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The thorny point Of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show Of smooth civility yet am I inland bred And know some nurture.

William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare
Age: 51 †
Born: 1564
Born: April 26
Died: 1616
Died: April 23
Actor
Dramaturge
Playwright
Poet
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Writer
Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
Shakespeare
The Bard
The Bard of Avon
William Shakspere
Swan of Avon
Bard of Avon
Shakespere
Shakespear
Shakspeare
Shackspeare
William Shake‐ſpeare
Smooth
Inland
Hath
Thorny
Point
Bred
Show
Civility
Shows
Courtesy
Bare
Nurture
Distress

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