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To: dsc

I just looked up some online analyses of this passage. The longest and most serious one concluded that Shakespeare meant “nunnery” in its normal meaning here, but there is evidence of it being used in the other meaning in this time period (by Thomas Nashe, 1567-1601).


37 posted on 03/28/2016 5:02:10 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Thanks for the info.


38 posted on 03/28/2016 5:04:41 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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