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Motley's the only wear.

      — As You Like It, Act II Scene 7

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KEYWORD: alas

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1

As You Like It
[I, 2]

Rosalind

253

Alas!

2

As You Like It
[I, 2]

Celia

272

Alas, he is too young; yet he looks successfully.

3

As You Like It
[I, 3]

Rosalind

515

Alas, what danger will it be to us,
Maids as we are, to travel forth so far!
Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold.

4

As You Like It
[II, 4]

Rosalind

761

Alas, poor shepherd! searching of thy wound,
I have by hard adventure found mine own.

5

As You Like It
[III, 2]

Rosalind

1322

Alas the day! what shall I do with my doublet and hose?
What did he when thou saw'st him? What said he? How look'd he?
Wherein went he? What makes he here? Did he ask for me? Where
remains he? How parted he with thee? And when shalt thou see him
again? Answer me in one word.

6

As You Like It
[IV, 1]

Rosalind

1946

Alas, dear love, I cannot lack thee two hours!

7

As You Like It
[IV, 3]

Celia

2067

Alas, poor shepherd!

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