 97 A.
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4.
83, 4 But, not beyond=,
=A minute, or a second, looke for=. The omission of the comma after
_beyond_ by all the later editors destroys the sense. Fitzdottrel
does not mean that Wittipol cannot have 'beyond a minute', but that
he cannot have a minute beyond the quarter of an hour allowed him.
=1. 4. 96 Migniard. = 'Cotgrave has in his dictionary,
"_Mignard_--migniard, prettie, quaint, neat, feat, wanton, dainty,
delicate. " In the _Staple of News_ [_Wks. _ 5. 221] Jonson tries
to introduce the substantive _migniardise_, but happily without
success. '--G.
=1. 4. 101 Prince Quintilian.
= The reputation of this famous
rhetorician (c 35-c 97 A. D. ) is based on his great work entitled
_De Instiutione Oratoria Libri_ XII. The first English edition seems
to have been made in 1641, but many Continental editions had preceded
it. The title Prince seems to be gratuitous on Jonson's part. He is
mentioned again in _Timber_ (ed. Schelling, 57. 29 and 81. 4).
=1. 5. 2= Cf. _New Inn_, _Wks. _ 5. 323:
'_Host. _ What say you, sir?
=A minute, or a second, looke for=. The omission of the comma after
_beyond_ by all the later editors destroys the sense. Fitzdottrel
does not mean that Wittipol cannot have 'beyond a minute', but that
he cannot have a minute beyond the quarter of an hour allowed him.
=1. 4. 96 Migniard. = 'Cotgrave has in his dictionary,
"_Mignard_--migniard, prettie, quaint, neat, feat, wanton, dainty,
delicate. " In the _Staple of News_ [_Wks. _ 5. 221] Jonson tries
to introduce the substantive _migniardise_, but happily without
success. '--G.
=1. 4. 101 Prince Quintilian.
= The reputation of this famous
rhetorician (c 35-c 97 A. D. ) is based on his great work entitled
_De Instiutione Oratoria Libri_ XII. The first English edition seems
to have been made in 1641, but many Continental editions had preceded
it. The title Prince seems to be gratuitous on Jonson's part. He is
mentioned again in _Timber_ (ed. Schelling, 57. 29 and 81. 4).
=1. 5. 2= Cf. _New Inn_, _Wks. _ 5. 323:
'_Host. _ What say you, sir?
