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... thought it sufficient to record ' inough . FFF ̧ . ' On the other hand , when it is a matter not of punctuation , but of words , I have not swelled the space of the notes by giving every variety of punctuation . E. g . , III , v , 176 ...
... thought it sufficient to record ' inough . FFF ̧ . ' On the other hand , when it is a matter not of punctuation , but of words , I have not swelled the space of the notes by giving every variety of punctuation . E. g . , III , v , 176 ...
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... thought she did remove ; Onely he sought to honor her , to serve her and to love . To her he writeth oft , oft messengers are sent , At length ( in hope of better spede ) himselfe the lover went ; Present to pleade for grace , which ...
... thought she did remove ; Onely he sought to honor her , to serve her and to love . To her he writeth oft , oft messengers are sent , At length ( in hope of better spede ) himselfe the lover went ; Present to pleade for grace , which ...
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... thought of the winnowing that he had seen at Stratford , where we may be sure they were yet guiltless of the ma- chine so sacrilegious in the eyes of Mause Headrigg , for raising wind for their ain particular use by human art , instead ...
... thought of the winnowing that he had seen at Stratford , where we may be sure they were yet guiltless of the ma- chine so sacrilegious in the eyes of Mause Headrigg , for raising wind for their ain particular use by human art , instead ...
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... thought : She was magically encharmed from love's bow by chastity . Nobody will deny that " unharm'd " ( changed by Rowe from " uncharm'd " of Q1 ) is compara- tively flat , poor and insignificant . This emendation cannot be doubted ...
... thought : She was magically encharmed from love's bow by chastity . Nobody will deny that " unharm'd " ( changed by Rowe from " uncharm'd " of Q1 ) is compara- tively flat , poor and insignificant . This emendation cannot be doubted ...
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... thought and conversation . Question means conversation . So in the Rape of Lu- crece : " And after supper long he questioned With modest Lucrece . " And in many passages in our author's plays . [ Sing . and Huds . subs . Hal . STA ...
... thought and conversation . Question means conversation . So in the Rape of Lu- crece : " And after supper long he questioned With modest Lucrece . " And in many passages in our author's plays . [ Sing . and Huds . subs . Hal . STA ...
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