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Show P L B:1o 3. AQor of dramatick fcenes My dearling and my joy o tragedy o a comed drama 3 ilton gentle fawns at play any thing 1n which charadte:s are reprefented by dialogue and action Onl they ) hear a merry play plaufe Shake[peare's Henry VIII be dzceiv'd ht to be a juft image of human na- 4 ture, reprefenting its humours and the changes o fortune to which it is fubjeét, for the delight an Wil Savift inftruction of mankind Vifits, plays, and powder'd beaux 4. Game praltice of gaming; conteft a a game I will play no more, my mind's not on't T did never win of you Nor fhall not when my fancy's on my play. Shak as fwordplay 5. PraQice in any conteft When they can make nothing elfe on't, the find it the beft of their play to put it oft with Jjeft L'Eftrange He was refolved not to fpeak diftinétly, knowin his beft pla t be in th dark an that all hi fafety lay in the confufion of his talk Ti/lstfon In arguing, the opponent ufes comprehenfive an equivocal terms, to involve his adverfary in th doubtfulnefs of his expreflion, and therefore th anfwer on his fide makes it his p/ay to diftinguit as much as he can Locke Bull' friend advife to gentler method the young lord; but Joh play naturally lov'd roug employment 6. A&ion wit Arbutbnot office The fenfelefs plea of right by providenc Can laft no longer than the prefent {way 3ut juftifies the next who comesin play. Dryden Pra&tice ; alion 7 manne of adling as, fair and foul play Determining as afte ner, not to be far fro I knew in fecre the place wher pointed to meet, to preven might be offered unto me an fou man we ap play tha Sidney 8. A& of touching an inftrument g. Irregular and wanton motion 10. A ftate of agitation or ventilation Many have been fav'd, and many may Who never heard this queftion brought in play. Dy Roo 11 for motion The joints are let exaétly into one another, tha they have no p/ay betwee upwards or downwards them left they fhak Moxon 12. Liberty of ating; fwing Should a writer give the full p/ay to his mirth without regard to decency, he might pleafe readers but muft be a very ill man, if he could pleafe himfelf Addifon's Freeholder PLa"yBook. #. /. [play and book. of dramatick compofitions Boo which has no being but in playbooks and romance Saift Pra'ypay. n. /. [play and day. exempt from tatks or work I thought the life of ever Da lad Should be one continual playday Balls and mafquerades and fhows. Sawift's Mifcell Pra'xpeet contralte n. /. [play and debz. by gaming There are multitudes of leafe Lives, and play-debts upon joint lives. She has feveral plgydebts -on he muft be difcharged very fuddenly would ftrait be_out of heart that fhortly we ma Players and plays reduc' His mufe had ftary'd 4 Deb upon fingl Arbuthnat hand, whic SpeSator 6. A gamefter 7. One who a& fnak therewit bega the time he had knocke an {well that Carezv no otherwife ri Sidney Sgenfer Your preciousfelf had-nof then crofs'd the eye Of my young playfellozv Shakelp. Winter's Tale Mifchance and forrow go along with you Heart's difcontent and four afflictio Be playfellozvs to keep you company ! Shakefpeare This was the play at which Nero ftaked thre thoufand two hundred and twenty-nine pounds thre fhillings and four pence upon every caft; wher he find j)/dv\:fl'//ows Arbuthnaot Pra'srur.adj. [ play and full.] Sportive full of levity Locke Pra'vuouse #. f. [play and house. Houfe where dramatick performance the youths that thunde He hurries me fro there, to the beargarden th playbouf at a play pictyres out of doors offended Shakefpeare's Oibello and fcene Stil in fleet I am a fuflicient theatre to myfelf of ridiculou altions, without expeéting company either in court or playhboufe Dryden Shakefpeare, whom you andev'ry playhoufe bil Stile thedivine, the matchlefs, what you will For gain not glory wing'd his rovin flight And grew immortal in his own defpight PrLa'vpreasure. n, fi [pla Jure. Idle amufement H taketh a kin upon the fortunes of others O Caftalio ! tho in. laokin [fro aun jome. 4 righteous plea, their utmoft vigilance, M An apology an excufe The fiend, with neceffity The tyrant's plea, excus'd his devilifh deeds. Milt Thou determin'ft weaknefs for no plea. Miltonn When fuch occafions are No plea muft ferve ; 'tis cruelty to fpate. Denbam Whoever argues in defence of abfolute pove in a fingle perfon, though he offers the old plaufibl plea, that it is his opinion; which he cannot help unlefs he be convinced, ought to be treated as th common enemy of mankind Swifte 7o PrLEacH. v. a. [ plefer, French.] T bend ; to interweave A word noti ufe b in great Rome window' O that one might plead for a man with God, a Foby xvis 2 a man pleadeth forhis neighbour Of beauty fing Let others govern or defend the flate Gramq//':Plead at the bar, or manage a debate Lawyer and divines write down thort n()tcs,}&n Watts o the Mind order to preach or plead 2. To fpeak in an argumentaiive or pe fuafive wa for or againit; to reafo with another S To plead for that which I would not obtain. .