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Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be
Ere one can say, "It lightens."

      — Romeo and Juliet, Act II Scene 2

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KEYWORD: dagger

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Henry IV, Part I
[II, 4]

Falstaff

1126

A king's son! If I do not beat thee out of thy
kingdom with a dagger of lath, and drive all thy
subjects afore thee like a flock of wild-geese,
I'll never wear hair on my face more. You Prince of Wales!

2

Henry IV, Part I
[II, 4]

Peto

1291

Why, he hacked it with his dagger, and said he would
swear truth out of England but he would make you
believe it was done in fight, and persuaded us to do the like.

3

Henry IV, Part I
[II, 4]

Falstaff

1361

Shall I? content: this chair shall be my state,
this dagger my sceptre, and this cushion my crown.

4

Henry IV, Part I
[II, 4]

Henry V

1363

Thy state is taken for a joined-stool, thy golden
sceptre for a leaden dagger, and thy precious rich
crown for a pitiful bald crown!

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