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Like pearl
Dropt from the opening eyelids of the morn
Upon the bashful rose.

— Thomas Middleton A Game of Chess (1624)

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From the crown of our head to the sole of our foot.

The world's a stage on which all parts are played.

A Game of Chess (1624)

Have you summoned your wits from wool-gathering?

The Family of Love (1602)

I never heard
Of any true affection but 'twas nipped.

That disease
Of which all old men sicken,—avarice.

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