Quote#Speech
Then he will talk—good gods! how he will talk!
Quote byNathaniel Lee · 1653–1692
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Rival Queens, or the Death of Alexander the Great (1677), Act i., Sc. 3. "It would talk,— Lord! how it talked!", Beaumont and Fletcher, Scornful Lady (c. 1613; printed 1616), Act v., Sc. 1..
English (original)
Then he will talk—good gods! how he will talk!
— Nathaniel Lee
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