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Search phrase: smothering

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Cymbeline	Cym III.ii.59	To th' smothering of the sense – how far it is	To'th'smothering of the Sense) how farre it is

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.a19	Lucrece' beauty, yet smothering his passions for the present,	Lucrece beauty, yet smoothering his passions for the present,

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