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From a well-experienc'd archer hits the mark
His eye doth level at.

      — Pericles, Act I Scene 1

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1

Antony and Cleopatra
[I, 1]

Cleopatra

25

Nay, hear them, Antony:
Fulvia perchance is angry; or, who knows
If the scarce-bearded Caesar have not sent
His powerful mandate to you, 'Do this, or this;
Take in that kingdom, and enfranchise that;
Perform 't, or else we damn thee.'

2

Antony and Cleopatra
[I, 1]

Cleopatra

32

Perchance! nay, and most like:
You must not stay here longer, your dismission
Is come from Caesar; therefore hear it, Antony.
Where's Fulvia's process? Caesar's I would say? both?
Call in the messengers. As I am Egypt's queen,
Thou blushest, Antony; and that blood of thine
Is Caesar's homager: else so thy cheek pays shame
When shrill-tongued Fulvia scolds. The messengers!

3

Antony and Cleopatra
[I, 1]

Cleopatra

58

Hear the ambassadors.

4

Antony and Cleopatra
[I, 2]

Alexas

104

Nay, hear him.

5

Antony and Cleopatra
[I, 2]

Charmian

137

Our worser thoughts heavens mend! Alexas,—come,
his fortune, his fortune! O, let him marry a woman
that cannot go, sweet Isis, I beseech thee! and let
her die too, and give him a worse! and let worst
follow worse, till the worst of all follow him
laughing to his grave, fifty-fold a cuckold! Good
Isis, hear me this prayer, though thou deny me a
matter of more weight; good Isis, I beseech thee!

6

Antony and Cleopatra
[I, 2]

Iras

145

Amen. Dear goddess, hear that prayer of the people!
for, as it is a heartbreaking to see a handsome man
loose-wived, so it is a deadly sorrow to behold a
foul knave uncuckolded: therefore, dear Isis, keep
decorum, and fortune him accordingly!

7

Antony and Cleopatra
[I, 2]

Antony

179

When it concerns the fool or coward. On:
Things that are past are done with me. 'Tis thus:
Who tells me true, though in his tale lie death,
I hear him as he flatter'd.

8

Antony and Cleopatra
[I, 3]

Antony

347

Hear me, queen:
The strong necessity of time commands
Our services awhile; but my full heart
Remains in use with you. Our Italy
Shines o'er with civil swords: Sextus Pompeius
Makes his approaches to the port of Rome:
Equality of two domestic powers
Breed scrupulous faction: the hated, grown to strength,
Are newly grown to love: the condemn'd Pompey,
Rich in his father's honour, creeps apace,
Into the hearts of such as have not thrived
Upon the present state, whose numbers threaten;
And quietness, grown sick of rest, would purge
By any desperate change: my more particular,
And that which most with you should safe my going,
Is Fulvia's death.

9

Antony and Cleopatra
[I, 5]

Cleopatra

533

Not now to hear thee sing; I take no pleasure
In aught an eunuch has: 'tis well for thee,
That, being unseminar'd, thy freer thoughts
May not fly forth of Egypt. Hast thou affections?

10

Antony and Cleopatra
[II, 2]

Domitius Enobarus

811

Or, if you borrow one another's love for the
instant, you may, when you hear no more words of
Pompey, return it again: you shall have time to
wrangle in when you have nothing else to do.

11

Antony and Cleopatra
[II, 2]

Antony

833

I am not married, Caesar: let me hear
Agrippa further speak.

12

Antony and Cleopatra
[II, 5]

Messenger

1093

Good madam, hear me.

13

Antony and Cleopatra
[II, 5]

Messenger

1100

Will't please you hear me?

14

Antony and Cleopatra
[II, 7]

Menas

1414

[Aside to POMPEY] Forsake thy seat, I do beseech
thee, captain,
And hear me speak a word.

15

Antony and Cleopatra
[II, 7]

Menas

1435

[Aside to POMPEY] If for the sake of merit thou
wilt hear me,
Rise from thy stool.

16

Antony and Cleopatra
[II, 7]

Menas

1537

No, to my cabin.
These drums! these trumpets, flutes! what!
Let Neptune hear we bid a loud farewell
To these great fellows: sound and be hang'd, sound out!

17

Antony and Cleopatra
[III, 2]

Octavius

1667

No, sweet Octavia,
You shall hear from me still; the time shall not
Out-go my thinking on you.

18

Antony and Cleopatra
[III, 3]

Cleopatra

1702

Didst hear her speak? is she shrill-tongued or low?

19

Antony and Cleopatra
[III, 7]

Canidius

2035

Who's his lieutenant, hear you?

20

Antony and Cleopatra
[III, 13]

Thyreus

2302

Hear it apart.

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