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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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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
Distress
Smooth
Inland
Hath
Thorny
Point
Bred
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Civility
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Courtesy
Bare
Nurture

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