Lexicographical Neighbors of Potents
Literary usage of Potents
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1905)
"The umbo itself is tripartite in design, having three compartments containing
blue enamel potents upon a garnet ground; whilst the central " triskele " is ..."
2. The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the by William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers, George Steevens, Henry Fuseli (1811)
"Why stand these royal fronts amazed thus ? Cry, havock, kings! back to the stained
field, You equal potents,5 fiery-kindled spirits! 4 You equal potents,] ..."
3. The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of by William Shakespeare (1806)
"Cry, havock, kings!i hack to the stained field, You equal potents,2 fiery-kindled
spirits! ... potents for potentates. So, in Ane terie excellent and ..."
4. The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text by G. Steevens and E by William Shakespeare (1826)
"... You equal potents 3, fiery-kindled spirits! t" roam on ?" — MALONE. 3 You
equal potents,] potents, for potentates. J " mousing the flesh," &c. — MALONE. ..."
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