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What! wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?

      — The Merchant of Venice, Act IV Scene 1

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Taming of the Shrew
[I, 1]

Hortensio

355

Mates, maid! How mean you that? No mates for you,
Unless you were of gentler, milder mould.

2

Taming of the Shrew
[I, 2]

Petruchio

649

I know her father, though I know not her;
And he knew my deceased father well.
I will not sleep, Hortensio, till I see her;
And therefore let me be thus bold with you
To give you over at this first encounter,
Unless you will accompany me thither.

3

Taming of the Shrew
[I, 2]

Lucentio

702

Whate'er I read to her, I'll plead for you
As for my patron, stand you so assur'd,
As firmly as yourself were still in place;
Yea, and perhaps with more successful words
Than you, unless you were a scholar, sir.

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