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1773
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From this reading _worst ... first_] _worst, in blood, to ruin, Lead'st first,_ Steevens, 1773 (Johnson conj.) _worst in blood, to run Lead'st first_ Steevens (1778).
1778
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From this reading _worst ... first_] _worst, in blood, to ruin, Lead'st first,_ Steevens, 1773 (Johnson conj.) _worst in blood, to run Lead'st first_ Steevens (1778).
2512
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From this reading [2512] _go'st_] Hanmer.
2513
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From this reading [2513] _Thou ... vantage_] Erased in Collier MS.
2514
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From this reading [2514] _art_] _are_ Rowe (ed.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading [2514] _art_] _are_ Rowe (ed.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading [2514] _art_] _are_ Rowe (ed.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _worst ... first_] _worst, in blood, to ruin, Lead'st first,_ Steevens, 1773 (Johnson conj.) _worst in blood, to run Lead'st first_ Steevens (1778).
Collier
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From this reading [2513] _Thou ... vantage_] Erased in Collier MS.
conj
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From this reading _worst ... first_] _worst, in blood, to ruin, Lead'st first,_ Steevens, 1773 (Johnson conj.) _worst in blood, to run Lead'st first_ Steevens (1778).
ed
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From this reading [2514] _art_] _are_ Rowe (ed.
Erased
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From this reading [2513] _Thou ... vantage_] Erased in Collier MS.
Ff
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From this reading _goest_ Ff.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _worst ... first_] _worst, in blood, to ruin, Lead'st first,_ Steevens, 1773 (Johnson conj.) _worst in blood, to run Lead'st first_ Steevens (1778).
go'st
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From this reading [2512] _go'st_] Hanmer.
goest
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From this reading _goest_ Ff.
Hanmer
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From this reading [2512] _go'st_] Hanmer.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading [2513] _Thou ... vantage_] Erased in Collier MS.
Johnson
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From this reading _worst ... first_] _worst, in blood, to ruin, Lead'st first,_ Steevens, 1773 (Johnson conj.) _worst in blood, to run Lead'st first_ Steevens (1778).
Lead'st
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From this reading _worst ... first_] _worst, in blood, to ruin, Lead'st first,_ Steevens, 1773 (Johnson conj.) _worst in blood, to run Lead'st first_ Steevens (1778).
MS
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From this reading [2513] _Thou ... vantage_] Erased in Collier MS.
Rowe
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From this reading [2514] _art_] _are_ Rowe (ed.
ruin
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From this reading _worst ... first_] _worst, in blood, to ruin, Lead'st first,_ Steevens, 1773 (Johnson conj.) _worst in blood, to run Lead'st first_ Steevens (1778).
run
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From this reading _worst ... first_] _worst, in blood, to ruin, Lead'st first,_ Steevens, 1773 (Johnson conj.) _worst in blood, to run Lead'st first_ Steevens (1778).
Steevens
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From this reading _worst ... first_] _worst, in blood, to ruin, Lead'st first,_ Steevens, 1773 (Johnson conj.) _worst in blood, to run Lead'st first_ Steevens (1778).
ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading [2513] _Thou ... vantage_] Erased in Collier MS.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _worst ... first_] _worst, in blood, to ruin, Lead'st first,_ Steevens, 1773 (Johnson conj.) _worst in blood, to run Lead'st first_ Steevens (1778).
vantage
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From this reading [2513] _Thou ... vantage_] Erased in Collier MS.
worst
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From this reading _worst ... first_] _worst, in blood, to ruin, Lead'st first,_ Steevens, 1773 (Johnson conj.) _worst in blood, to run Lead'st first_ Steevens (1778).