Note 73 — CONTROVERSY BETWEEN DRYDEN AND STILLINGFLEET, CONCERNING THE DUCHESS OF YORK’S PAPER.
Reading edition
From the French rompre en visiere; a phrase taken from tilting, and used metaphorically for giving an open affront.
Reading edition
From the French rompre en visiere; a phrase taken from tilting, and used metaphorically for giving an open affront.