No, sure, my lord, my mother cried; but then there was a star danced, and under that was I born.
William Shakespeare · Much Ado About Nothing
Joy & wonder
“No, sure, my lord, my mother cried; but then there was a star…”
- Author
- William Shakespeare
- Work
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Found in
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
- Year
- 1600
- Chapter / part
- Act II, Scene 1
- Length
- 20 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #100
Public domain. This passage is in the public domain. William Shakespeare died in 1616, more than 70 years ago, and the work was first published in 1600. You can copy, print, read aloud or sell it without asking permission; a credit is kind but not required. The text is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg edition linked here.
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