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The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 1
The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 1

Chapter I

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This e-text contains the introductory material (44 pages) and the publisher's advertising (16 pages) from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare.
The five plays from this volume, with their notes, will each be produced as a free-standing e-text.
Numerals written as subscripts are shown inline as F1, F2, Q1....
Except for footnotes and illustrations, all brackets are in the original.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
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The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 1

Chapter I

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This e-text contains the introductory material (44 pages) and the publisher's advertising (16 pages) from Volume I of the nine-volume 1863 Cambridge edition of Shakespeare.
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The five plays from this volume, with their notes, will each be produced as a free-standing e-text.
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Numerals written as subscripts are shown inline as F1, F2, Q1....
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Except for footnotes and illustrations, all brackets are in the original.
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

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Except preposition US /ɪkˈsept/

apart from; not including

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1

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16

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1863

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2

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44

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

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advertising

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all

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

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areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

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asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

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beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

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brackets

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Cambridge

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contains

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e-text

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eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

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edition

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ExceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/

apart from; not including

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F

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five

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footnotes

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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

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free-standing

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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

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IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

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illustrations

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inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

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inline

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introductory

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material

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nine-volume

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notes

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Numerals

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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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original

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pages

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plays

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produced

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publisher's

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Q

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Shakespeare

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shown

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subscripts

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thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

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theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

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ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

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Volume

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willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

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WILLIAM

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withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

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written

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