lost communication (come face)

[Charles Doyle]

It's "Th' expense of spirit in a WASTE of shame," Ron!  Some scholars have suggested an anatomical pun on "waist"--but none (as far as I know) have amended the word to "face."

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:20:58 EDT
>From: RonButters at AOL.COM
>Subject: lost communication (come face)
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>
>I sent that message from my hand-held. Something must have disrupted the transmission.
>
>What I said was, "In a sonnet, Shakespeare said something like, 'The expense of spirit in a face of shame is lust in action."

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