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    Who coined the phrase "Love at first sight?"

    Question #41100. Asked by UberBabe. (Nov 14 03 11:14 AM)


    TabbyTom

    		It's an adaptation of the line "Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?" in Christopher Marlowe's poem "Hero and Leander." The line was borrowed by Shakespeare in "As You Like It."

    (Cassell Companion to Quotations)

    Nov 14 03, 11:36 AM

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