| Anonymous - History - 1813 - 552 pages
...unto above, 10,000 pei sons, as I hart heard reported. Moreover, m counterfeiting the Egyptian rogues, they have devised a language among themselves, which they name- canting, but others pedlars French; * speech compact thirty years since of English, and a great number of odd words of their own... | |
| John Brand - 1842 - 306 pages
...above ten thousand persons, as I have heard reported. Moreover, in counterfeiting the Egyptian Kotjes, they have devised a language among themselves which they name Canting, but others pedlers French, a speach compact thirty yearssince of English and a great number of odd words of their... | |
| John Brand, Henry Ellis - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 520 pages
...above ten thousand persons, as I have heard reported. Moreover, in counterfeiting the Egyptian roges, they have devised a language among themselves which they name canting, but others pedlers French, a speach compact thirty years since of English and a great number of odd words of their... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1851 - 642 pages
...unto above 10,000 persons, as I have heard reported. Moreover, in counterfeiting the Egyptian rogues, they have devised a language among themselves, which they name canting, but others pedlar's French, a speech compact thirty years since of English and a great number of odd words of... | |
| John Camden Hotten - English language - 1859 - 294 pages
...words in the year 1567; and Harrison about the same time,* in speaking of beggars and gipsies, says, "they have devised a language among themselves which they name CANTING, but others Pedlars' Frenche." Now the word CANT in its old sense, and SLANG* in its moder n application, although used by good writers... | |
| Crosthwaite and co - 1860 - 622 pages
...centuries ago, profiled to HolUnshed's Chronicle, the writer, speaking of beggars and Gipsies, says, " they have devised a language among themselves which they name canting, but others pedlars' Jrenche." We are indebted to the Gipsies, the Hindoos, and the Persians, for such fnmilinr terms as... | |
| Children's literature - 1865 - 1136 pages
...Words in the year 1566 ; and Harrison about the same time, in speaking of beggars and Gipsies, says, ' they have devised a language among themselves which they name CANTING, but others Pedlars' Frenche.' Now the word CANT in its old sense, and SLANG in its modern application, although used by good writers... | |
| John Camden Hotten - English language - 1865 - 360 pages
...Words in the year 1566 ; and Harrison about the same time,* in speaking of beggars and Gipsies, says, "they have devised a language among themselves which they name CANTING, but others Pedlars' Frenche." Now the word CANT in its old sense, and SLANGt in its modern application, although used by good writers... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1867 - 1022 pages
...unto above 10,000 persons, as I have heard reported. Moreover, in counterfeiting the Egyptian-rogues, all the old copies, is given to the Ghost ; but it was always spoken hy Garrick, i pedlar's French, a speech compact thirty years since of English and a great number of odd words of... | |
| John Camden Hotten - English language - 1872 - 378 pages
...Words in the year 1566 ; and Harrison about the same time,* in speaking of beggars and Gipsies, says, "they have devised a language among themselves which they name CANTING, but others Pedlars' Freuche." Now the word CANT in its old sense, and SLANG t in its modern application, although used... | |
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