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I never tempted her with word too large,
But, as a brother to his sister, show'd
Bashful sincerity and comely love.

      — Much Ado about Nothing, Act IV Scene 1

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KEYWORD: anthropophaginian

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Merry Wives of Windsor
[IV, 5]

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There's his chamber, his house, his castle, his
standing-bed and truckle-bed; 'tis painted about
with the story of the Prodigal, fresh and new. Go
knock and call; hell speak like an Anthropophaginian
unto thee: knock, I say.

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