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This form of words was common , as a petty malediction , like ' and be hanged to you ' . But Oliver also plays on the literal meaning— ' Better be nothing than be marring yourself ' . 32. What prodigal portion have I spent ...
This form of words was common , as a petty malediction , like ' and be hanged to you ' . But Oliver also plays on the literal meaning— ' Better be nothing than be marring yourself ' . 32. What prodigal portion have I spent ...
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The fool brings us down at once to the level of the common . place . 4. the weaker vessel : cf. 1 Peter , iii . 7 , " giving honour unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel ” . Shakespeare seems to have found the expression comic : cf.
The fool brings us down at once to the level of the common . place . 4. the weaker vessel : cf. 1 Peter , iii . 7 , " giving honour unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel ” . Shakespeare seems to have found the expression comic : cf.
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common . And get you from our court l . 1 Me ' , un ' , cle ? You ' , I cousin where me and you are clearly emphatic , and cousin is an extra monosyllable . Cf. We do | debase | ourselves I , cousin , do I we not ? Rich . 11. , iii . 3.
common . And get you from our court l . 1 Me ' , un ' , cle ? You ' , I cousin where me and you are clearly emphatic , and cousin is an extra monosyllable . Cf. We do | debase | ourselves I , cousin , do I we not ? Rich . 11. , iii . 3.
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| Title | The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Life, etc. Comedy of errors. Two gentlemen of Verona Volume 1 of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: With a Life of the Poet, Explanatory Foot-notes, Critical Notes, and a Glossarial Index, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | Heath, 1880 |
| Original from | University of Iowa |
| Digitized | 17 Mar 2015 |
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