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Chapter I
These texts of _The Merry Wives of Windsor_ are from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare. The Preface (e-text 23041) and the other plays from this volume are each available as separate e-texts. General Notes are in their original location at the end of the play. Text-critical notes are grouped at the end of each Scene. All line numbers are from the original text; line breaks in dialogue--including prose passages--are unchanged.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “These texts of _The Merry Wives of Windsor_ are from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “These texts of _The Merry Wives of Windsor_ are from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare.”
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From this reading These texts of _The Merry Wives of Windsor_ are from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare.
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From this reading The Preface (e-text 23041) and the other plays from this volume are each available as separate e-texts.
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From this reading All line numbers are from the original text; line breaks in dialogue--including prose passages--are unchanged.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Preface (e-text 23041) and the other plays from this volume are each available as separate e-texts.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading These texts of _The Merry Wives of Windsor_ are from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Preface (e-text 23041) and the other plays from this volume are each available as separate e-texts.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading General Notes are in their original location at the end of the play.
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From this reading The Preface (e-text 23041) and the other plays from this volume are each available as separate e-texts.
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From this reading All line numbers are from the original text; line breaks in dialogue--including prose passages--are unchanged.
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From this reading These texts of _The Merry Wives of Windsor_ are from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare.
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From this reading All line numbers are from the original text; line breaks in dialogue--including prose passages--are unchanged.
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From this reading The Preface (e-text 23041) and the other plays from this volume are each available as separate e-texts.
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From this reading The Preface (e-text 23041) and the other plays from this volume are each available as separate e-texts.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The Preface (e-text 23041) and the other plays from this volume are each available as separate e-texts.
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From this reading These texts of _The Merry Wives of Windsor_ are from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare.
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From this reading General Notes are in their original location at the end of the play.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading These texts of _The Merry Wives of Windsor_ are from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare.
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From this reading General Notes are in their original location at the end of the play.
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From this reading Text-critical notes are grouped at the end of each Scene.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading These texts of _The Merry Wives of Windsor_ are from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading General Notes are in their original location at the end of the play.
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From this reading All line numbers are from the original text; line breaks in dialogue--including prose passages--are unchanged.
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From this reading All line numbers are from the original text; line breaks in dialogue--including prose passages--are unchanged.
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From this reading General Notes are in their original location at the end of the play.
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From this reading These texts of _The Merry Wives of Windsor_ are from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare.
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From this reading These texts of _The Merry Wives of Windsor_ are from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare.
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From this reading General Notes are in their original location at the end of the play.
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From this reading All line numbers are from the original text; line breaks in dialogue--including prose passages--are unchanged.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading These texts of _The Merry Wives of Windsor_ are from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare.
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From this reading General Notes are in their original location at the end of the play.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Preface (e-text 23041) and the other plays from this volume are each available as separate e-texts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All line numbers are from the original text; line breaks in dialogue--including prose passages--are unchanged.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading General Notes are in their original location at the end of the play.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Preface (e-text 23041) and the other plays from this volume are each available as separate e-texts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Preface (e-text 23041) and the other plays from this volume are each available as separate e-texts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All line numbers are from the original text; line breaks in dialogue--including prose passages--are unchanged.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Text-critical notes are grouped at the end of each Scene.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Preface (e-text 23041) and the other plays from this volume are each available as separate e-texts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading These texts of _The Merry Wives of Windsor_ are from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All line numbers are from the original text; line breaks in dialogue--including prose passages--are unchanged.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Text-critical notes are grouped at the end of each Scene.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading These texts of _The Merry Wives of Windsor_ are from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading These texts of _The Merry Wives of Windsor_ are from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading General Notes are in their original location at the end of the play.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These texts of _The Merry Wives of Windsor_ are from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The Preface (e-text 23041) and the other plays from this volume are each available as separate e-texts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All line numbers are from the original text; line breaks in dialogue--including prose passages--are unchanged.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading These texts of _The Merry Wives of Windsor_ are from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading These texts of _The Merry Wives of Windsor_ are from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare.
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From this reading These texts of _The Merry Wives of Windsor_ are from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare.
