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PLAY: Romeo and Juliet ACT/SCENE: 2.6 SPEAKER: Friar Lawrence CONTEXT: These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder
Which, as they kiss, consume. DUTCH: Een vreugd, zoo heftig, neemt een heftig eind;
MORE: Schmidt:
Violent=vehement in a moral sense; fierce; passionate
Compleat:
Violent=Geweldig, heftig, vinnig, krachtig, gewelddaadig
You are a little too violent (too hasty or too passionate)=Gy zyt wat al te oploopend Topics: caution, haste

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