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Mend your speech a little,
Lest it may mar your fortunes.

      — King Lear, Act I Scene 1

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KEYWORD: substitute

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Pericles
[V, 3]

Pericles

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You have heard me say, when I did fly from Tyre,
I left behind an ancient substitute:
Can you remember what I call'd the man?
I have named him oft.

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