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Comedy of Errors
[III, 2] |
Dromio of Syracuse |
870 |
Nell, sir; but her name and three quarters, that's
an ell and three quarters, will not measure her from
hip to hip.
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2 |
Henry V
[II, 1] |
Bardolph |
525 |
It is certain, corporal, that he is married to Nell
Quickly: and certainly she did you wrong; for you
were troth-plight to her.
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3 |
Henry V
[II, 1] |
Pistol |
537 |
Base tike, call'st thou me host? Now, by this hand,
I swear, I scorn the term; Nor shall my Nell keep lodgers.
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4 |
Henry V
[V, 1] |
Pistol |
2966 |
Doth Fortune play the huswife with me now?
News have I, that my Nell is dead i' the spital
Of malady of France;
And there my rendezvous is quite cut off.
Old I do wax; and from my weary limbs
Honour is cudgelled. Well, bawd I'll turn,
And something lean to cutpurse of quick hand.
To England will I steal, and there I'll steal:
And patches will I get unto these cudgell'd scars,
And swear I got them in the Gallia wars.
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5 |
Henry VI, Part II
[I, 2] |
Duke of Gloucester |
290 |
O Nell, sweet Nell, if thou dost love thy lord,
Banish the canker of ambitious thoughts.
And may that thought, when I imagine ill
Against my king and nephew, virtuous Henry,
Be my last breathing in this mortal world!
My troublous dream this night doth make me sad.
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6 |
Henry VI, Part II
[I, 2] |
Duke of Gloucester |
333 |
I go. Come, Nell, thou wilt ride with us?
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7 |
Henry VI, Part II
[II, 4] |
Duke of Gloucester |
1163 |
Ten is the hour that was appointed me
To watch the coming of my punish'd duchess:
Uneath may she endure the flinty streets,
To tread them with her tender-feeling feet.
Sweet Nell, ill can thy noble mind abrook
The abject people gazing on thy face,
With envious looks, laughing at thy shame,
That erst did follow thy proud chariot-wheels
When thou didst ride in triumph through the streets.
But, soft! I think she comes; and I'll prepare
My tear-stain'd eyes to see her miseries.
[Enter the DUCHESS in a white sheet, and a taper]
burning in her hand; with STANLEY, the Sheriff,
and Officers]
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8 |
Henry VI, Part II
[II, 4] |
Duke of Gloucester |
1186 |
Be patient, gentle Nell; forget this grief.
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9 |
Henry VI, Part II
[II, 4] |
Duke of Gloucester |
1218 |
Ah, Nell, forbear! thou aimest all awry;
I must offend before I be attainted;
And had I twenty times so many foes,
And each of them had twenty times their power,
All these could not procure me any scathe,
So long as I am loyal, true and crimeless.
Wouldst have me rescue thee from this reproach?
Why, yet thy scandal were not wiped away
But I in danger for the breach of law.
Thy greatest help is quiet, gentle Nell:
I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience;
These few days' wonder will be quickly worn.
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10 |
Henry VI, Part II
[II, 4] |
Duke of Gloucester |
1233 |
And my consent ne'er ask'd herein before!
This is close dealing. Well, I will be there.
[Exit Herald]
My Nell, I take my leave: and, master sheriff,
Let not her penance exceed the king's commission.
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11 |
Romeo and Juliet
[I, 5] |
First Servant |
623 |
Away with the joint-stools, remove the
court-cupboard, look to the plate. Good thou, save
me a piece of marchpane; and, as thou lovest me, let
the porter let in Susan Grindstone and Nell.
Antony, and Potpan!
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12 |
Troilus and Cressida
[III, 1] |
Paris |
1542 |
You have broke it, cousin: and, by my life, you
shall make it whole again; you shall piece it out
with a piece of your performance. Nell, he is full
of harmony.
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Troilus and Cressida
[III, 1] |
Paris |
1621 |
Hector, Deiphobus, Helenus, Antenor, and all the
gallantry of Troy: I would fain have armed to-day,
but my Nell would not have it so. How chance my
brother Troilus went not?
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