# Result number

Work The work is either a play, poem, or sonnet. The sonnets are treated as single work with 154 parts.

Character Indicates who said the line. If it's a play or sonnet, the character name is "Poet."

Line Shows where the line falls within the work.

The numbering is not keyed to any copyrighted numbering system found in a volume of collected works (Arden, Oxford, etc.) The numbering starts at the beginning of the work, and does not restart for each scene.

Text The line's full text, with keywords highlighted within it, unless highlighting has been disabled by the user.

1

Merchant of Venice
[I, 1]

Gratiano

117

Thanks, i' faith, for silence is only commendable
In a neat's tongue dried and a maid not vendible.

2

Merchant of Venice
[IV, 1]

Portia

2233

Your wife would give you little thanks for that,
If she were by, to hear you make the offer.