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  • 155 Or, “a kiss which is to passion as dry combustious matter is to fire,” Shakesp. ib.

    Symposium 2007

  • “Well, you know, that’s a quote from Shakesp …” A panicked look spread over Alex’s face.

    Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009

  • “Well, you know, that’s a quote from Shakesp …” A panicked look spread over Alex’s face.

    Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009

  • “Well, you know, that’s a quote from Shakesp …” A panicked look spread over Alex’s face.

    Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009

  • “Well, you know, that’s a quote from Shakesp …” A panicked look spread over Alex’s face.

    Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009

  • “Well, you know, that’s a quote from Shakesp …” A panicked look spread over Alex’s face.

    Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009

  • I have so much of the obtuse nerve of John Bull, my mother being an Englishwoman, that I take pleasure in loud sounds, such as drums, bells & cannon, hence my attention to the "iron tongue & brazen-mouth" of Shakesp. for when the wind sets from the city of Boston, & in a peculiar state of the atmosphere, I stand at my door to enjoy the music of her bells, and I have thought I could discover the predominancy of the London bells.

    Letters to and from Jefferson, 1825 1825

  • -- _Notes of Ben Jonson's Conversations with Drummond_, p. 15. (ed. Shakesp.

    The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) Christopher Marlowe 1578

  • Please be careful in reading any net commentary about \this subject! the comments are filled with nonsense by people who know very little about Shakesp [eare and / or Elizabthan theatre.

    GoodShit 2009

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