O, let me kiss that hand! KING LEAR: Let me wipe it first; it smells o…

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O, let me kiss that hand! KING LEAR: Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality. ✨ William Shakespeare (2015). King Lear: Tragedies by William Shakespeare, p.163, 谷月社
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O, let me kiss that hand! KING LEAR: Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality. ✨ William Shakespeare (2015). King Lear: Tragedies by William Shakespeare, p.163, 谷月社

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