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... EMIH IV.3.51 . I made him monstrous drunke ( d ) Only ( = very ) EMIH II.3.77 . it's your only best humor sir , your true melancholy Revels Induc . 210. old Hieronimo ... was the onely best , and iudiciously pend play of Europe ( e ) ...
... EMIH IV.3.51 . I made him monstrous drunke ( d ) Only ( = very ) EMIH II.3.77 . it's your only best humor sir , your true melancholy Revels Induc . 210. old Hieronimo ... was the onely best , and iudiciously pend play of Europe ( e ) ...
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... EMIH ( F ) II.5.56 . only fear'd / His palate should degenerate , not his manners Revels IV.4.19 . if I had knowne ... EMIH V.2.48 . Signior I shall have my coat ( = must ) EMOH II.3.117 . good fellowes , such as shall doe you more grace ...
... EMIH ( F ) II.5.56 . only fear'd / His palate should degenerate , not his manners Revels IV.4.19 . if I had knowne ... EMIH V.2.48 . Signior I shall have my coat ( = must ) EMOH II.3.117 . good fellowes , such as shall doe you more grace ...
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... EMIH I.3.32 . do you not meane signior Bobadilla ? Bart F. IV.2.32 . doe you not know him ? The modern colloquial order , in which the negative precedes the subject , was not quite so common , until the seventeenth century , e.g. CA I ...
... EMIH I.3.32 . do you not meane signior Bobadilla ? Bart F. IV.2.32 . doe you not know him ? The modern colloquial order , in which the negative precedes the subject , was not quite so common , until the seventeenth century , e.g. CA I ...
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Introduction | 13 |
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