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Can lay upon my sin yet

Choose your revenge yourself; Impose me to what penance your invention Can lay upon my sin: yet sinn’d
— from Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare

Can lay upon my sin yet

Choose your revenge yourself; 259 Impose me to what penance your invention 260 Can lay upon my sin: yet sinn’d
— from The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 2 of 9] by William Shakespeare

cousins look upon me since yesterday

Thou canst not imagine how differently the servants, and even my cousins, look upon me, since yesterday, to what they did before.
— from Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 by Samuel Richardson

Can lay upon my sin yet

I know not how to pray your patience, Yet I must speak: Choose your revenge yourself; Impose me to what penance your invention Can lay upon my sin: yet sinn'd
— from Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare

This tab, called Hiding in Plain Sight, shows you passages from notable books where your word is accidentally (or perhaps deliberately?) spelled out by the first letters of consecutive words. Why would you care to know such a thing? It's not entirely clear to us, either, but it's fun to explore! What's the longest hidden word you can find? Where is your name hiding?

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