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Shakespeare's Insomnia, and the Causes Thereof by Franklin H. Head
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So I might live one hour in thy sweet bosom."

In the "Comedy of Errors," the Abbess says to Adriana:--

"The venom clamors of a jealous woman
Poison more deadly than a mud dog's tooth.
It seems his sleep was hindered by thy railing.

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In food, in sport, and life-preserving rest
To be disturbed, would mad or man or beast.
The consequence is, then, thy jealous fits
Have scared thy husband from the use of wits."

Note, too, the kindred thought:--

"Love hath chased sleep from my enthrallèd eyes."

And again this passage, called forth possibly by the letters of the
Rev. Walter Blaise:--

"Slander,
Whose edge is sharper than the sword; whose tongue
Outvenoms all the worms of Nile; whose breath
Rides on the posting winds and doth belie
All corners of the world."

As also this:--

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