‘d Who is he that will plead with me? for no»fl;} hold nuy tongue, 1 fhall give up the ghott If nature plead not in a parent's heart, Dk ma My foolifh heart; and like a tender child thing. To PLEAD. . n. [plaider, Freth. 1. To argue before a court of juftice Pity my tears, and pity her defert playfome. an P Shakelpease Forbid the fun to enter oty 2 It muft be no ordinary way of rfflflm"‘gf "' levity haft caugh Wit Ia Bacon's Effays PLA'YSOME adj., [pla Wanton; full of levity z. / Pope and plea of playpleafur They tow'rds the throne fupreme Accountable, made hafte, to make appea To his accufation He pleaded Rill not guilty 5 and alleg' Shakefpeare's 1?{"{1' VIIL Many fharp reafons are reprefented ar fea Where honey-fuckles ripen'd by the fun That liberty alone gives the true relifh to thei Thef Thy mafter thus,. with pleacks arms, bending dow Shakefpeare His corrigible neck Steal into the pleacked bower Pla ordinary playgames n. /. [plaid, old French. Would'ft tho and fe He is fcandalized at youth for being lively, an at childhood for being playful. Addifon's Speator Pra'ycame. n. /o [ play and game. of children Pflp 3. Allegation She feem'd ftill back unto the Jand to Jook And her playfellsws aid to call, and fea di may as well p procefs, in-giving rath fentence in favour of th rich, without ever ftaying to hear the pleay or weig the reafonsof the poor's caufe Keitlewell b Inconftant in his choice of his friends, or rathe never having a friend but glayfellozes, of whom The dafhing of the waves Tule for a pla Of forfeiture of juftice and his bond. Shakefpeare "Their refpect of perfons was exprefled injudlcia Pra'syrerrow. z. f. [play and fellow. Companion in amufement when he was weary, he coul himfelf than by killing them Horace' But none can drive him from the envious pl this foul player on th head, his mouth was fcarce ableto containit in the charad er he had fiyy The magnificoes have all perfuaded with him faft by the tongue, whic fo to rankl t. The act or form of pleading 2. Thing offered or demanded in plead ing in play in any certai bit hi an PrLEA manner Th ended muc P,,p, [ play and ayy;, h applied to him as ap,/@'-wriglvf is a cunning player on the harp. 1 Samuely xvi. 16 ['1,,,1 YTHING . [pla Ioy; thing to play with Players in your houlewifery in wh feek out a man thy fervants t Wantonnefs a lazy perfon injuries, devils bein H 5. One who touches a mufical inftrument Comman 7. / A maker of plays Thusfaid the player god ; and adding ar Of voice dnd gefture, fo perform'd his part She thought, fo like her love the fhade appears Diyden That Ceyx fpake the words 2 Saints in you PLA'YWRIGHT A mimick Pra'xsoMeNESs You'r Dryd fupply'd her bread, Diyd Pra'yEer. #. /. [from play. 1. One who plays Anidler ne'er rebels or plots like o her men, had not a piece unread And by a player bought Pr Allow him but the plaything of p H fe to fecond infancy Leck Would fortune calm her prefent rag And give us playthings for our age. Thine be the laurel then ; fupport the ftage ‘Which fo declines g O Richard Bacon houfe, and fight for bitten apples. Shak. Henry V111 Your's was a match of common good liking without any mixture of that ridiculous pafiion T}}At tru fts his Plaything to- nother han 1 fear its harm, and fain would have itb' k. A child knows his nurfe, and b dac < O Playthings of a little more adwldced'age grecs t The fervants fhould be hindered f;om mfi:"f,t court to them, by giving them fiuit and Playthingin Like players plac'd to fill a filthy frage Where change of thoughts one fool to other fhews And all but jefts, ferve only forrow's rage, Sidney Certain pantomimi will reprefent the voices o playcrs of interludes fo to life, as you would thin they were thofe players themfelves Bacon A player, if left of his auditory and their ap For love of me leave off this dreadful play. Spenfer Tw PL tines kings .power a natu th fo din that is ple ing for proo aan n acainf againf an- example al compaét to brin pact, o Tosds all [‘h Licie where his own acc right upon compact 3. To be offered as a plea | Since you can love, and yet your esrorses - The fame refiftlefs power may plead for m Wit |
