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    'T is better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. -King Henry VIII. Act ii. Sc. 3.

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This night methinks is but the daylight sick. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1.

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In those holy fields Over whose acres walked those blessed feet Which fourteen hundred years ago were nail'd For our read more

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Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 4.

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And thereby hangs a tale. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act iv. Sc. 1.

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Ships are but boards, sailors but men: there be land-rats and water-rats, water-thieves and land-thieves. -The Merchant of Venice. Act read more

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I would fain die a dry death. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 1.

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The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3.

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All the learned and authentic fellows. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 3.

All the learned and authentic fellows. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 3.

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