Return to Shakespeare's Sonnet 134 |
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confess'd: acknowledged.
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mortgaged: pledged against a doubtful outcome. will: (1) wishes (2) pleasure, especially sexual.
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so: provided that. that other mine: my other self (my best friend).
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will not: does not will to.
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kind: generous.
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surety-like: as a guarantor. write: endorse.
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bond: mortgage. bind: rope or chain.
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statute: full amount secured under bond; security (of a usurer).
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use: (1) interest. (2) sexual activity.
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came: who became.
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my unkind abuse: your unkind deceiving of me; unnatural ill-usage.