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How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!
Here we will sit and let the sounds of music
Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night
Become the touches of sweet harmony.
— The Merchant of Venice, Act V, Scene 1
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Who is there?
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Now, lords, my choler being over-blown
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An't shall please your majesty, I never said nor
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[Aside to CARDINAL] Make up no factious
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Madam, 'tis true; and were't not madness, then,
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I thank thee, Meg; these words content me much.
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