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Ay, but to die, and go we know not where;
To lie in cold obstruction and to rot;
This sensible warm motion to become
A kneaded clod; and the delighted spirit
To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside
In thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice;
— Measure for Measure, Act III Scene 1
KEYWORD: need
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Go, Faulconbridge: now hast thou thy desire;
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The Lady Constance speaks not from her faith,
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O, if thou grant my need,
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Thou shalt not need. England, I will fall from thee. |
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Alas, what need you be so boisterous-rough?
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Spoke like a sprightful noble gentleman.
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Indeed your drums, being beaten, will cry out;
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