That Was Then
“Should any American soldier be so base and infamous as to injure any [prisoner]… I do most earnestly enjoin you to bring him to such severe and exemplary punishment as the enormity of the crime may require. Should it extend to death itself, it will not be disproportional to its guilt at such a time [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“I had as lief be wooed of a snail.”
–As You Like It, 4.1.50

