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Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless,
So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone,
Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night,
And would have told him half his Troy was burnt.

      — King Henry IV. Part II, Act I Scene 1

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1

Measure for Measure
[I, 1]

Angelo

31

Always obedient to your grace's will,
I come to know your pleasure.

2

Measure for Measure
[I, 2]

First Gentleman

145

Thou art always figuring diseases in me; but thou
art full of error; I am sound.

3

Measure for Measure
[II, 3]

Vincentio

999

'Tis meet so, daughter: but lest you do repent,
As that the sin hath brought you to this shame,
Which sorrow is always towards ourselves, not heaven,
Showing we would not spare heaven as we love it,
But as we stand in fear,—

4

Measure for Measure
[IV, 1]

Mariana

1821

I am always bound to you.

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