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... maid . The corresponding masculine was tapper . Ster was originally the feminine suffix of agency . Cf. spinster . 242. Bet = = better . - - Lazer 243. Swich such . 245. Sike = - = sick . 247. Poraille = = leper , from Lazarus in the ...
... maid . The corresponding masculine was tapper . Ster was originally the feminine suffix of agency . Cf. spinster . 242. Bet = = better . - - Lazer 243. Swich such . 245. Sike = - = sick . 247. Poraille = = leper , from Lazarus in the ...
Page 118
... maid , O , how great sorrow my sad soule assaid ! Then forth I went his woefull corse to find , And many yeares throughout the world I straid , A virgin widow ; whose deepe wounded mind With love long time did languish , as the striken ...
... maid , O , how great sorrow my sad soule assaid ! Then forth I went his woefull corse to find , And many yeares throughout the world I straid , A virgin widow ; whose deepe wounded mind With love long time did languish , as the striken ...
Page 119
... maid . Let fall her eien , as shamefast , to the earth , And yeelding soft , in that she nought gainsaid , So forth they rode , he feining seemely merth , And shee coy lookes : so dainty , they say , maketh derth . XXVIII . Long time ...
... maid . Let fall her eien , as shamefast , to the earth , And yeelding soft , in that she nought gainsaid , So forth they rode , he feining seemely merth , And shee coy lookes : so dainty , they say , maketh derth . XXVIII . Long time ...
Page 183
... maid . JESSICA , daughter to Shylock . Magnificoes of Venice , Officers of the Court of Justice , Gaoler , Servants to Portia , and other Attendants . SCENE : Partly at Venice , and partly at Belmont , the seat of Portia , on the ...
... maid . JESSICA , daughter to Shylock . Magnificoes of Venice , Officers of the Court of Justice , Gaoler , Servants to Portia , and other Attendants . SCENE : Partly at Venice , and partly at Belmont , the seat of Portia , on the ...
Page 200
... maids is a simple coming - in for one man : and then to scape drowning thrice , and to be in peril of my life with the edge of a feather - bed ; 32 here are simple scapes . Well , if Fortune be a woman , she's a good wench for this gear ...
... maids is a simple coming - in for one man : and then to scape drowning thrice , and to be in peril of my life with the edge of a feather - bed ; 32 here are simple scapes . Well , if Fortune be a woman , she's a good wench for this gear ...
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