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1. quest law
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Ay marry is’t, crowner’s quest law. It is will he, nill he, he goes… Ay, tell me that, and unyoke. To contract-o the time for-a my behove… As if ‘twere Cain’s jawbone… … this ass now o’erreachers… … and now my Lady Worm’s, chopless, and knocked
about the mazard… …more the breeding but to play at leggets with ‘em? …about the sconce with a dirty shovel… We must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo
us. … he galls his kibe. I have been sexton here… A tanner will last you nine year. …sore decayer of your whoreson dead body. …a poured a flagon of Rhenish on my head once. My gorge rises at it! Quite chop-fallen? Dost thou think Alexander looked o’ this… ..did with desperate hand fordo it own life. The potent poison quite o’ercrows my spirit. It is a poison tempered by himself. The treacherous instrument is in thy hand, unbated
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Hamlet Act V Pre-Vocab
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1. quest law
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a)
triamphs over b)
destroy c)
without jaws d)
outwits e)
killed his brother
Abel (with a donkey’s jawbone) f)
enjoyment, advantage g)
stop work h)
willy-nilly (whether
he wants to or not) i)
law of inquests j)
skittles (in the
Elizabethan game, sticks were thrown at a post) k)
head l)
Rhine wine m)
I am sickened n)
miserable (down in the
mouth) o)
Conqueror who ruled a
massive Empire p)
mixed q)
sharp and poisonous r)
poxy (expressing
contemptuous familiarity) s)
workman who turns
animal skins to leather t)
gravedigger u)
scuffs his chilblain
(treads on his heels) v)
deliberate ambiguity,
double meaning |