Dictionary definition: ’twere

Dictionary definition: 'twere
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      126 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 'twere (twur) [Old Poet.] it were {if 'twere time} Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Article: 'TWERE WELL IT WERE DONE QUICKLY.(Perspective)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  September 29, 1991 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Harry Rosenfeld Editor Headlines irritate readers. Headlines that are wrong, that fail to accurately reflect what the story says, or that fail to capture the full nuance. Headlines that are, to the critics' perception, plainly biased or that emphasize the bad news over the good. How can

Article: 'Twere frog legs, the snake itself had no legs'
The Hindustan Times;  September 18, 2008 ;     417 words ...Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 18 -- Researchers of the Kerala University have proved that a snake, killed in city suburbs, had no legs. Instead those were the legs of a frog that the snake had swallowed. The incident took place early

Article: Then 'twere well it were done quickly
The Boston Globe;  April 11, 1999 ;     700+ words ...THE LATE MR. SHAKESPEARE By Robert Nye. Arcade. 400 pp. $25.95. John Derbyshire is the author of "Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream." In case you hadn't noticed, we are in the middle of a Shakespeare boom. There is that charming movie, of course, (which follows the recent "Hamlet," "Romeo and

Article: SIMON CARR COLUMNIST OF THE WEEK: Macbeth's message to Tories: ...
The Independent - London;  October 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ...KEN CLARKE is a director of this newspaper and naturally a fair- minded man, so I'm sure he won't mind my saying the only barrier to his becoming the next leader of the Tory party is his laziness and obstinacy. His age and weight may come into it too, if his party doesn't get a move on. But his are

Article: Taking U.S. forces out of Europe and Asia shouldn't take 10 ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  August 19, 2004 ;     690 words ... ... quite capable of handling whatever threats they may face. However, as Shakespeare once put it, "If 'twere done, 'twere well if 'twere done quickly." There's no reason to take 10 years to do what should have been done 10 years ago ...

Article: Cenci, The: Scene I. An Apartment In The Cenci Palace.
Great Works of Literature;      700+ words ... ... a paper. And he demands at what hour 'twere secure To visit you again? Lucretia ... it that you say? I was just thinking 'Twere better not to struggle any more. Men ... never - Oh! Before worse comes of it 'Twere wise to die: it ends in that at last ...