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... Is fit for treasons , stratagems , and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night , And his affections dark as Erebus ; Let no such man be trusted . " Dancing was the next accomplishment on which the gentle- men had commented ...
... Is fit for treasons , stratagems , and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night , And his affections dark as Erebus ; Let no such man be trusted . " Dancing was the next accomplishment on which the gentle- men had commented ...
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