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* The quotes come from The Shakspeare Calendar; or, WIT AND WISDOM for Every Day in the Year, edited by William C. Richards; New York: George P. Putnam; 1850. Thanks to other generous, brainy types: Free JavaScripts provided(and modified by straydoc for Elfinspell) by Peg Duggan at The JavaScript Source! Also, for free, Eric Bosrup's little text tip tool, a javascript called overlib. |
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