A Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations

Every human feeling, answered by Shakespeare: an 1892 dictionary that files the Bard's best lines under the passions they express — from Ambition to Woe.

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2 subjects in this part of Shakespearian Quotations.

Zanies

Zanies: I protest, I take these wise men, that crow so at these kind of fools, no better set kind of fools, no better than the fools'…

Zeal Disregarded

Zeal Disregarded: To whose ingrate and unauspicious altars, My soul the faithfull'st offerings hath breath'd out, That e'er devotion…

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