Careful Words

selfsame (adj.)

In my school-days, when I had lost one shaft,

I shot his fellow of the selfsame flight

The selfsame way, with more advised watch,

To find the other forth; and by adventuring both,

I oft found both.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.

The selfsame heaven

That frowns on me looks sadly upon him.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.