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Who, in Shakespeare's "As You Like It", 'can suck melancholy out of a song' ?

In Act II, Scene 5 of 'As You Like It', the melancholic lord Jaques says to Amiens: 'I can suck melancholy out of a song, as a weasel sucks eggs.'

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Who, in Shakespeare's "As You Like It", 'can suck melancholy out of a song' ?

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In Act II, Scene 5 of 'As You Like It', the melancholic lord Jaques says to Amiens: 'I can suck melancholy out of a song, as a weasel sucks eggs.'

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