From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (II: 3):
COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE:
This is a riddling merchant for the nonce;
He will be here, and yet he is not here:
How can these contrarieties agree?contrarities: contradictions
Posted on January 14th, 2007 by Scott Granneman
Filed under: language & literature, word of the day