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Coriolanus
[IV, 3] |
Roman |
2707 |
I am joyful to hear of their readiness, and am the
man, I think, that shall set them in present action.
So, sir, heartily well met, and most glad of your company.
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Cymbeline
[III, 5] |
Cymbeline |
1972 |
Lucius hath wrote already to the emperor
How it goes here. It fits us therefore ripely
Our chariots and our horsemen be in readiness:
The powers that he already hath in Gallia
Will soon be drawn to head, from whence he moves
His war for Britain.
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3 |
Cymbeline
[IV, 2] |
Roman Captain |
2740 |
To them the legions garrison'd in Gailia,
After your will, have cross'd the sea, attending
You here at Milford-Haven with your ships:
They are in readiness.
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4 |
Hamlet
[V, 2] |
Hamlet |
3853 |
Not a whit, we defy augury; there's a special providence in
the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be
not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come:
the readiness is all. Since no man knows aught of what he leaves,
what is't to leave betimes? Let be.
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5 |
Henry VI, Part I
[III, 1] |
Duke of Gloucester |
1420 |
Your ships already are in readiness.
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6 |
Henry VI, Part III
[II, 2] |
Messenger |
910 |
Royal commanders, be in readiness:
For with a band of thirty thousand men
Comes Warwick, backing of the Duke of York;
And in the towns, as they do march along,
Proclaims him king, and many fly to him:
Darraign your battle, for they are at hand.
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7 |
Henry VI, Part III
[V, 4] |
Duke/Earl of Somerset |
2869 |
But he's deceived; we are in readiness.
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8 |
Macbeth
[II, 3] |
Macbeth |
929 |
Let's briefly put on manly readiness,
And meet i' the hall together.
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9 |
Measure for Measure
[II, 1] |
Escalus |
704 |
I thought, by your readiness in the office, you had
continued in it some time. You say, seven years together?
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10 |
Merchant of Venice
[II, 4] |
Lorenzo |
834 |
I must needs tell thee all. She hath directed
How I shall take her from her father's house,
What gold and jewels she is furnish'd with,
What page's suit she hath in readiness.
If e'er the Jew her father come to heaven,
It will be for his gentle daughter's sake:
And never dare misfortune cross her foot,
Unless she do it under this excuse,
That she is issue to a faithless Jew.
Come, go with me; peruse this as thou goest:
Fair Jessica shall be my torch-bearer.
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Richard III
[V, 3] |
Sir William Catesby |
3517 |
If is, my liege; and all things are in readiness.
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12 |
Taming of the Shrew
[I, 1] |
Lucentio |
334 |
Gramercies, Tranio, well dost thou advise.
If, Biondello, thou wert come ashore,
We could at once put us in readiness,
And take a lodging fit to entertain
Such friends as time in Padua shall beget.
Enter BAPTISTA with his two daughters, KATHERINA
and BIANCA; GREMIO, a pantaloon; HORTENSIO,
suitor to BIANCA. LUCENTIO and TRANIO stand by
But stay awhile; what company is this?
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13 |
Timon of Athens
[I, 2] |
Servant |
520 |
Here, my lord, in readiness.
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14 |
Titus Andronicus
[I, 1] |
Saturninus |
355 |
And therefore, lovely Tamora, queen of Goths,
That like the stately Phoebe 'mongst her nymphs
Dost overshine the gallant'st dames of Rome,
If thou be pleased with this my sudden choice,
Behold, I choose thee, Tamora, for my bride,
And will create thee empress of Rome,
Speak, Queen of Goths, dost thou applaud my choice?
And here I swear by all the Roman gods,
Sith priest and holy water are so near
And tapers burn so bright and every thing
In readiness for Hymenaeus stand,
I will not re-salute the streets of Rome,
Or climb my palace, till from forth this place
I lead espoused my bride along with me.
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Two Gentlemen of Verona
[I, 3] |
Antonio |
367 |
My will is something sorted with his wish.
Muse not that I thus suddenly proceed;
For what I will, I will, and there an end.
I am resolved that thou shalt spend some time
With Valentinus in the emperor's court:
What maintenance he from his friends receives,
Like exhibition thou shalt have from me.
To-morrow be in readiness to go:
Excuse it not, for I am peremptory.
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