Did William Shakespeare really say 'I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tre...'?

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I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree.

— William Shakespeare Early Modern · Greatest playwright in English

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"I am not in the giving vein today."

"I am not bound to please thee with my answer."

"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players."

"Out, damned spot! Out, I say!"

"Away, you mouldy rogue, away!"

Henry IV, Part 1, Act 3, Scene 1

Date: c. 1596-1597

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