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Twelfth Night
[I, 4] |
Orsino |
258 |
Stand you a while aloof, Cesario,
Thou know'st no less but all; I have unclasp'd
To thee the book even of my secret soul:
Therefore, good youth, address thy gait unto her;
Be not denied access, stand at her doors,
And tell them, there thy fixed foot shall grow
Till thou have audience.
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2 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 5] |
Maria |
296 |
Nay, either tell me where thou hast been, or I will
not open my lips so wide as a bristle may enter in
way of thy excuse: my lady will hang thee for thy absence.
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3 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 5] |
Maria |
303 |
A good lenten answer: I can tell thee where that
saying was born, of 'I fear no colours.'
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4 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 5] |
Olivia |
439 |
Tell him he shall not speak with me.
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5 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 5] |
Viola |
464 |
Most radiant, exquisite and unmatchable beauty,—I
pray you, tell me if this be the lady of the house,
for I never saw her: I would be loath to cast away
my speech, for besides that it is excellently well
penned, I have taken great pains to con it. Good
beauties, let me sustain no scorn; I am very
comptible, even to the least sinister usage.
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6 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 5] |
Viola |
495 |
No, good swabber; I am to hull here a little
longer. Some mollification for your giant, sweet
lady. Tell me your mind: I am a messenger.
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7 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 5] |
Olivia |
572 |
Get you to your lord;
I cannot love him: let him send no more;
Unless, perchance, you come to me again,
To tell me how he takes it. Fare you well:
I thank you for your pains: spend this for me.
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8 |
Twelfth Night
[I, 5] |
Olivia |
597 |
Run after that same peevish messenger,
The county's man: he left this ring behind him,
Would I or not: tell him I'll none of it.
Desire him not to flatter with his lord,
Nor hold him up with hopes; I am not for him:
If that the youth will come this way to-morrow,
I'll give him reasons for't: hie thee, Malvolio.
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9 |
Twelfth Night
[II, 1] |
Sebastian |
644 |
If you will not undo what you have done, that is,
kill him whom you have recovered, desire it not.
Fare ye well at once: my bosom is full of kindness,
and I am yet so near the manners of my mother, that
upon the least occasion more mine eyes will tell
tales of me. I am bound to the Count Orsino's court: farewell.
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10 |
Twelfth Night
[II, 3] |
Malvolio |
796 |
Sir Toby, I must be round with you. My lady bade me
tell you, that, though she harbours you as her
kinsman, she's nothing allied to your disorders. If
you can separate yourself and your misdemeanors, you
are welcome to the house; if not, an it would please
you to take leave of her, she is very willing to bid
you farewell.
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11 |
Twelfth Night
[II, 3] |
Sir Toby Belch |
838 |
Possess us, possess us; tell us something of him.
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12 |
Twelfth Night
[II, 4] |
Orsino |
975 |
Let all the rest give place.
[CURIO and Attendants retire]
Once more, Cesario,
Get thee to yond same sovereign cruelty:
Tell her, my love, more noble than the world,
Prizes not quantity of dirty lands;
The parts that fortune hath bestow'd upon her,
Tell her, I hold as giddily as fortune;
But 'tis that miracle and queen of gems
That nature pranks her in attracts my soul.
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13 |
Twelfth Night
[II, 4] |
Viola |
987 |
Sooth, but you must.
Say that some lady, as perhaps there is,
Hath for your love a great a pang of heart
As you have for Olivia: you cannot love her;
You tell her so; must she not then be answer'd?
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14 |
Twelfth Night
[III, 1] |
Viola |
1278 |
By my troth, I'll tell thee, I am almost sick for
one;
[Aside]
though I would not have it grow on my chin. Is thy
lady within?
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15 |
Twelfth Night
[III, 1] |
Olivia |
1376 |
Stay:
I prithee, tell me what thou thinkest of me.
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16 |
Twelfth Night
[III, 2] |
Sir Toby Belch |
1412 |
Did she see thee the while, old boy? tell me that.
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17 |
Twelfth Night
[III, 4] |
Maria |
1638 |
Lo, how hollow the fiend speaks within him! did not
I tell you? Sir Toby, my lady prays you to have a
care of him.
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18 |
Twelfth Night
[III, 4] |
Viola |
1848 |
[Aside] Pray God defend me! A little thing would
make me tell them how much I lack of a man.
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19 |
Twelfth Night
[IV, 1] |
Feste |
1962 |
Vent my folly! he has heard that word of some
great man and now applies it to a fool. Vent my
folly! I am afraid this great lubber, the world,
will prove a cockney. I prithee now, ungird thy
strangeness and tell me what I shall vent to my
lady: shall I vent to her that thou art coming?
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20 |
Twelfth Night
[IV, 1] |
Feste |
1979 |
This will I tell my lady straight: I would not be
in some of your coats for two pence.
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