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Chapter XI
[Enter the Borgias’ FOOL.] Well, Fool, what’s thy latest? FOOL Aristotle’s or Zeno’s, Lady--‘tis neither latest nor last. For, marry, if the cobbler stuck to his last, then were his latest his last in rebus ambulantibus. Argal, I stick at nothing but cobble-stones, which, by the same token, are stuck to the road by men’s fingers.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “[Enter the Borgias’ FOOL.]”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “FOOL Aristotle’s or Zeno’s, Lady--‘tis neither latest nor last.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “FOOL Aristotle’s or Zeno’s, Lady--‘tis neither latest nor last.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Argal, I stick at nothing but cobble-stones, which, by the same token, are stuck to the road by men’s fingers.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Argal, I stick at nothing but cobble-stones, which, by the same token, are stuck to the road by men’s fingers.”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “Well, Fool, what’s thy latest?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, Fool, what’s thy latest?”
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From this reading For, marry, if the cobbler stuck to his last, then were his latest his last in rebus ambulantibus.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Argal, I stick at nothing but cobble-stones, which, by the same token, are stuck to the road by men’s fingers.
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From this reading Argal, I stick at nothing but cobble-stones, which, by the same token, are stuck to the road by men’s fingers.
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From this reading FOOL Aristotle’s or Zeno’s, Lady--‘tis neither latest nor last.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Argal, I stick at nothing but cobble-stones, which, by the same token, are stuck to the road by men’s fingers.
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From this reading [Enter the Borgias’ FOOL.]
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Argal, I stick at nothing but cobble-stones, which, by the same token, are stuck to the road by men’s fingers.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Argal, I stick at nothing but cobble-stones, which, by the same token, are stuck to the road by men’s fingers.
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From this reading Argal, I stick at nothing but cobble-stones, which, by the same token, are stuck to the road by men’s fingers.
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From this reading For, marry, if the cobbler stuck to his last, then were his latest his last in rebus ambulantibus.
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From this reading [Enter the Borgias’ FOOL.]
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From this reading Argal, I stick at nothing but cobble-stones, which, by the same token, are stuck to the road by men’s fingers.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [Enter the Borgias’ FOOL.]
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For, marry, if the cobbler stuck to his last, then were his latest his last in rebus ambulantibus.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For, marry, if the cobbler stuck to his last, then were his latest his last in rebus ambulantibus.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Argal, I stick at nothing but cobble-stones, which, by the same token, are stuck to the road by men’s fingers.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading For, marry, if the cobbler stuck to his last, then were his latest his last in rebus ambulantibus.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For, marry, if the cobbler stuck to his last, then were his latest his last in rebus ambulantibus.
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From this reading FOOL Aristotle’s or Zeno’s, Lady--‘tis neither latest nor last.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FOOL Aristotle’s or Zeno’s, Lady--‘tis neither latest nor last.
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From this reading Well, Fool, what’s thy latest?
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From this reading For, marry, if the cobbler stuck to his last, then were his latest his last in rebus ambulantibus.
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From this reading Argal, I stick at nothing but cobble-stones, which, by the same token, are stuck to the road by men’s fingers.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading FOOL Aristotle’s or Zeno’s, Lady--‘tis neither latest nor last.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading FOOL Aristotle’s or Zeno’s, Lady--‘tis neither latest nor last.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Argal, I stick at nothing but cobble-stones, which, by the same token, are stuck to the road by men’s fingers.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading FOOL Aristotle’s or Zeno’s, Lady--‘tis neither latest nor last.
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From this reading For, marry, if the cobbler stuck to his last, then were his latest his last in rebus ambulantibus.
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From this reading Argal, I stick at nothing but cobble-stones, which, by the same token, are stuck to the road by men’s fingers.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Argal, I stick at nothing but cobble-stones, which, by the same token, are stuck to the road by men’s fingers.
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From this reading Argal, I stick at nothing but cobble-stones, which, by the same token, are stuck to the road by men’s fingers.
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From this reading For, marry, if the cobbler stuck to his last, then were his latest his last in rebus ambulantibus.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Enter the Borgias’ FOOL.]
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From this reading For, marry, if the cobbler stuck to his last, then were his latest his last in rebus ambulantibus.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Well, Fool, what’s thy latest?
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From this reading FOOL Aristotle’s or Zeno’s, Lady--‘tis neither latest nor last.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For, marry, if the cobbler stuck to his last, then were his latest his last in rebus ambulantibus.
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From this reading Argal, I stick at nothing but cobble-stones, which, by the same token, are stuck to the road by men’s fingers.
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From this reading Well, Fool, what’s thy latest?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading For, marry, if the cobbler stuck to his last, then were his latest his last in rebus ambulantibus.
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From this reading Well, Fool, what’s thy latest?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Argal, I stick at nothing but cobble-stones, which, by the same token, are stuck to the road by men’s fingers.
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From this reading FOOL Aristotle’s or Zeno’s, Lady--‘tis neither latest nor last.
