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"The Comical History of the Merchant of Venice, or Otherwise Called the Jew of Venice "
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Date: 1600
"The painter plays the spider, and hath woven / A golden mesh t' untrap the hearts of men / Faster than gnats in cobwebs."
preview | full record— Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Date: 1600
"[F]or in companions / That do converse and waste the time together, / Whose souls do bear an equal yoke of love, / There must be needs a like proportion / Of lineaments, of manners, and of spirit."
preview | full record— Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Date: 1600
"Thou almost mak'st me waver in my faith / To hold opinion with Pythagoras / That souls of animals infuse themselves / Into the trunks of men."
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