"Our myriad-minded Shakspear."
— Biographia Literaria
January 1, 1970
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:Footnote: Ἄνης μυριονῶς, a phrase which I have borrowed from a Greek monk, who applies it to a Patriarch of Constantinople. I might have said, that I have reclaimed, rather than borrowed it: for it seems to belong to Shakespear, de jure singulari, et ex privilegio naturæ.
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:Footnote: Ἄνης μυριονῶς, a phrase which I have borrowed from a Greek monk, who applies it to a Patriarch of Constantinople. I might have said, that I have reclaimed, rather than borrowed it: for it seems to belong to Shakespear, de jure singulari, et ex privilegio naturæ.