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Twelfth Night
[I, 1] |
Orsino |
20 |
Why, so I do, the noblest that I have:
O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,
Methought she purged the air of pestilence!
That instant was I turn'd into a hart;
And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,
E'er since pursue me.
[Enter VALENTINE]
How now! what news from her?
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2 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 1] |
Valentine |
28 |
So please my lord, I might not be admitted;
But from her handmaid do return this answer:
The element itself, till seven years' heat,
Shall not behold her face at ample view;
But, like a cloistress, she will veiled walk
And water once a day her chamber round
With eye-offending brine: all this to season
A brother's dead love, which she would keep fresh
And lasting in her sad remembrance.
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3 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 2] |
Viola |
50 |
And what should I do in Illyria?
My brother he is in Elysium.
Perchance he is not drown'd: what think you, sailors?
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4 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 2] |
Captain |
55 |
True, madam: and, to comfort you with chance,
Assure yourself, after our ship did split,
When you and those poor number saved with you
Hung on our driving boat, I saw your brother,
Most provident in peril, bind himself,
Courage and hope both teaching him the practise,
To a strong mast that lived upon the sea;
Where, like Arion on the dolphin's back,
I saw him hold acquaintance with the waves
So long as I could see.
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5 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 2] |
Captain |
69 |
Ay, madam, well; for I was bred and born
Not three hours' travel from this very place.
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6 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 2] |
Viola |
75 |
Orsino! I have heard my father name him:
He was a bachelor then.
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7 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 2] |
Captain |
77 |
And so is now, or was so very late;
For but a month ago I went from hence,
And then 'twas fresh in murmur,—as, you know,
What great ones do the less will prattle of,—
That he did seek the love of fair Olivia.
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8 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 2] |
Viola |
89 |
O that I served that lady
And might not be delivered to the world,
Till I had made mine own occasion mellow,
What my estate is!
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9 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 2] |
Viola |
96 |
There is a fair behavior in thee, captain;
And though that nature with a beauteous wall
Doth oft close in pollution, yet of thee
I will believe thou hast a mind that suits
With this thy fair and outward character.
I prithee, and I'll pay thee bounteously,
Conceal me what I am, and be my aid
For such disguise as haply shall become
The form of my intent. I'll serve this duke:
Thou shall present me as an eunuch to him:
It may be worth thy pains; for I can sing
And speak to him in many sorts of music
That will allow me very worth his service.
What else may hap to time I will commit;
Only shape thou thy silence to my wit.
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10 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 2] |
Viola |
113 |
I thank thee: lead me on.
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11 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 3] |
Sir Toby Belch |
116 |
What a plague means my niece, to take the death of
her brother thus? I am sure care's an enemy to life.
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12 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 3] |
Sir Toby Belch |
124 |
Confine! I'll confine myself no finer than I am:
these clothes are good enough to drink in; and so be
these boots too: an they be not, let them hang
themselves in their own straps.
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13 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 3] |
Maria |
128 |
That quaffing and drinking will undo you: I heard
my lady talk of it yesterday; and of a foolish
knight that you brought in one night here to be her wooer.
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14 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 3] |
Sir Andrew Aguecheek |
164 |
Good Mistress Accost, I desire better acquaintance.
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15 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 3] |
Sir Andrew Aguecheek |
169 |
By my troth, I would not undertake her in this
company. Is that the meaning of 'accost'?
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16 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 3] |
Sir Andrew Aguecheek |
174 |
An you part so, mistress, I would I might never
draw sword again. Fair lady, do you think you have
fools in hand?
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17 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 3] |
Maria |
177 |
Sir, I have not you by the hand.
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18 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 3] |
Maria |
179 |
Now, sir, 'thought is free:' I pray you, bring
your hand to the buttery-bar and let it drink.
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19 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 3] |
Sir Andrew Aguecheek |
183 |
Why, I think so: I am not such an ass but I can
keep my hand dry. But what's your jest?
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20 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 3] |
Maria |
187 |
Ay, sir, I have them at my fingers' ends: marry,
now I let go your hand, I am barren.
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