If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improba…

William Shakespeare
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If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction. ✨ 'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 3, sc. 4, l. [142]
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If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction. ✨ 'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 3, sc. 4, l. [142]

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