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They say we are
Almost as like as eggs.

      — The Winter's Tale, Act I Scene 2

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KEYWORD: gown

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1

Twelfth Night
[II, 5]

Malvolio

1075

Calling my officers about me, in my branched velvet
gown; having come from a day-bed, where I have left
Olivia sleeping,—

2

Twelfth Night
[IV, 2]

Maria

2021

Nay, I prithee, put on this gown and this beard;
make him believe thou art Sir Topas the curate: do
it quickly; I'll call Sir Toby the whilst.

3

Twelfth Night
[IV, 2]

Feste

2025

Well, I'll put it on, and I will dissemble myself
in't; and I would I were the first that ever
dissembled in such a gown. I am not tall enough to
become the function well, nor lean enough to be
thought a good student; but to be said an honest man
and a good housekeeper goes as fairly as to say a
careful man and a great scholar. The competitors enter.

4

Twelfth Night
[IV, 2]

Maria

2080

Thou mightst have done this without thy beard and
gown: he sees thee not.

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