All-hallown
“summer,”
1 HENRY IV., i. 2. 152.
“That is, late summer; All-hallows meaning All-Saints,
which festival is the first of November.”
Nares's Gloss.
“Shakespeare's allusion is designed to ridicule an old man
with youthful passions”
(STEEVENS)
.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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