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1 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[I, 1] |
Helena |
166 |
Not my virginity yet [—]
There shall your master have a thousand loves,
A mother and a mistress and a friend,
A phoenix, captain and an enemy,
A guide, a goddess, and a sovereign,
A counsellor, a traitress, and a dear;
His humble ambition, proud humility,
His jarring concord, and his discord dulcet,
His faith, his sweet disaster; with a world
Of pretty, fond, adoptious christendoms,
That blinking Cupid gossips. Now shall he—
I know not what he shall. God send him well!
The court's a learning place, and he is one—
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2 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[I, 3] |
Clown |
344 |
In Isbel's case and mine own. Service is no
heritage: and I think I shall never have the
blessing of God till I have issue o' my body; for
they say barnes are blessings.
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3 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[I, 3] |
Clown |
399 |
One good woman in ten, madam; which is a purifying
o' the song: would God would serve the world so all
the year! we'ld find no fault with the tithe-woman,
if I were the parson. One in ten, quoth a'! An we
might have a good woman born but one every blazing
star, or at an earthquake, 'twould mend the lottery
well: a man may draw his heart out, ere a' pluck
one.
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4 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[I, 3] |
Steward |
421 |
Madam, I was very late more near her than I think
she wished me: alone she was, and did communicate
to herself her own words to her own ears; she
thought, I dare vow for her, they touched not any
stranger sense. Her matter was, she loved your son:
Fortune, she said, was no goddess, that had put
such difference betwixt their two estates; Love no
god, that would not extend his might, only where
qualities were level; Dian no queen of virgins, that
would suffer her poor knight surprised, without
rescue in the first assault or ransom afterward.
This she delivered in the most bitter touch of
sorrow that e'er I heard virgin exclaim in: which I
held my duty speedily to acquaint you withal;
sithence, in the loss that may happen, it concerns
you something to know it.
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5 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[I, 3] |
Countess |
489 |
Yes, Helen, you might be my daughter-in-law:
God shield you mean it not! daughter and mother
So strive upon your pulse. What, pale again?
My fear hath catch'd your fondness: now I see
The mystery of your loneliness, and find
Your salt tears' head: now to all sense 'tis gross
You love my son; invention is ashamed,
Against the proclamation of thy passion,
To say thou dost not: therefore tell me true;
But tell me then, 'tis so; for, look thy cheeks
Confess it, th' one to th' other; and thine eyes
See it so grossly shown in thy behaviors
That in their kind they speak it: only sin
And hellish obstinacy tie thy tongue,
That truth should be suspected. Speak, is't so?
If it be so, you have wound a goodly clew;
If it be not, forswear't: howe'er, I charge thee,
As heaven shall work in me for thine avail,
Tell me truly.
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6 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[II, 2] |
Clown |
831 |
Truly, madam, if God have lent a man any manners, he
may easily put it off at court: he that cannot make
a leg, put off's cap, kiss his hand and say nothing,
has neither leg, hands, lip, nor cap; and indeed
such a fellow, to say precisely, were not for the
court; but for me, I have an answer will serve all
men.
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7 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[II, 3] |
Lafeu |
939 |
'Fore God, I think so.
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8 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[II, 3] |
Helena |
971 |
Now, Dian, from thy altar do I fly,
And to imperial Love, that god most high,
Do my sighs stream. Sir, will you hear my suit?
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9 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[II, 3] |
Lafeu |
1148 |
Who? God?
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10 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[II, 4] |
Clown |
1214 |
One, that she's not in heaven, whither God send her
quickly! the other that she's in earth, from whence
God send her quickly!
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11 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[II, 5] |
Lafeu |
1291 |
A good traveller is something at the latter end of a
dinner; but one that lies three thirds and uses a
known truth to pass a thousand nothings with, should
be once heard and thrice beaten. God save you, captain.
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12 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[III, 5] |
Widow |
1636 |
I hope so.
[Enter HELENA, disguised like a Pilgrim]
Look, here comes a pilgrim: I know she will lie at
my house; thither they send one another: I'll
question her. God save you, pilgrim! whither are you bound?
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13 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[IV, 3] |
First Lord |
2110 |
Now, God delay our rebellion! as we are ourselves,
what things are we!
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14 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[IV, 3] |
Second Lord |
2393 |
God bless you, Captain Parolles.
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15 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[IV, 3] |
First Lord |
2394 |
God save you, noble captain.
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16 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[IV, 5] |
Lafeu |
2547 |
Lady, of that I have made a bold charter; but I
thank my God it holds yet.
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17 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[V, 1] |
Helena |
2566 |
But this exceeding posting day and night
Must wear your spirits low; we cannot help it:
But since you have made the days and nights as one,
To wear your gentle limbs in my affairs,
Be bold you do so grow in my requital
As nothing can unroot you. In happy time;
[Enter a Gentleman]
This man may help me to his majesty's ear,
If he would spend his power. God save you, sir.
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18 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[V, 2] |
Lafeu |
2661 |
Out upon thee, knave! dost thou put upon me at once
both the office of God and the devil? One brings
thee in grace and the other brings thee out.
[Trumpets sound]
The king's coming; I know by his trumpets. Sirrah,
inquire further after me; I had talk of you last
night: though you are a fool and a knave, you shall
eat; go to, follow.
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19 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[V, 2] |
Parolles |
2669 |
I praise God for you.
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20 |
Antony and Cleopatra
[III, 2] |
Agrippa |
1603 |
What's Antony? The god of Jupiter.
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