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Taming of the Shrew
[Prologue, 2] |
First Servant |
228 |
O, yes, my lord, but very idle words;
For though you lay here in this goodly chamber,
Yet would you say ye were beaten out of door;
And rail upon the hostess of the house,
And say you would present her at the leet,
Because she brought stone jugs and no seal'd quarts.
Sometimes you would call out for Cicely Hacket.
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2 |
Taming of the Shrew
[I, 2] |
Grumio |
590 |
Knock at the gate? O heavens! Spake you not these words
plain: 'Sirrah knock me here, rap me here, knock me well, and
knock me soundly'? And come you now with 'knocking at the gate'?
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3 |
Taming of the Shrew
[I, 2] |
Petruchio |
614 |
Signior Hortensio, 'twixt such friends as we
Few words suffice; and therefore, if thou know
One rich enough to be Petruchio's wife,
As wealth is burden of my wooing dance,
Be she as foul as was Florentius' love,
As old as Sibyl, and as curst and shrewd
As Socrates' Xanthippe or a worse-
She moves me not, or not removes, at least,
Affection's edge in me, were she as rough
As are the swelling Adriatic seas.
I come to wive it wealthily in Padua;
If wealthily, then happily in Padua.
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4 |
Taming of the Shrew
[I, 2] |
Lucentio |
702 |
Whate'er I read to her, I'll plead for you
As for my patron, stand you so assur'd,
As firmly as yourself were still in place;
Yea, and perhaps with more successful words
Than you, unless you were a scholar, sir.
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5 |
Taming of the Shrew
[I, 2] |
Gremio |
783 |
No; if without more words you will get you hence.
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6 |
Taming of the Shrew
[I, 2] |
Petruchio |
803 |
Hortensio, to what end are all these words?
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7 |
Taming of the Shrew
[II, 1] |
Baptista Minola |
981 |
Well mayst thou woo, and happy be thy speed
But be thou arm'd for some unhappy words.
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8 |
Taming of the Shrew
[II, 1] |
Tranio |
1187 |
And I am one that love Bianca more
Than words can witness or your thoughts can guess.
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9 |
Taming of the Shrew
[III, 2] |
Petruchio |
1475 |
Good sooth, even thus; therefore ha' done with words;
To me she's married, not unto my clothes.
Could I repair what she will wear in me
As I can change these poor accoutrements,
'Twere well for Kate and better for myself.
But what a fool am I to chat with you,
When I should bid good-morrow to my bride
And seal the title with a lovely kiss!
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10 |
Taming of the Shrew
[IV, 3] |
Katherina |
2037 |
Why, sir, I trust I may have leave to speak;
And speak I will. I am no child, no babe.
Your betters have endur'd me say my mind,
And if you cannot, best you stop your ears.
My tongue will tell the anger of my heart,
Or else my heart, concealing it, will break;
And rather than it shall, I will be free
Even to the uttermost, as I please, in words.
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11 |
Taming of the Shrew
[IV, 3] |
Hortensio |
2125 |
Tailor, I'll pay thee for thy gown to-morrow;
Take no unkindness of his hasty words.
Away, I say; commend me to thy master. Exit TAILOR
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12 |
Taming of the Shrew
[V, 1] |
Tranio |
2413 |
Sir, you seem a sober ancient gentleman by your habit, but
your words show you a madman. Why, sir, what 'cerns it you if I
wear pearl and gold? I thank my good father, I am able to
maintain it.
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