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I was now a coward on instinct.

      — King Henry IV. Part I, Act II Scene 4

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KEYWORD: soon

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1

All's Well That Ends Well
[I, 1]

Countess

54

If the living be enemy to the grief, the excess
makes it soon mortal.

2

All's Well That Ends Well
[II, 3]

Lafeu

1124

Even as soon as thou canst, for thou hast to pull at
a smack o' the contrary. If ever thou be'st bound
in thy scarf and beaten, thou shalt find what it is
to be proud of thy bondage. I have a desire to hold
my acquaintance with thee, or rather my knowledge,
that I may say in the default, he is a man I know.

3

All's Well That Ends Well
[III, 2]

Clown

1434

Nay, there is some comfort in the news, some
comfort; your son will not be killed so soon as I
thought he would.

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