Could beauty, my lord, have better commerce than with honesty? ✨ Willi…

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Could beauty, my lord, have better commerce than with honesty? ✨ William Shakespeare (1823). The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings, p.920
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Could beauty, my lord, have better commerce than with honesty? ✨ William Shakespeare (1823). The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings, p.920

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