All 3 Uses of
observance
in
As You Like It
- It is as easy to count atomies as to resolve the propositions of a lover:—but take a taste of my finding him, and relish it with good observance.†
Scene 3.2 *
- It is to be all made of fantasy, All made of passion, and all made of wishes; All adoration, duty, and observance, All humbleness, all patience, and impatience, All purity, all trial, all observance;— And so am I for Phebe.†
Scene 5.2
- It is to be all made of fantasy, All made of passion, and all made of wishes; All adoration, duty, and observance, All humbleness, all patience, and impatience, All purity, all trial, all observance;— And so am I for Phebe.†
Scene 5.2
Definition:
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(observance) conformity with law or custom or practice
or:
taking part in a ritual -- such as celebrating a holiday