 | George Ruggle - Latin drama, Medieval and modern - 1787 - 470 pages
...' which was very frequently, though not always very precifely, ufed by our ' old writers, I luppofe to have been originally a corruption of corrupt Latin. ' From pro-nunc, I fuppofe, came for the nunc, and fo for the nonce j jult ' as from ad-nunc came anon. The Sfamjh entonces... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 756 pages
...names of the actors ? THEOBALD. Line 305. -for the nonce,] That is, as I conceive, for the occasion. This phrase, which was very frequently, though not...corrupt Latin. From pro-nunc, I suppose, came for the mtne, and so for the nonce ; just as from adnunc came a-non. The Spanish entonces has been formed in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 502 pages
...glimpse of the emendation . JOHNSON. u —/or the nonce,] That a, as I conceive, for the occasion. This phrase, which was very frequently, though not...From pro-nunc, I suppose, came for the nunc, and so ./or the nonce ; just as from ad-nunc came a-non. The Spanish entonces has been formed in the same... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pages
...the Jung to Hotspur, p. 181. Steevens. 6 for the nonce,] That is, as I concieve, for the occasion. This phrase, which was very frequently, though not...been originally a corruption of corrupt Latin From pro-mine, I suppose, cameybr the nunc, and so for the nonce i just as from ad-nunc came a-non. The... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 494 pages
...HoUpuivp. 17. •STEEVENS. P. 12, 1. 20. — • for the notice^] That is, as I conceive, for the occasion. This phrase; which was very frequently/ though not always very precisely, used by our old writers, I snppese to havp hern originally a corruption of ' corrupt Latin. 'From pro-nunc , i suppose ', cMrttfe... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 618 pages
...Is," says Sir Tyrwhilt, in his Note on Chaucer, Vol. IV. 207 — " As I conceive /or the occasion. This phrase, which was very frequently, though not...our old writers, I suppose to have been originally n corruption of corrupt Latia. I i in.1, pro-ntinc, I suppose came for the nunr., and so for the nonce... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 468 pages
...our old writers) he supposes to have been originally a corruption of corrupt Latin ; as from pro-nunc came for the nunc, and so for the nonce, just as from ad-nunc came anon : the Spanish entonces, he adds, has been formed in the same manner from in-nunc. The word indeed is frequent... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 466 pages
...our old writers) he supposes to have been originally a corruption of corrupt Latin; as from pro-nunc came for the nunc, and so for the nonce, just as from ad-nunc came anon: the Spanish entonces, he adds, has been formed in the same manner from in-wunc. The word inxleed is frequent... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 618 pages
...precisely, nsed by mir old writer*, I ni^pnse to llave been originally л corruption of corrupt Latin. ÍYom pro-nunc, I suppose came for the nunc, and so for the nonce' : just as from ad-nnnc tame o/ron. 1 he Spanish entonces has been formed in the §ame manner from in dine." To confirm... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 470 pages
...our old writers) he supposes to have been originally a corruption of corrupt Latin; as from pro-nunc came for the nunc, and so for the nonce, just as from adrnunc came anon : the Spanish entonces, he adds, has been formed in the same manner from in-riunc.... | |
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That is, as I conceive, for the occasion. This phrase, which was very frequently, though not always very precisely, used by our old writers, I suppose to have been originally a corruption of corrupt Latin. 
