Wherefore was I to this keen mockery born? When at your hands did I de…

William Shakespeare
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Wherefore was I to this keen mockery born? When at your hands did I deserve this scorn? Is't not enough, is't not enough, young man, That I did never, no, nor never can, Deserve a sweet look from Demetrius' eye, But you must flout my insufficiency? ✨ William Shakespeare, William Harness, William Gilmore Simms (1842). The Complete Works of William Shakspeare, p.156
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