 | Thomas Sheridan - 1790 - 520 sider
...rum'-mldzh. f. A tu. mult, abnftle, an active and tumultuous fearch for any thing. ROMANCE, rô-mins'ef A military fable of the middle ages, a tale of wild adventures in war and love ; a lie, a fiftion. To ROMANCE, rà-màns'evn To lie, to forge. ROMANCER, rô-mins'-àr.... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 258 sider
...rascal, wag Roguery, s. knavery, knavish tricks, waggery Roguish, Roguy, a. knavish, wanton Romance, s. a military fable of the middle ages, a tale of wild adventures in war and love, a fiction Romanist, s. one who professes popery, a papist Romantic, a. wild, improbable,... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1826 - 906 sider
...of Druses 1811 Reeve's (Clara) Progress of Romance 2. .. . . .Co/rA. 1785 Johnson defines a Romance, a " military fable of the middle ages ; a tale of wild adventures of war and love :" Mrs. R., too extensively (for it includes Epic poems), a " fabulous story of such... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 488 sider
...ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA. s ESSAY ON ROMANCE. DR JOHNSON has defined Romance, in its primary sense, to be "a military fable of the middle ages ; a tale of wild adventures in love and chivalry." But although this definition expresses correctly the ordinary idea of the word, it is not sufficiently... | |
 | William Grimshaw - 1829 - 418 sider
...ROMANCE, s. The ancient cor rupt Latin language, such aa wfc spoken, during the middle ages. in France ; a military fable of the middle ages; a tale of wild adventures, in war and love ; a lie: a fiction, v. romance; pr. par- rvmancing ; past, romanced: a. romancer. lOMAN'TJC.... | |
 | John Walker - 1831 - 628 sider
...active and tumultuous search forany thing. ROMAN, rA'm4n, a. Belonging to Rome. ROMANCE, rt-mSnse', *. A military fable of the middle ag-es, a tale of wild adventures \'i war and love; a lie, a fiction. T» ROMANCE, rA-m&nse', T.JI. To lie, to forge. ROMANCER, ri-mSns'fir,... | |
 | John Newland Maffitt - 1835 - 318 sider
...ROMAKCE'. s. The; ancient corrupt Latin language, such as was spoken during the middle ageji, in France; a military fable of the middle ages; a tale of wild adventures, in war and love; a lie; a fiction. v. romance; pr. par. romancing; past, romanced: s. romancer. ROMAN'TIC.... | |
 | William Grimshaw - 1835 - 428 sider
...ROMANCE', s. The ancient cor rupt Latin language, such as was spoken, during the middle ages, in France; 9 military fable of the middle ages; a tale of wild adventures, in war and love; a lie; a fiction, v. romance; pr. par. romancing; past, romanced: t. no. mancer. ROMANTIC,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1834 - 418 sider
...BIUTANNICA. [1824] ESSAY ON ROMANCE. DR JOHNSON has defined Romance, in its primary sense, to be " a military fable of the middle ages ; a tale of wild adventures in love and chivalry." But although this definition expresses correctly the ordinary idea of the word, it is not sufficiently... | |
 | William Bolles - 1846 - 700 sider
...RollinL-ptn, ro'l-Ing pin. n. a round piece of wood with which paste is moulded. Romance, ro mans', n. a military fable of the middle ages; a tale of. wild adventures ia war and love ; a lie, a fiction. [romances. Romancer, ro maWBr, n. a writer of Romantic, ro man-ilk,... | |
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JOHNSON has defined romance, in its primary sense, to be " a military fable of the middle ages ; a tale of wild adventures in love and chivalry. 
