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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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KEYWORD: greatness

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Cymbeline
[IV, 2]

Belarius

2344

[Aside]. O noble strain!
O worthiness of nature! breed of greatness!
Cowards father cowards and base things sire base:
Nature hath meal and bran, contempt and grace.
I'm not their father; yet who this should be,
Doth miracle itself, loved before me.
'Tis the ninth hour o' the morn.

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Cymbeline
[V, 5]

Cornelius

3412

First, she confess'd she never loved you, only
Affected greatness got by you, not you:
Married your royalty, was wife to your place;
Abhorr'd your person.

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Cymbeline
[V, 5]

Cymbeline

3527

Come, stand thou by our side;
Make thy demand aloud.
[To IACHIMO]
Sir, step you forth;
Give answer to this boy, and do it freely;
Or, by our greatness and the grace of it,
Which is our honour, bitter torture shall
Winnow the truth from falsehood. On, speak to him.

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