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The weariest and most loathed worldly life
That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment
Can lay on nature, is a paradise
To what we fear of death.

      — Measure for Measure, Act III Scene 1

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Pericles
[II, 1]

Pericles

683

He is a happy king, since he gains from his subjects
the name of good by his government. How far is his
court distant from this shore?

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Pericles
[III, 4]

Cerimon

1484

Madam, if this you purpose as ye speak,
Diana's temple is not distant far,
Where you may abide till your date expire.
Moreover, if you please, a niece of mine
Shall there attend you.

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