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Small things make base men proud. ✨ William Shakespeare, Thomas Dolby (1832). The Shakespearian Dictionary, Forming a General Index to All the Popular Expressions, and Most Striking Passages in the Works of Shakespeare, from a Few Words to Fifty Or More Lines ... By T. Dolby, p.261
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Small things make base men proud. ✨ William Shakespeare, Thomas Dolby (1832). The Shakespearian Dictionary, Forming a General Index to All the Popular Expressions, and Most Striking Passages in the Works of Shakespeare, from a Few Words to Fifty Or More Lines ... By T. Dolby, p.261

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