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... punishment . ( Thomas Russell and Anne Digges seem lucky to have got away with their arrangement ; perhaps they carefully avoided any outward cause of scandal , and they were reasonably well off . ) Offenders were not , of course ...
... punishment . ( Thomas Russell and Anne Digges seem lucky to have got away with their arrangement ; perhaps they carefully avoided any outward cause of scandal , and they were reasonably well off . ) Offenders were not , of course ...
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... punishment , with a kind of arbitrariness that is half accepted and half resented , as in the opening speeches of Claudio . Many of the characters in the play make their way rather nervously past the law , ' As mice by lions ' ( 1.4.64 ) ...
... punishment , with a kind of arbitrariness that is half accepted and half resented , as in the opening speeches of Claudio . Many of the characters in the play make their way rather nervously past the law , ' As mice by lions ' ( 1.4.64 ) ...
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... punishment and God's election , for reasons known only to him , of the saved and the damned . In both cases those selected for punishment must not dare to question it . 123 This line is discussed in the introduc- tion , pp . 72-3 . 124 ...
... punishment and God's election , for reasons known only to him , of the saved and the damned . In both cases those selected for punishment must not dare to question it . 123 This line is discussed in the introduc- tion , pp . 72-3 . 124 ...
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Angelo appear authority believe body bring brother characters Claudio clear clearly comes common contract death Duke Duke's edition editors effect Elbow Elizabethan Enter ESCALUS evil example executed Exeunt Exit Folio follow friar give given glosses grace hath head heaven Henry honour implying indicate intended Isabella justice kind king letter lines live London look lord LUCIO Mariana married matter mean Measure for Measure Mistress nature never offence Officers opening Overdone OXFORD pardon performance perhaps person phrase play Pompey possibly present prison probably proverbial Provost punishment recorded refer regarded scene seems sense sexual Shakespeare sister speak speech stage stand story suggests term thee thing thou thought Tilley tion true turn wife woman women