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... seems already sufficiently varied . In the APPENDIX are given , first , certain notes that were too long to be ... seem to contain matter that should be incorporated in a volume like the present , but in which nothing has been found ...
... seems already sufficiently varied . In the APPENDIX are given , first , certain notes that were too long to be ... seem to contain matter that should be incorporated in a volume like the present , but in which nothing has been found ...
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... seems to have meant to be a bully , to be noisily valiant . Barrett , in his Alvearie , 1580 , says that “ to swash is to make a noise with swords against tergats . " [ Coll . Verp . Huds . NARES . Exactly as we now say dashing ...
... seems to have meant to be a bully , to be noisily valiant . Barrett , in his Alvearie , 1580 , says that “ to swash is to make a noise with swords against tergats . " [ Coll . Verp . Huds . NARES . Exactly as we now say dashing ...
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... seems to be , that Benvolio , like Romeo , was indisposed for society , and sought to be most , where most people were not to be found , being one too many , even when by himself . [ Verp . DEL . [ Lexicon , p . 162 ] This play of ...
... seems to be , that Benvolio , like Romeo , was indisposed for society , and sought to be most , where most people were not to be found , being one too many , even when by himself . [ Verp . DEL . [ Lexicon , p . 162 ] This play of ...
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... seem long . Was that my father that went hence so fast ? Ben . It was . What sadness lengthens Romeo's hours ? Rom ... seems objectionable . KEIGHTLEY . The correction of Theobald is so obvious and so natural that I had made it long ...
... seem long . Was that my father that went hence so fast ? Ben . It was . What sadness lengthens Romeo's hours ? Rom ... seems objectionable . KEIGHTLEY . The correction of Theobald is so obvious and so natural that I had made it long ...
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... seems to be : She is rich in the possession of unequalled beauty , but poor , because having devoted herself to chastity , when she dies her wealth , that is beauty , dies with her . The same conceit occurs repeatedly in Sh.'s poems ...
... seems to be : She is rich in the possession of unequalled beauty , but poor , because having devoted herself to chastity , when she dies her wealth , that is beauty , dies with her . The same conceit occurs repeatedly in Sh.'s poems ...
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