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Cymbeline
[I, 1] |
Second Gentleman |
5 |
But what's the matter?
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2 |
Cymbeline
[I, 1] |
First Gentleman |
6 |
His daughter, and the heir of's kingdom, whom
He purposed to his wife's sole son—a widow
That late he married—hath referr'd herself
Unto a poor but worthy gentleman: she's wedded;
Her husband banish'd; she imprison'd: all
Is outward sorrow; though I think the king
Be touch'd at very heart.
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3 |
Cymbeline
[I, 1] |
First Gentleman |
14 |
He that hath lost her too; so is the queen,
That most desired the match; but not a courtier,
Although they wear their faces to the bent
Of the king's look's, hath a heart that is not
Glad at the thing they scowl at.
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4 |
Cymbeline
[I, 1] |
Second Gentleman |
33 |
What's his name and birth?
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5 |
Cymbeline
[I, 1] |
First Gentleman |
34 |
I cannot delve him to the root: his father
Was call'd Sicilius, who did join his honour
Against the Romans with Cassibelan,
But had his titles by Tenantius whom
He served with glory and admired success,
So gain'd the sur-addition Leonatus;
And had, besides this gentleman in question,
Two other sons, who in the wars o' the time
Died with their swords in hand; for which
their father,
Then old and fond of issue, took such sorrow
That he quit being, and his gentle lady,
Big of this gentleman our theme, deceased
As he was born. The king he takes the babe
To his protection, calls him Posthumus Leonatus,
Breeds him and makes him of his bed-chamber,
Puts to him all the learnings that his time
Could make him the receiver of; which he took,
As we do air, fast as 'twas minister'd,
And in's spring became a harvest, lived in court—
Which rare it is to do—most praised, most loved,
A sample to the youngest, to the more mature
A glass that feated them, and to the graver
A child that guided dotards; to his mistress,
For whom he now is banish'd, her own price
Proclaims how she esteem'd him and his virtue;
By her election may be truly read
What kind of man he is.
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6 |
Cymbeline
[I, 1] |
Second Gentleman |
73 |
That a king's children should be so convey'd,
So slackly guarded, and the search so slow,
That could not trace them!
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7 |
Cymbeline
[I, 1] |
Imogen |
101 |
O
Dissembling courtesy! How fine this tyrant
Can tickle where she wounds! My dearest husband,
I something fear my father's wrath; but nothing—
Always reserved my holy duty—what
His rage can do on me: you must be gone;
And I shall here abide the hourly shot
Of angry eyes, not comforted to live,
But that there is this jewel in the world
That I may see again.
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8 |
Cymbeline
[I, 1] |
Posthumus Leonatus |
111 |
My queen! my mistress!
O lady, weep no more, lest I give cause
To be suspected of more tenderness
Than doth become a man. I will remain
The loyal'st husband that did e'er plight troth:
My residence in Rome at one Philario's,
Who to my father was a friend, to me
Known but by letter: thither write, my queen,
And with mine eyes I'll drink the words you send,
Though ink be made of gall.
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9 |
Cymbeline
[I, 1] |
Imogen |
134 |
Nay, stay a little:
Were you but riding forth to air yourself,
Such parting were too petty. Look here, love;
This diamond was my mother's: take it, heart;
But keep it till you woo another wife,
When Imogen is dead.
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10 |
Cymbeline
[I, 1] |
Cymbeline |
166 |
O disloyal thing,
That shouldst repair my youth, thou heap'st
A year's age on me.
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11 |
Cymbeline
[I, 1] |
Imogen |
189 |
Almost, sir: heaven restore me! Would I were
A neat-herd's daughter, and my Leonatus
Our neighbour shepherd's son!
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12 |
Cymbeline
[I, 1] |
Imogen |
216 |
Your son's my father's friend; he takes his part.
To draw upon an exile! O brave sir!
I would they were in Afric both together;
Myself by with a needle, that I might prick
The goer-back. Why came you from your master?
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13 |
Cymbeline
[I, 2] |
First Lord |
235 |
Sir, I would advise you to shift a shirt; the
violence of action hath made you reek as a
sacrifice: where air comes out, air comes in:
there's none abroad so wholesome as that you vent.
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14 |
Cymbeline
[I, 2] |
First Lord |
241 |
Hurt him! his body's a passable carcass, if he be
not hurt: it is a thoroughfare for steel, if it be not hurt.
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15 |
Cymbeline
[I, 2] |
First Lord |
256 |
Sir, as I told you always, her beauty and her brain
go not together: she's a good sign, but I have seen
small reflection of her wit.
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16 |
Cymbeline
[I, 2] |
Cloten |
267 |
Nay, come, let's go together.
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17 |
Cymbeline
[I, 3] |
Pisanio |
281 |
No, madam; for so long
As he could make me with this eye or ear
Distinguish him from others, he did keep
The deck, with glove, or hat, or handkerchief,
Still waving, as the fits and stirs of 's mind
Could best express how slow his soul sail'd on,
How swift his ship.
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18 |
Cymbeline
[I, 4] |
Iachimo |
333 |
This matter of marrying his king's daughter, wherein
he must be weighed rather by her value than his own,
words him, I doubt not, a great deal from the matter.
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19 |
Cymbeline
[I, 4] |
Iachimo |
380 |
That lady is not now living, or this gentleman's
opinion by this worn out.
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20 |
Cymbeline
[I, 4] |
Iachimo |
397 |
Either your unparagoned mistress is dead, or she's
outprized by a trifle.
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