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... Revels V.4.38 . And , for your spectators , you behold them , what they are ( = as regards ) Ibid V.6.48 . they would not blame , / And taxe , for or unjust , or for as proud , / Thy Cynthia ( = as . After the second for , as is a ...
... Revels V.4.38 . And , for your spectators , you behold them , what they are ( = as regards ) Ibid V.6.48 . they would not blame , / And taxe , for or unjust , or for as proud , / Thy Cynthia ( = as . After the second for , as is a ...
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... Revels III.2.56 . approve anything thou hearest of his , to the receiv'd opinion of it ( e ) = ' Compared to ' T. of Shrew III.2.153 . She's a lamb , a dove , a fool to him ! Cor . II.1.110 . the most soueraigne Prescription in Galen ...
... Revels III.2.56 . approve anything thou hearest of his , to the receiv'd opinion of it ( e ) = ' Compared to ' T. of Shrew III.2.153 . She's a lamb , a dove , a fool to him ! Cor . II.1.110 . the most soueraigne Prescription in Galen ...
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... Revels IV.1.149 . There shoulde not a Nymph , or a widdow be got with childe 7. Inversion of subject after ' that ' or ' this ' when it is the emphatic object or complement of an affirmation Inversion did not always occur , e.g. Merry ...
... Revels IV.1.149 . There shoulde not a Nymph , or a widdow be got with childe 7. Inversion of subject after ' that ' or ' this ' when it is the emphatic object or complement of an affirmation Inversion did not always occur , e.g. Merry ...
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Introduction | 13 |
Social Strata and Levels of Communication | 21 |
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