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Work
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are treated as single work with 154 parts.
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the character name is "Poet."
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Much Ado about Nothing
[II, 3] |
Leonato |
945 |
This says she now when she is beginning to write to
him; for she'll be up twenty times a night, and
there will she sit in her smock till she have writ a
sheet of paper: my daughter tells us all.
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2 |
Much Ado about Nothing
[II, 3] |
Leonato |
951 |
O, when she had writ it and was reading it over, she
found Benedick and Beatrice between the sheet?
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3 |
Much Ado about Nothing
[II, 3] |
Leonato |
954 |
O, she tore the letter into a thousand halfpence;
railed at herself, that she should be so immodest
to write to one that she knew would flout her; 'I
measure him,' says she, 'by my own spirit; for I
should flout him, if he writ to me; yea, though I
love him, I should.'
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4 |
Much Ado about Nothing
[IV, 2] |
Dogberry |
2011 |
Well, stand aside. 'Fore God, they are both in a
tale. Have you writ down, that they are none?
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5 |
Much Ado about Nothing
[IV, 2] |
Dogberry |
2052 |
Dost thou not suspect my place? dost thou not
suspect my years? O that he were here to write me
down an ass! But, masters, remember that I am an
ass; though it be not written down, yet forget not
that I am an ass. No, thou villain, thou art full of
piety, as shall be proved upon thee by good witness.
I am a wise fellow, and, which is more, an officer,
and, which is more, a householder, and, which is
more, as pretty a piece of flesh as any is in
Messina, and one that knows the law, go to; and a
rich fellow enough, go to; and a fellow that hath
had losses, and one that hath two gowns and every
thing handsome about him. Bring him away. O that
I had been writ down an ass!
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6 |
Much Ado about Nothing
[V, 1] |
Leonato |
2102 |
I pray thee, peace. I will be flesh and blood;
For there was never yet philosopher
That could endure the toothache patiently,
However they have writ the style of gods
And made a push at chance and sufferance.
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7 |
Much Ado about Nothing
[V, 4] |
Hero |
2642 |
And here's another
Writ in my cousin's hand, stolen from her pocket,
Containing her affection unto Benedick.
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