Oh! it offends me to the soul to hear a robust periwig-pated fellow, t…

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Oh! it offends me to the soul to hear a robust periwig-pated fellow, tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings. ✨ 'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. 1
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Oh! it offends me to the soul to hear a robust periwig-pated fellow, tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings. ✨ 'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. 1

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