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True is it that we have seen better days. — William Shakespeare

Play · Comedy (play)

True is it that we have seen better days.

William Shakespeare
As You Like It · 1616
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Topic
Looking back
Genre
Comedy (play)
Medium
Play
Time
1616The Renaissance
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William Shakespeare
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Current citation
Shakespeare, William. "As You Like It." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 7.
Original citation
Shakespeare, William. "As You Like It." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 2, sc. 7.

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