I durst not laugh for fear of opening my lips and receiving the bad ai…

William Shakespeare
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I durst not laugh for fear of opening my lips and receiving the bad air. ✨ William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, Samuel Johnson, Mr. Theobald (Lewis) (1821). The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, p.21
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I durst not laugh for fear of opening my lips and receiving the bad air. ✨ William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, Samuel Johnson, Mr. Theobald (Lewis) (1821). The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, p.21

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