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Robes

Posted by TheFallen on March 31, 2003

In Reply to: Robes posted by Lewis on March 31, 2003

: : if anyone knows phrases with the word ROBE in it, can you let me know?

: "why do you dress me in borrowed robes?"

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: (fairly close I hope) to words from Macbeth by Will Shakespeare.

Will also gives us this from King Lear:

"Through tattered clothes great vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all."

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