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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] |
Helena |
475 |
Pardon, madam;
The Count Rousillon cannot be my brother:
I am from humble, he from honour'd name;
No note upon my parents, his all noble:
My master, my dear lord he is; and I
His servant live, and will his vassal die:
He must not be my brother.
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3 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[II, 3] |
Lafeu |
1090 |
Your lord and master did well to make his
recantation.
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4 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[II, 3] |
Parolles |
1092 |
Recantation! My lord! my master!
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5 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[II, 3] |
Parolles |
1094 |
A most harsh one, and not to be understood without
bloody succeeding. My master!
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6 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[II, 3] |
Lafeu |
1098 |
To what is count's man: count's master is of
another style.
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7 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[II, 3] |
Parolles |
1145 |
I most unfeignedly beseech your lordship to make
some reservation of your wrongs: he is my good
lord: whom I serve above is my master.
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8 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[II, 3] |
Lafeu |
1150 |
The devil it is that's thy master. Why dost thou
garter up thy arms o' this fashion? dost make hose of
sleeves? do other servants so? Thou wert best set
thy lower part where thy nose stands. By mine
honour, if I were but two hours younger, I'ld beat
thee: methinks, thou art a general offence, and
every man should beat thee: I think thou wast
created for men to breathe themselves upon thee.
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9 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[III, 4] |
Steward |
1562 |
[Reads]
I am Saint Jaques' pilgrim, thither gone:
Ambitious love hath so in me offended,
That barefoot plod I the cold ground upon,
With sainted vow my faults to have amended.
Write, write, that from the bloody course of war
My dearest master, your dear son, may hie:
Bless him at home in peace, whilst I from far
His name with zealous fervor sanctify:
His taken labours bid him me forgive;
I, his despiteful Juno, sent him forth
From courtly friends, with camping foes to live,
Where death and danger dogs the heels of worth:
He is too good and fair for death and me:
Whom I myself embrace, to set him free.
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10 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[IV, 3] |
First Lord |
2158 |
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and
ill together: our virtues would be proud, if our
faults whipped them not; and our crimes would
despair, if they were not cherished by our virtues.
[Enter a Messenger]
How now! where's your master?
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11 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[IV, 5] |
Lafeu |
2500 |
Hold thee, there's my purse: I give thee not this
to suggest thee from thy master thou talkest of;
serve him still.
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12 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[IV, 5] |
Clown |
2503 |
I am a woodland fellow, sir, that always loved a
great fire; and the master I speak of ever keeps a
good fire. But, sure, he is the prince of the
world; let his nobility remain in's court. I am for
the house with the narrow gate, which I take to be
too little for pomp to enter: some that humble
themselves may; but the many will be too chill and
tender, and they'll be for the flowery way that
leads to the broad gate and the great fire.
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13 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[IV, 5] |
Lafeu |
2524 |
I like him well; 'tis not amiss. And I was about to
tell you, since I heard of the good lady's death and
that my lord your son was upon his return home, I
moved the king my master to speak in the behalf of
my daughter; which, in the minority of them both,
his majesty, out of a self-gracious remembrance, did
first propose: his highness hath promised me to do
it: and, to stop up the displeasure he hath
conceived against your son, there is no fitter
matter. How does your ladyship like it?
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14 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[V, 3] |
King of France |
2948 |
Tell me, sirrah, but tell me true, I charge you,
Not fearing the displeasure of your master,
Which on your just proceeding I'll keep off,
By him and by this woman here what know you?
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15 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[V, 3] |
Parolles |
2952 |
So please your majesty, my master hath been an
honourable gentleman: tricks he hath had in him,
which gentlemen have.
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16 |
Antony and Cleopatra
[II, 2] |
Octavius |
881 |
Great and increasing: but by sea
He is an absolute master.
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17 |
Antony and Cleopatra
[III, 13] |
Domitius Enobarus |
2294 |
[Aside] Mine honesty and I begin to square.
The loyalty well held to fools does make
Our faith mere folly: yet he that can endure
To follow with allegiance a fall'n lord
Does conquer him that did his master conquer
And earns a place i' the story.
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18 |
Antony and Cleopatra
[III, 13] |
Domitius Enobarus |
2305 |
He needs as many, sir, as Caesar has;
Or needs not us. If Caesar please, our master
Will leap to be his friend: for us, you know,
Whose he is we are, and that is, Caesar's.
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19 |
Antony and Cleopatra
[IV, 2] |
Antony |
2551 |
Tend me to-night;
May be it is the period of your duty:
Haply you shall not see me more; or if,
A mangled shadow: perchance to-morrow
You'll serve another master. I look on you
As one that takes his leave. Mine honest friends,
I turn you not away; but, like a master
Married to your good service, stay till death:
Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more,
And the gods yield you for't!
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Antony and Cleopatra
[IV, 5] |
Antony |
2695 |
Go, Eros, send his treasure after; do it;
Detain no jot, I charge thee: write to him—
I will subscribe—gentle adieus and greetings;
Say that I wish he never find more cause
To change a master. O, my fortunes have
Corrupted honest men! Dispatch.—Enobarbus!
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