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1

Twelfth Night
[I, 2]

Captain

55

True, madam: and, to comfort you with chance,
Assure yourself, after our ship did split,
When you and those poor number saved with you
Hung on our driving boat, I saw your brother,
Most provident in peril, bind himself,
Courage and hope both teaching him the practise,
To a strong mast that lived upon the sea;
Where, like Arion on the dolphin's back,
I saw him hold acquaintance with the waves
So long as I could see.

2

Twelfth Night
[I, 5]

Maria

315

That if one break, the other will hold; or, if both
break, your gaskins fall.

3

Twelfth Night
[I, 5]

Olivia

394

Who of my people hold him in delay?

4

Twelfth Night
[I, 5]

Viola

500

It alone concerns your ear. I bring no overture of
war, no taxation of homage: I hold the olive in my
hand; my words are as fun of peace as matter.

5

Twelfth Night
[I, 5]

Olivia

597

Run after that same peevish messenger,
The county's man: he left this ring behind him,
Would I or not: tell him I'll none of it.
Desire him not to flatter with his lord,
Nor hold him up with hopes; I am not for him:
If that the youth will come this way to-morrow,
I'll give him reasons for't: hie thee, Malvolio.

6

Twelfth Night
[II, 3]

Feste

764

'Hold thy peace, thou knave,' knight? I shall be
constrained in't to call thee knave, knight.

7

Twelfth Night
[II, 3]

Sir Andrew Aguecheek

766

'Tis not the first time I have constrained one to
call me knave. Begin, fool: it begins 'Hold thy peace.'

8

Twelfth Night
[II, 3]

Feste

768

I shall never begin if I hold my peace.

9

Twelfth Night
[II, 4]

Orsino

929

Then let thy love be younger than thyself,
Or thy affection cannot hold the bent;
For women are as roses, whose fair flower
Being once display'd, doth fall that very hour.

10

Twelfth Night
[II, 4]

Orsino

975

Let all the rest give place.
[CURIO and Attendants retire]
Once more, Cesario,
Get thee to yond same sovereign cruelty:
Tell her, my love, more noble than the world,
Prizes not quantity of dirty lands;
The parts that fortune hath bestow'd upon her,
Tell her, I hold as giddily as fortune;
But 'tis that miracle and queen of gems
That nature pranks her in attracts my soul.

11

Twelfth Night
[II, 4]

Orsino

992

There is no woman's sides
Can bide the beating of so strong a passion
As love doth give my heart; no woman's heart
So big, to hold so much; they lack retention
Alas, their love may be call'd appetite,
No motion of the liver, but the palate,
That suffer surfeit, cloyment and revolt;
But mine is all as hungry as the sea,
And can digest as much: make no compare
Between that love a woman can bear me
And that I owe Olivia.

12

Twelfth Night
[III, 1]

Viola

1275

Nay, an thou pass upon me, I'll no more with thee.
Hold, there's expenses for thee.

13

Twelfth Night
[III, 3]

Antonio

1529

It doth not fit me. Hold, sir, here's my purse.
In the south suburbs, at the Elephant,
Is best to lodge: I will bespeak our diet,
Whiles you beguile the time and feed your knowledge
With viewing of the town: there shall you have me.

14

Twelfth Night
[III, 4]

Sir Toby Belch

1654

Prithee, hold thy peace; this is not the way: do
you not see you move him? let me alone with him.

15

Twelfth Night
[III, 4]

Sir Toby Belch

1774

You'll find it otherwise, I assure you: therefore,
if you hold your life at any price, betake you to
your guard; for your opposite hath in him what
youth, strength, skill and wrath can furnish man withal.

16

Twelfth Night
[III, 4]

Sir Toby Belch

1827

Ay, but he will not now be pacified: Fabian can
scarce hold him yonder.

17

Twelfth Night
[III, 4]

Fabian

1869

O good Sir Toby, hold! here come the officers.

18

Twelfth Night
[III, 4]

Viola

1892

What money, sir?
For the fair kindness you have show'd me here,
And, part, being prompted by your present trouble,
Out of my lean and low ability
I'll lend you something: my having is not much;
I'll make division of my present with you:
Hold, there's half my coffer.

19

Twelfth Night
[IV, 1]

Sir Toby Belch

1978

Hold, sir, or I'll throw your dagger o'er the house.

20

Twelfth Night
[IV, 1]

Sir Toby Belch

1982

Come on, sir; hold.