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Flat burglary as ever was committed.

      — Much Ado about Nothing, Act IV Scene 2

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KEYWORD: confession

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1

Romeo and Juliet
[II, 3]

Friar Laurence

1115

Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift;
Riddling confession finds but riddling shrift.

2

Romeo and Juliet
[III, 5]

Juliet

2348

Well, thou hast comforted me marvellous much.
Go in: and tell my lady I am gone,
Having displeased my father, to Laurence' cell,
To make confession and to be absolved.

3

Romeo and Juliet
[IV, 1]

Paris

2387

Come you to make confession to this father?

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