Speeches (Lines) for First Senator
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CORIOLANUS, 'tis true that you have lately told us;
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Then, worthy CORIOLANUS,
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Your company to the Capitol; where, I know,
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[To the Citizens] Hence to your homes; be gone! |
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So, your opinion is, Aufidius,
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Our army's in the field
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Farewell. |
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No, nor a man that fears you less than he,
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Speak, good Cominius:
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Sit, Coriolanus; never shame to hear
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He cannot but with measure fit the honours
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Call Coriolanus. |
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Tribunes, give way; he shall to the market-place. |
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Not in this heat, sir, now. |
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No more words, we beseech you. |
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To unbuild the city and to lay all flat. |
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The gods forbid!
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Noble tribunes,
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Pray you, let's to him. |
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There's no remedy;
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Amen, amen. |
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Stay: whence are you? |
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From whence? |
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You may not pass, you must return: our general
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Be it so; go back: the virtue of your name
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Faith, sir, if you had told as many lies in his
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You are a Roman, are you? |
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Then you should hate Rome, as he does. Can you,
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My general cares not for you. Back, I say, go; lest
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Now, sir, is your name Menenius? |
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Do you hear how we are shent for keeping your
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A noble fellow, I warrant him. |
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Behold our patroness, the life of Rome!
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