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Love's Labour's Lost
[I, 1] |
Biron |
126 |
Let's see the penalty.
[Reads]
'On pain of losing her tongue.' Who devised this penalty?
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Love's Labour's Lost
[I, 1] |
Biron |
132 |
A dangerous law against gentility!
[Reads]
'Item, If any man be seen to talk with a woman
within the term of three years, he shall endure such
public shame as the rest of the court can possibly devise.'
This article, my liege, yourself must break;
For well you know here comes in embassy
The French king's daughter with yourself to speak—
A maid of grace and complete majesty—
About surrender up of Aquitaine
To her decrepit, sick and bedrid father:
Therefore this article is made in vain,
Or vainly comes the admired princess hither.
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3 |
Love's Labour's Lost
[I, 1] |
Costard |
207 |
In manner and form following, sir; all those three:
I was seen with her in the manor-house, sitting with
her upon the form, and taken following her into the
park; which, put together, is in manner and form
following. Now, sir, for the manner,—it is the
manner of a man to speak to a woman: for the form,—
in some form.
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4 |
Love's Labour's Lost
[I, 1] |
Ferdinand |
268 |
[Reads] 'For Jaquenetta,—so is the weaker vessel
called which I apprehended with the aforesaid
swain,—I keep her as a vessel of the law's fury;
and shall, at the least of thy sweet notice, bring
her to trial. Thine, in all compliments of devoted
and heart-burning heat of duty.
DON ADRIANO DE ARMADO.'
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Love's Labour's Lost
[I, 1] |
Costard |
289 |
If it were, I deny her virginity: I was taken with a maid.
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6 |
Love's Labour's Lost
[I, 2] |
Don Adriano de Armado |
387 |
Green indeed is the colour of lovers; but to have a
love of that colour, methinks Samson had small reason
for it. He surely affected her for her wit.
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7 |
Love's Labour's Lost
[I, 2] |
Moth |
398 |
If she be made of white and red,
Her faults will ne'er be known,
For blushing cheeks by faults are bred
And fears by pale white shown:
Then if she fear, or be to blame,
By this you shall not know,
For still her cheeks possess the same
Which native she doth owe.
A dangerous rhyme, master, against the reason of
white and red.
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8 |
Love's Labour's Lost
[I, 2] |
Dull |
424 |
Sir, the duke's pleasure is, that you keep Costard
safe: and you must suffer him to take no delight
nor no penance; but a' must fast three days a week.
For this damsel, I must keep her at the park: she
is allowed for the day-woman. Fare you well.
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Love's Labour's Lost
[I, 2] |
Don Adriano de Armado |
463 |
I do affect the very ground, which is base, where
her shoe, which is baser, guided by her foot, which
is basest, doth tread. I shall be forsworn, which
is a great argument of falsehood, if I love. And
how can that be true love which is falsely
attempted? Love is a familiar; Love is a devil:
there is no evil angel but Love. Yet was Samson so
tempted, and he had an excellent strength; yet was
Solomon so seduced, and he had a very good wit.
Cupid's butt-shaft is too hard for Hercules' club;
and therefore too much odds for a Spaniard's rapier.
The first and second cause will not serve my turn;
the passado he respects not, the duello he regards
not: his disgrace is to be called boy; but his
glory is to subdue men. Adieu, valour! rust rapier!
be still, drum! for your manager is in love; yea,
he loveth. Assist me, some extemporal god of rhyme,
for I am sure I shall turn sonnet. Devise, wit;
write, pen; for I am for whole volumes in folio.
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Love's Labour's Lost
[II, 1] |
Princess of France |
563 |
God bless my ladies! are they all in love,
That every one her own hath garnished
With such bedecking ornaments of praise?
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11 |
Love's Labour's Lost
[II, 1] |
Boyet |
687 |
The heir of Alencon, Katharine her name.
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12 |
Love's Labour's Lost
[II, 1] |
Boyet |
691 |
A woman sometimes, an you saw her in the light.
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13 |
Love's Labour's Lost
[II, 1] |
Longaville |
692 |
Perchance light in the light. I desire her name.
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14 |
Love's Labour's Lost
[II, 1] |
Boyet |
695 |
Her mother's, I have heard.
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15 |
Love's Labour's Lost
[II, 1] |
Biron |
703 |
What's her name in the cap?
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16 |
Love's Labour's Lost
[II, 1] |
Boyet |
706 |
To her will, sir, or so.
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17 |
Love's Labour's Lost
[II, 1] |
(stage directions) |
720 |
[Offering to kiss her]
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Love's Labour's Lost
[II, 1] |
Rosaline |
757 |
Then was Venus like her mother, for her father is but grim.
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Love's Labour's Lost
[III, 1] |
Moth |
796 |
Negligent student! learn her by heart.
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Love's Labour's Lost
[III, 1] |
Moth |
800 |
A man, if I live; and this, by, in, and without, upon
the instant: by heart you love her, because your
heart cannot come by her; in heart you love her,
because your heart is in love with her; and out of
heart you love her, being out of heart that you
cannot enjoy her.
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