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A jest's prosperity lies in the ear
Of him that hears it, never in the tongue
Of him that makes it.
— Love's Labour's Lost, Act V Scene 2
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I learn in this letter that Don Peter of Arragon
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How many gentlemen have you lost in this action? |
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Much deserved on his part and equally remembered by
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He hath an uncle here in Messina will be very much
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I have already delivered him letters, and there
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In great measure. |
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I know none of that name, lady: there was none such
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He set up his bills here in Messina and challenged
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He hath done good service, lady, in these wars. |
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Alas! he gets nothing by that. In our last
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I see, lady, the gentleman is not in your books. |
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He is most in the company of the right noble Claudio. |
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Never came trouble to my house in the likeness of
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Were you in doubt, sir, that you asked her? |
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Is it possible disdain should die while she hath
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Then is courtesy a turncoat. But it is certain I
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God keep your ladyship still in that mind! so some
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No; I pray thee speak in sober judgment. |
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Thou thinkest I am in sport: I pray thee tell me
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Yea, and a case to put it into. But speak you this
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