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Search phrase: bookish

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Henry VI Part 22H6 I.i.257Whose bookish rule hath pulled fair England down.Whose bookish Rule, hath pull'd faire England downe.
OthelloOth I.i.24More than a spinster – unless the bookish theoric,More then a Spinster. Vnlesse the Bookish Theoricke:
The Winter's TaleWT III.iii.70pretty one. Sure, some scape. Though I am not bookish,prettie one) sure some Scape; Though I am not bookish,

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bookishof mere book-learning, obtained only from books, scholarly

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