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“He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one; Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading; Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him sweet as summer.”
Provenance
- Source:
- King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.
- Type:
- play
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 952c3f1242678437cc94331121f2b597042be805c960751f526ce3d75d7b839e
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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