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Note 142 — III

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A single proof may in each case suffice:

“Our wills and fates do so contráry run”.—Shakespeare.

“Ne let mischiévous witches with their charms”.—Spenser.

“O argument blasphémous, false and proud”.—Milton.

[These archaisms are still current in Ireland.]

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