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Between the acting of a dreadful thing
And the first motion, all the interim is
Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream:
The Genius and the mortal instruments
Are then in council; and the state of man,
Like to a little kingdom, suffers then

      — Julius Caesar, Act II Scene 1

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KEYWORD: lead

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1

Twelfth Night
[I, 2]

Viola

113

I thank thee: lead me on.

2

Twelfth Night
[I, 5]

Viola

527

'Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white
Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on:
Lady, you are the cruell'st she alive,
If you will lead these graces to the grave
And leave the world no copy.

3

Twelfth Night
[III, 4]

Antonio

1926

Lead me on.

4

Twelfth Night
[IV, 3]

Olivia

2186

Then lead the way, good father; and heavens so shine,
That they may fairly note this act of mine!

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