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Search phrase: switch

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Henry VIII	H8 V.iv.8	staves, and strong ones: these are but switches to 'em.	staues, and strong ones; these are but switches to 'em:

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Glossary

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changeling	substitution, changeover, switch
remove	exchange, switch, substitution
riding-rod	cane used in riding, switch
switch	twig, thin shoot
swits and spurs	[switches] at full speed, in hot haste

Thesaurus

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switch [cane]	riding-rod
switch [change]	changeling
switch [change]	remove

Themes and Topics

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Thou and you

... may also still be seen as in hamlet’s switch from ‘get thee to a nunnery’ spoken to...
...hstone country to court x and y switch from you to thou as a sign of deterior...
...on in ma iv i 264 ff the way benedick switches from you to thou provides an indicati...

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