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Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1] |
Benvolio |
76 |
Part, fools!
Put up your swords; you know not what you do.
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2 |
Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1] |
Prince Escalus |
101 |
Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,
Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel,—
Will they not hear? What, ho! you men, you beasts,
That quench the fire of your pernicious rage
With purple fountains issuing from your veins,
On pain of torture, from those bloody hands
Throw your mistemper'd weapons to the ground,
And hear the sentence of your moved prince.
Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word,
By thee, old Capulet, and Montague,
Have thrice disturb'd the quiet of our streets,
And made Verona's ancient citizens
Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments,
To wield old partisans, in hands as old,
Canker'd with peace, to part your canker'd hate:
If ever you disturb our streets again,
Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.
For this time, all the rest depart away:
You Capulet; shall go along with me:
And, Montague, come you this afternoon,
To know our further pleasure in this case,
To old Free-town, our common judgment-place.
Once more, on pain of death, all men depart.
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3 |
Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1] |
Benvolio |
163 |
My noble uncle, do you know the cause?
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4 |
Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1] |
Montague |
164 |
I neither know it nor can learn of him.
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5 |
Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1] |
Montague |
166 |
Both by myself and many other friends:
But he, his own affections' counsellor,
Is to himself—I will not say how true—
But to himself so secret and so close,
So far from sounding and discovery,
As is the bud bit with an envious worm,
Ere he can spread his sweet leaves to the air,
Or dedicate his beauty to the sun.
Could we but learn from whence his sorrows grow.
We would as willingly give cure as know.
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6 |
Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1] |
Benvolio |
177 |
See, where he comes: so please you, step aside;
I'll know his grievance, or be much denied.
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7 |
Romeo and Juliet
[I, 2] |
Romeo |
336 |
Ay, if I know the letters and the language.
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8 |
Romeo and Juliet
[I, 5] |
Servant |
665 |
I know not, sir.
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9 |
Romeo and Juliet
[I, 5] |
Capulet |
707 |
Go to, go to;
You are a saucy boy: is't so, indeed?
This trick may chance to scathe you, I know what:
You must contrary me! marry, 'tis time.
Well said, my hearts! You are a princox; go:
Be quiet, or—More light, more light! For shame!
I'll make you quiet. What, cheerly, my hearts!
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10 |
Romeo and Juliet
[I, 5] |
Nurse |
763 |
I know not.
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11 |
Romeo and Juliet
[II, 2] |
Romeo |
902 |
By a name
I know not how to tell thee who I am:
My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself,
Because it is an enemy to thee;
Had I it written, I would tear the word.
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12 |
Romeo and Juliet
[II, 2] |
Juliet |
907 |
My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words
Of that tongue's utterance, yet I know the sound:
Art thou not Romeo and a Montague?
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13 |
Romeo and Juliet
[II, 2] |
Juliet |
934 |
Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face,
Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek
For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night
Fain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny
What I have spoke: but farewell compliment!
Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say 'Ay,'
And I will take thy word: yet if thou swear'st,
Thou mayst prove false; at lovers' perjuries
Then say, Jove laughs. O gentle Romeo,
If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully:
Or if thou think'st I am too quickly won,
I'll frown and be perverse an say thee nay,
So thou wilt woo; but else, not for the world.
In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond,
And therefore thou mayst think my 'havior light:
But trust me, gentleman, I'll prove more true
Than those that have more cunning to be strange.
I should have been more strange, I must confess,
But that thou overheard'st, ere I was ware,
My true love's passion: therefore pardon me,
And not impute this yielding to light love,
Which the dark night hath so discovered.
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14 |
Romeo and Juliet
[II, 3] |
Romeo |
1117 |
Then plainly know my heart's dear love is set
On the fair daughter of rich Capulet:
As mine on hers, so hers is set on mine;
And all combined, save what thou must combine
By holy marriage: when and where and how
We met, we woo'd and made exchange of vow,
I'll tell thee as we pass; but this I pray,
That thou consent to marry us to-day.
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Romeo and Juliet
[II, 4] |
Nurse |
1362 |
Ah. mocker! that's the dog's name; R is for
the—No; I know it begins with some other
letter:—and she hath the prettiest sententious of
it, of you and rosemary, that it would do you good
to hear it.
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16 |
Romeo and Juliet
[II, 5] |
Nurse |
1415 |
Well, you have made a simple choice; you know not
how to choose a man: Romeo! no, not he; though his
face be better than any man's, yet his leg excels
all men's; and for a hand, and a foot, and a body,
though they be not to be talked on, yet they are
past compare: he is not the flower of courtesy,
but, I'll warrant him, as gentle as a lamb. Go thy
ways, wench; serve God. What, have you dined at home?
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17 |
Romeo and Juliet
[II, 5] |
Juliet |
1423 |
No, no: but all this did I know before.
What says he of our marriage? what of that?
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18 |
Romeo and Juliet
[III, 1] |
Romeo |
1566 |
I do protest, I never injured thee,
But love thee better than thou canst devise,
Till thou shalt know the reason of my love:
And so, good Capulet,—which name I tender
As dearly as my own,—be satisfied.
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Romeo and Juliet
[III, 3] |
Romeo |
1874 |
Father, what news? what is the prince's doom?
What sorrow craves acquaintance at my hand,
That I yet know not?
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Romeo and Juliet
[III, 3] |
Nurse |
1954 |
[Within] Let me come in, and you shall know
my errand;
I come from Lady Juliet.
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