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What does the clown mean by saying that brothels in the cities "shall stand for seed" in the second scene of "Measure for Measure"?

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Of what veil does Thoreau speak and what does he mean by being missing in this passage from "A Plea for Captain John Brown"?

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What does Thoreau mean by making one's pack in this paragraph from "Slavery in Massachusetts"?

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"That Christ deny’d divorce to his own", what does Milton mean here in this phrase from "The Doctrine & Discipline of Divorce"?

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What might Milton mean by "the work of male and female" in his "The Doctrine & Discipline of Divorce"?

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What does 'sheers' mean in scene 2, act I of "Measure for Measure"?

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What historical event / injunction does Swift allude to in this paragraph of "An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity"?

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What are the "sneaping winds", and what is "put forth too truly", in Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale"?

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Of what judge does Thoreau speak in this passage from "A Plea for Captain John Brown"?

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Of what vagabond does Thoreau speak in this sentence?

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What mechanics does Thoreau associate with earning bread?

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What does Thoreau mean about the Tract Society printing the story of Putnam?

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Why was "a world" used in this sentence of Melville?

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What kind of failures of merchants does Thoreau describe in this passage?

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To what laws does Thoreau allude in "Slavery in Massachusetts"?

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What does Leontes mean by saying that he is blessed and cursed in scene 2 Act 2 of "The Winter's Tale"?

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To what Mrs. Partingtons and to what martyrs of Chicago does Tucker allude in the first chapter of 'Individual Liberty'?

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Meaning of "Bore many gentlemen" in Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure"?

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Meaning of "Borne to uphold Creation" in "The Two Noble Kinsmen"?

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What is meant by "the crotchet of the law" in chapter VIII of Milton's "The Doctrine & Discipline of Divorce"?

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What can be meant by "an image of earth and fleam" in chapter V of Milton's "The Doctrine & Discipline of Divorce"?

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What did David Hume mean by saying experimental philosophy should be applied to moral philosophy “after to natural”?

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Of whose calumny does Leontes speak in scene 2 Act 2 of "The Winter's Tale"?

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To what "attack on the Boston Court-House" does Thoreau allude in this paragraph from "Slavery in Massachusetts"?

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What is meant by Thoreau in "A church that can never have done with excommunicating Christ while it exists!"?

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Of what people, of what liquor-agency does Thoreau speak in this paragraph from "The Last Days of John Brown"?

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What might be meant about Julius Caesar by Shaw in his notes to "Caesar and Cleopatra" by "He understands the paradox of money [...]"?

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Of what trumpery, of what dormant statute does Swift write in "An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity"?

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What passage of the Book of Malachi does Milton refer to in chapter VI, book I of "The Doctrine & Discipline of Divorce"?

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What does the clown mean by saying that brothels in the cities "shall stand for seed" in the second scene of "Measure for Measure"?

What might "And God, for a Frontier." mean in "I am afraid to own a Body—"?

Of what veil does Thoreau speak and what does he mean by being missing in this passage from "A Plea for Captain John Brown"?

What does Thoreau mean by making one's pack in this paragraph from "Slavery in Massachusetts"?

"That Christ deny’d divorce to his own", what does Milton mean here in this phrase from "The Doctrine & Discipline of Divorce"?

What might Milton mean by "the work of male and female" in his "The Doctrine & Discipline of Divorce"?

What does 'sheers' mean in scene 2, act I of "Measure for Measure"?

What historical event / injunction does Swift allude to in this paragraph of "An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity"?

What are the "sneaping winds", and what is "put forth too truly", in Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale"?

Of what judge does Thoreau speak in this passage from "A Plea for Captain John Brown"?

Of what vagabond does Thoreau speak in this sentence?

What mechanics does Thoreau associate with earning bread?

What does Thoreau mean about the Tract Society printing the story of Putnam?

Why was "a world" used in this sentence of Melville?

What kind of failures of merchants does Thoreau describe in this passage?

To what laws does Thoreau allude in "Slavery in Massachusetts"?

What does Leontes mean by saying that he is blessed and cursed in scene 2 Act 2 of "The Winter's Tale"?

To what Mrs. Partingtons and to what martyrs of Chicago does Tucker allude in the first chapter of 'Individual Liberty'?

Meaning of "Bore many gentlemen" in Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure"?

Meaning of "Borne to uphold Creation" in "The Two Noble Kinsmen"?

What is meant by "the crotchet of the law" in chapter VIII of Milton's "The Doctrine & Discipline of Divorce"?

What can be meant by "an image of earth and fleam" in chapter V of Milton's "The Doctrine & Discipline of Divorce"?

What did David Hume mean by saying experimental philosophy should be applied to moral philosophy “after to natural”?

Of whose calumny does Leontes speak in scene 2 Act 2 of "The Winter's Tale"?

To what "attack on the Boston Court-House" does Thoreau allude in this paragraph from "Slavery in Massachusetts"?

What is meant by Thoreau in "A church that can never have done with excommunicating Christ while it exists!"?

Of what people, of what liquor-agency does Thoreau speak in this paragraph from "The Last Days of John Brown"?

What might be meant about Julius Caesar by Shaw in his notes to "Caesar and Cleopatra" by "He understands the paradox of money [...]"?

Of what trumpery, of what dormant statute does Swift write in "An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity"?

What passage of the Book of Malachi does Milton refer to in chapter VI, book I of "The Doctrine & Discipline of Divorce"?