giant —
“Some mollification for your,”
TWELFTH NIGHT, i. 5. 192.
“Ladies, in romance, are guarded by giants, who repell all
improper or troublesome advances. Viola, seeing the waiting-maid so eager to oppose her
message, entreats Olivia to pacify her giant”
(JOHNSON)
.
“Viola likewise alludes to the diminutive size of Maria”
(STEEVENS)
.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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