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I was not born under a rhyming planet.

      — Much Ado about Nothing, Act V Scene 2

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KEYWORD: aside

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1

Twelfth Night
[I, 4]

Viola

289

I'll do my best
To woo your lady:
[Aside]
yet, a barful strife!
Whoe'er I woo, myself would be his wife.

2

Twelfth Night
[III, 1]

Viola

1278

By my troth, I'll tell thee, I am almost sick for
one;
[Aside]
though I would not have it grow on my chin. Is thy
lady within?

3

Twelfth Night
[III, 4]

Sir Toby Belch

1833

I'll make the motion: stand here, make a good show
on't: this shall end without the perdition of souls.
[Aside]
Marry, I'll ride your horse as well as I ride you.
[Re-enter FABIAN and VIOLA]
[To FABIAN]
I have his horse to take up the quarrel:
I have persuaded him the youth's a devil.

4

Twelfth Night
[III, 4]

Viola

1848

[Aside] Pray God defend me! A little thing would
make me tell them how much I lack of a man.

5

Twelfth Night
[V, 1]

Orsino

2288

Here comes the countess: now heaven walks on earth.
But for thee, fellow; fellow, thy words are madness:
Three months this youth hath tended upon me;
But more of that anon. Take him aside.

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