I am not yet of Percy's mind, the Hotspur of the North; he that kills …

William Shakespeare
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I am not yet of Percy's mind, the Hotspur of the North; he that kills me some six or seven dozen of Scots as a breakfast, washes his hands, and says to his wife, 'Fie upon this quiet life! I want work. ✨ 'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 2, sc. 4, l. [116]
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I am not yet of Percy's mind, the Hotspur of the North; he that kills me some six or seven dozen of Scots as a breakfast, washes his hands, and says to his wife, 'Fie upon this quiet life! I want work. ✨ 'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 2, sc. 4, l. [116]

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