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directed vnto youe , whiche myn advise and counsail is that youe shall in any wise ensue , and that your chauncelour shall , whiche myn advise and counsail is that youe shall in any wise ensue , and that your chauncelour shall do the semblable Sir Robart Wyngfeld within the Marches of Calays , the kinges pleasure is that ye and thother Commyssioners shall I pray you shew him on my behalf that my poure and frendelie aduise is that his grace shall liberally wryte to And the pleasure of his highnes is that the due dettes of the said howses well prouyde without Covyn it canne not be enhabited , his graces pleasure is that your lordship shall cause some oone or two of the consail there The kinges pleasure is that you shal sende a spedy aunswer herof , and therwith signifie suche occurrantes as For remedy whereof the kinges graciouse pleasur is that ye shal cause the said persones suspected to be thoroughly Wherfor his gracious pleasure and commandment is that forasmoch as we hope chiefly and specially the Frensh King Wherfor his gracious pleasure and commandment is that forasmoch as we hope chiefly and specially the Frensh Kin ye can not so sone com the kinges maiestes will is that ye shal make the shortiest abode there ye can knowe herafter The kinges Maiestes pleasure is that you shal vieu his graces howse there called Thexchequie the Kinges Maieste whose graciouse pleasure is that with all celerite ther $shall $be {TEXT:shalbe} that the worst may be provided for , his graces pleasure is that it $shall $be {TEXT:shalbe} diligently forseen ther
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Letters by Thomas Cromwell Preference for nouns and emergence of chunks and patterns
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and give concern to your honest friends: and all my pleasure is, that I can and will make you amends man, and deserved this tribute to her memory. All my pleasure now is, that she knew not half my e heart to such protection as I could find. All my comfort is, that your advice repeatedly given
- u know, has always been my principal care. All my fear is, that, when she comes to the point,
ust think so, let him say of me what he will. All my fear is, that, as he knows I am in disgrace with
- me tidings of his lady.' And now, Belford, all my hope is, that this fellow (who attended us in
- f such as think your going away a fault. The hope is, that things will still end happily, and that
- rk.] which was made him. All the news from London is that things go on further towards a King. That the
they must be purified. The worst news he tells me, is that Mr. Chetwind is dead, my old and most ingenious and to the office, where all the news this morning is that the Dutch are come with a fleet of eighty sail to ull of Monk's soldiers. 4th. All the news to-day is, that the Parliament this morning voted the House to be ys a fine gentleman. 27th. All the news this day is, that the Dutch are, with twenty- two sail of ships of t taking leave of him. But the best piece of newes is, that instead of a great many troublesome Lords, the w s word, which was very noble. 29th. All the talk is that De Ruyter is come over-land home with six or eigh e is much better, and hath good rest. All the talk is that my Lord Sandwich hath perfected the peace with Sp ye can not so sone com the kinges maiestes will is that ye shal make the shortiest abode there ye can knowe herafter The kinges Maiestes pleasure is that you shal vieu his graces howse there called Thexchequie the Kinges Maieste whose graciouse pleasure is that with all celerite ther shall be that the worst may be provided for , his graces pleasure is that it shall be diligently forseen ther
Richardson: expressive Pepys: reporting Cromwell: directive
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The usage profiles of comparable authors differ in terms of findings indicating David Hume Samuel Pepys Edmund Burke relative frequency of construction cotext-free entrenchment low high high range of nouns schema- formation and routinization of paradigmatic associations very limited limited wide innovations and hapaxes as signs of productivity
yes yes paradigmatic semantic competitors no yes yes preferences for certain nouns cotextual entrenchment no strong strong emergence of patterns and chunks no yes yes relative frequency under specific pragmatic conditions contextual entrenchment no yes, one function yes, several functions
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