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1 |
Merchant of Venice
[I, 2] |
Portia |
316 |
If I could bid the fifth welcome with so good a
heart as I can bid the other four farewell, I should
be glad of his approach: if he have the condition
of a saint and the complexion of a devil, I had
rather he should shrive me than wive me. Come,
Nerissa. Sirrah, go before.
Whiles we shut the gates
upon one wooer, another knocks at the door.
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2 |
Merchant of Venice
[II, 7] |
Prince of Morocco |
1050 |
O hell! what have we here?
A carrion Death, within whose empty eye
There is a written scroll! I'll read the writing.
[Reads]
All that glitters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told:
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold:
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
Had you been as wise as bold,
Young in limbs, in judgment old,
Your answer had not been inscroll'd:
Fare you well; your suit is cold.
Cold, indeed; and labour lost:
Then, farewell, heat, and welcome, frost!
Portia, adieu. I have too grieved a heart
To take a tedious leave: thus losers part.
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3 |
Merchant of Venice
[III, 2] |
Bassanio |
1591 |
Lorenzo and Salerio, welcome hither;
If that the youth of my new interest here
Have power to bid you welcome. By your leave,
I bid my very friends and countrymen,
Sweet Portia, welcome.
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4 |
Merchant of Venice
[III, 2] |
Portia |
1596 |
So do I, my lord:
They are entirely welcome.
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5 |
Merchant of Venice
[III, 2] |
Gratiano |
1612 |
Nerissa, cheer yon stranger; bid her welcome.
Your hand, Salerio: what's the news from Venice?
How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio?
I know he will be glad of our success;
We are the Jasons, we have won the fleece.
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6 |
Merchant of Venice
[III, 2] |
Portia |
1676 |
What, no more?
Pay him six thousand, and deface the bond;
Double six thousand, and then treble that,
Before a friend of this description
Shall lose a hair through Bassanio's fault.
First go with me to church and call me wife,
And then away to Venice to your friend;
For never shall you lie by Portia's side
With an unquiet soul. You shall have gold
To pay the petty debt twenty times over:
When it is paid, bring your true friend along.
My maid Nerissa and myself meantime
Will live as maids and widows. Come, away!
For you shall hence upon your wedding-day:
Bid your friends welcome, show a merry cheer:
Since you are dear bought, I will love you dear.
But let me hear the letter of your friend.
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7 |
Merchant of Venice
[IV, 1] |
Duke |
2108 |
You are welcome: take your place.
Are you acquainted with the difference
That holds this present question in the court?
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8 |
Merchant of Venice
[IV, 2] |
Portia |
2417 |
Inquire the Jew's house out, give him this deed
And let him sign it: we'll away to-night
And be a day before our husbands home:
This deed will be well welcome to Lorenzo.
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9 |
Merchant of Venice
[V, 1] |
Lorenzo |
2486 |
He is not, nor we have not heard from him.
But go we in, I pray thee, Jessica,
And ceremoniously let us prepare
Some welcome for the mistress of the house.
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10 |
Merchant of Venice
[V, 1] |
Lorenzo |
2573 |
Dear lady, welcome home.
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11 |
Merchant of Venice
[V, 1] |
Portia |
2594 |
Let me give light, but let me not be light;
For a light wife doth make a heavy husband,
And never be Bassanio so for me:
But God sort all! You are welcome home, my lord.
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12 |
Merchant of Venice
[V, 1] |
Bassanio |
2598 |
I thank you, madam. Give welcome to my friend.
This is the man, this is Antonio,
To whom I am so infinitely bound.
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13 |
Merchant of Venice
[V, 1] |
Portia |
2604 |
Sir, you are very welcome to our house:
It must appear in other ways than words,
Therefore I scant this breathing courtesy.
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14 |
Merchant of Venice
[V, 1] |
Portia |
2707 |
Sir, grieve not you; you are welcome notwithstanding.
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15 |
Merchant of Venice
[V, 1] |
Portia |
2736 |
Speak not so grossly. You are all amazed:
Here is a letter; read it at your leisure;
It comes from Padua, from Bellario:
There you shall find that Portia was the doctor,
Nerissa there her clerk: Lorenzo here
Shall witness I set forth as soon as you
And even but now return'd; I have not yet
Enter'd my house. Antonio, you are welcome;
And I have better news in store for you
Than you expect: unseal this letter soon;
There you shall find three of your argosies
Are richly come to harbour suddenly:
You shall not know by what strange accident
I chanced on this letter.
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