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A merrier man,
Within the limit of becoming mirth,
I never spent an hour's talk withal.

      — Love's Labour's Lost, Act II Scene 1

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1

Tempest
[I, 2]

Miranda

134

Certainly, sir, I can.

2

Tempest
[I, 2]

Miranda

151

Sir, are not you my father?

3

Tempest
[I, 2]

Miranda

178

Sir, most heedfully.

4

Tempest
[I, 2]

Miranda

188

O, good sir, I do.

5

Tempest
[I, 2]

Miranda

208

Your tale, sir, would cure deafness.

6

Tempest
[I, 2]

Miranda

290

Heavens thank you for't! And now, I pray you, sir,
For still 'tis beating in my mind, your reason
For raising this sea-storm?

7

Tempest
[I, 2]

Ariel

307

All hail, great master! grave sir, hail! I come
To answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly,
To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride
On the curl'd clouds, to thy strong bidding task
Ariel and all his quality.

8

Tempest
[I, 2]

Ariel

390

I do not, sir.

9

Tempest
[I, 2]

Ariel

394

No, sir.

10

Tempest
[I, 2]

Ariel

396

Sir, in Argier.

11

Tempest
[I, 2]

Ariel

404

Ay, sir.

12

Tempest
[I, 2]

Miranda

453

'Tis a villain, sir,
I do not love to look on.

13

Tempest
[I, 2]

Miranda

574

What is't? a spirit?
Lord, how it looks about! Believe me, sir,
It carries a brave form. But 'tis a spirit.

14

Tempest
[I, 2]

Miranda

596

No wonder, sir;
But certainly a maid.

15

Tempest
[I, 2]

Prospero

611

[Aside]. The Duke of Milan
And his more braver daughter could control thee,
If now 'twere fit to do't. At the first sight
They have changed eyes. Delicate Ariel,
I'll set thee free for this.
[To FERDINAND]
A word, good sir;
I fear you have done yourself some wrong: a word.

16

Tempest
[I, 2]

Prospero

626

Soft, sir! one word more.
[Aside]
They are both in either's powers; but this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
[To FERDINAND]
One word more; I charge thee
That thou attend me: thou dost here usurp
The name thou owest not; and hast put thyself
Upon this island as a spy, to win it
From me, the lord on't.

17

Tempest
[I, 2]

Miranda

662

Sir, have pity;
I'll be his surety.

18

Tempest
[I, 2]

Miranda

694

Be of comfort;
My father's of a better nature, sir,
Than he appears by speech: this is unwonted
Which now came from him.

19

Tempest
[II, 1]

Gonzalo

706

Beseech you, sir, be merry; you have cause,
So have we all, of joy; for our escape
Is much beyond our loss. Our hint of woe
Is common; every day some sailor's wife,
The masters of some merchant and the merchant
Have just our theme of woe; but for the miracle,
I mean our preservation, few in millions
Can speak like us: then wisely, good sir, weigh
Our sorrow with our comfort.

20

Tempest
[II, 1]

Gonzalo

720

Sir,—

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