"Peccant" Quotes from Famous Books
... Commentators.—The celebrated Dr. Dee had a Spirit, who would sometimes condescend to correct him, when peccant in Quantity: and it had been kind of him to have a little assisted the Wights above-mentioned.—Milton affected the Antique; but it may seem more extraordinary that the old Accent should ... — Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare • D. Nichol Smith |