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.

The Bard Replies

This 1892 dictionary filed Shakespeare's most forcible passages under every human feeling precisely so that you could do this: state your mood or your predicament, and receive the passage he already wrote about it. The same trouble always earns the same passage — and the link sends the reply to a friend as a card.

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