Cant'' is, by some people, derived from one Andrew Cant, who, they say, was a presbyterian minister in some illiterate part of Scotland, who by exercise and use had obtained the faculty, alias gift, of talking in the pulpit in such a dialect, that it... Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy ... - Page 397by Edward Burnett Tylor - 1924Full view - About this book
| 1729 - 342 pages
...Faculty, alias Gift, of Talking in the Pulpit in fuck ' a Dialed, that it's faid he was underftood by none but * his own Congregation, and not by all of them. Since ' Maf. Cant's time, it has been underftood in a larger ' Senfe, and fignifieu all fudden Exclamations,... | |
| 1786 - 694 pages
...faculty, alias gift, of talking in the pulpit in fuch a dialeit, that it is faid he was underilood by none but his own congregation, and not by all of them. Since Maf. Cant's time it has been undtrilood in a larger fenfe, and fignifies all fudden exclamations,... | |
| 1794 - 450 pages
...use had obtained the faculty, alias gift of talking in the pulpit in such a dialec!:, that it is said he was understood by none but his own congregation, and not by all of them. Since Master CANT'S time, it has been understood in a larger sense, and signifies all sudden exclamations,... | |
| Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1809 - 312 pages
...use had obtained the faculty, alias gift, of talking in the pulpit in such a dialect, that it is suid he was understood by none but his own congregation, and not by all of them. Since Mr. Cant's time it has been understood in a larger sense, and signifies all sudden exclamations,... | |
| Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...use had obtained the faculty, alias gift, of talking in the pulpit in such a dialect, that it is said he was understood by none but his own congregation, and not by all of them. Since Master Cant's time, it has been understood in a larger sense, and signifies all sudden exclamations,... | |
| British essayists - 1819 - 316 pages
...use had obtained the faculty, alias gift, of talking in the pulpit in such a dialect, that it is said he was understood by none but his own 'congregation, and not by all of them. Since master Cant's time, it has been understood in a larger sense, and signifies all sudden exclamations,... | |
| Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1822 - 788 pages
...use had obtained the faculty, alias rift, of talking in the pulpit in such a dialect, that t is said s supposed Since Maser Cant's time, it has been understood in a larger sense, and signifies all sudden exclamations,... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 438 pages
...use had obtained the faculty, alias gift, of talking in the pulpit in such a dialect, that it is said he was understood by none but his own congregation, and not by all of them. Since master Cant's time, it has been understood in a larger sense, and signifies all sudden exclamations,... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 884 pages
...use had obtained the faculty, alias gift, of talking in the pulpit in such a dialect, that it is said he was understood by none but his own congregation and not by all of them. Since master Cant's time, it has been understood in a larger sense, and signifies all sudden exclamations,... | |
| Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 278 pages
...use had obtained the faculty, alias gift, of talking in the pulpit in such a dialect, that it is said he was understood by none but his own congregation, and not by all of them. Since Mr. Cant's time it has been understood in a larger sense, and signifies all sudden exclamations,... | |
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