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Quotation from The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
“Too hot, too hot! To mingle friendship far is mingling bloods. I have _tremor cordis_ on me. My heart dances, But not for joy,—not joy”
The Winter's Tale, Act 1, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1539 (modernised spelling))
Leontes' first jealous aside as he watches Hermione and Polixenes; he names his agitation with the Latin medical phrase for a trembling heart.
Citation: "Too hot, too hot! To mingle friendship far is mingling bloods. I have _tremor cordis_ on me. My heart dances, But not for joy,—not joy" — William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, Act 1, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1539 (modernised spelling)). (id the-winters-tale-q1)
