I Had Rather Be A Kitten And Cry Mew Than One Of These Same Metre Ballad-mongers.

I had rather be a kitten and cry mew
Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV
-- Act iii, Sc. 1

I am not in the roll of common men. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act iii, Sc.
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A good mouth-filling oath. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act iii, Sc. 1
Exceedingly well read. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act iii, Sc. 1
A deal of skimble-skamble stuff. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act iii, Sc.
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With all appliances and means to boot. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act iii, Sc.
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I know a trick worth two of that. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act ii, Sc.
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I 'll tickle your catastrophe. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act ii, Sc. 1
So shaken as we are, so wan with care. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act i, Sc.
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Diseased Nature oftentimes breaks forth In strange eruptions.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act iii, Sc. 1...