New posts in seventeenth-century-english

Why do some early modern English writers use an apostrophe in art (ar't)?

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17th Century term for Mother [duplicate]

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What does 'measuring cast' mean? (1660, UK)

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Why are some of the words capitalized even though they do not refer to God or something Godly?

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When did English stop requiring capitalisation of non-proper nouns? [duplicate]

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Meaning of "Friday face" in 1592

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What is the most vulgar word one could use when describing "LIFE" and a phrase for an "ALL-HATING GOD"

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"For who so firm that cannot be seduced?" Where is the verb in this Shakespeare quotation?

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Was it common in Shakespeare's time for adverbial phrases and objects to precede the verb in spoken English?

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Why is ‘Earth’ often spelt with a lowercase e, even when referring to the planet?

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Why is “Object” capitalized in the Declaration of Independence? [duplicate]

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Defining lapidarical

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No direct object in 'give thee faithfully to follow' ? (1670 UK, Isaac Penington)

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What is an "asse" in Elizabethan English?

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What is a 17th-century affectionate term for "Mother"?

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Are English language books translated to contemporary English? [closed]

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Reading of Swift's On Poetry correctly

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"An" in Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew

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What are the origins of title case? [duplicate]

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"Will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month" - what does this "stand to" mean?

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