ELLIPSES. after as, but, ere, if
If:See "must," 314.“I am more serious than my custom; you
Must be so too, if (you must or intend to) heed me.
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“I yet beseech your majesty
If (it is) for (i.e. because) I want that glib and oily art
. . . That you make known, &c.
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“O, if (you be) a virgin
And your affection (be) not gone forth, I'll make you
The queen of Naples.
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This is a good Greek idiom. So“Haply you shall not see me more, or if (you see me),
(You will see me) A mangled shadow.
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In the following hypothetical sentence there is a curious ellipsis:“Not like a corse: or if, not to be buried,
But quick, and in mine arms.
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i.e. "if a man does not love his own flesh and blood he cannot (love) a stranger."“Love, loving not itself, none other can.
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