Word: twere
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...essential part of our appeal." And in a closed meeting with Tory backbenchers, the Prime Minister zestfully echoed another knife-wielding Mac known for his ruthless ambition. Defending the suddenness of his massacre, Macmillan said with Macbeth: "If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly...
...broods away his days in the company of the "fops and fools of the coffeehouses" of 17th century London. What distinguishes him from his fellows is not only his self-imposed celibacy but also a curious kind of virginity of the mind, "a set of the grain as 'twere, that would keep [him] ingenuous even if all the books in all the libraries of Europe were distilled in [his] brain." His name is Ebenezer Cooke, and in this boisterous historical farce he emerges as one of the most diverting heroes to roam the world since Candide was expelled from...