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Alb. Cor. | ALBANY and CORNWALL | |
Deare Sir forbeare. | Dear sir, forbear! | KL I.i.162 |
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Pray Sir be patient. | Pray, sir, be patient. | KL I.iv.258.2 |
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My Lord, I am guiltlesse, as I am ignorant | My lord, I am guiltless as I am ignorant | KL I.iv.270 |
Of what hath moued you. | Of what hath moved you. | KL I.iv.271.1 |
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Now Gods that we adore, / Whereof comes this? | Now gods that we adore, whereof comes this? | KL I.iv.287 |
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What's the matter, Sir? | What's the matter, sir? | KL I.iv.292.2 |
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I cannot be so partiall Gonerill, | I cannot be so partial, Gonerill, | KL I.iv.308 |
To the great loue I beare you. | To the great love I bear you – | KL I.iv.309 |
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Well,you may feare too farre. | Well, you may fear too far. | KL I.iv.325.1 |
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How farre your eies may pierce I cannot tell; | How far your eyes may pierce I cannot tell; | KL I.iv.342 |
Striuing to better, oft we marre what's well. | Striving to better, oft we mar what's well. | KL I.iv.343 |
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Well, well, th'euent. | Well, well – th' event! | KL I.iv.345 |
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Oh Gonerill, | O Gonerill, | KL IV.ii.29.2 |
You are not worth the dust which the rude winde | You are not worth the dust which the rude wind | KL IV.ii.30 |
Blowes in your face. | Blows in your face. I fear your disposition: | KL IV.ii.31 |
| That nature which contemns its origin | KL IV.ii.32 |
| Cannot be bordered certain in itself. | KL IV.ii.33 |
| She that herself will sliver and disbranch | KL IV.ii.34 |
| From her material sap perforce must wither | KL IV.ii.35 |
| And come to deadly use. | KL IV.ii.36 |
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| Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile; | KL IV.ii.38 |
| Filths savour but themselves. What have you done, | KL IV.ii.39 |
| Tigers not daughters, what have you performed? | KL IV.ii.40 |
| A father, and a gracious aged man, | KL IV.ii.41 |
| Whose reverence even the head-lugged bear would lick, | KL IV.ii.42 |
| Most barbarous, most degenerate, have you madded. | KL IV.ii.43 |
| Could my good brother suffer you to do it? | KL IV.ii.44 |
| A man, a prince, by him so benefited? | KL IV.ii.45 |
| If that the heavens do not their visible spirits | KL IV.ii.46 |
| Send quickly down to tame these vile offences, | KL IV.ii.47 |
| It will come – | KL IV.ii.48 |
| Humanity must perforce prey on itself | KL IV.ii.49 |
| Like monsters of the deep. | KL IV.ii.50.1 |
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See thy selfe diuell: | See thyself, devil! | KL IV.ii.59.2 |
Proper deformitie seemes not in the Fiend | Proper deformity shows not in the fiend | KL IV.ii.60 |
So horrid as in woman. | So horrid as in woman. | KL IV.ii.61.1 |
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| Thou changed and self-covered thing, for shame, | KL IV.ii.62 |
| Be-monster not thy feature. Were't my fitness | KL IV.ii.63 |
| To let these hands obey my blood, | KL IV.ii.64 |
| They are apt enough to dislocate and tear | KL IV.ii.65 |
| Thy flesh and bones. Howe'er thou art a fiend, | KL IV.ii.66 |
| A woman's shape doth shield thee. | KL IV.ii.67 |
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| What news? | KL IV.ii.69 |
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Glousters eyes. | Gloucester's eyes? | KL IV.ii.72.2 |
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This shewes you are aboue | This shows you are above, | KL IV.ii.78.2 |
You Iustices, that these our neather crimes | You justicers, that these our nether crimes | KL IV.ii.79 |
So speedily can venge. But (O poore Glouster) | So speedily can venge! But, O, poor Gloucester! | KL IV.ii.80 |
Lost he his other eye? | Lost he his other eye? | KL IV.ii.81.1 |
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Where was his Sonne, / When they did take his eyes? | Where was his son when they did take his eyes? | KL IV.ii.88 |
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He is not heere. | He is not here. | KL IV.ii.89.2 |
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Knowes he the wickednesse? | Knows he the wickedness? | KL IV.ii.91 |
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Glouster, I liue | Gloucester, I live | KL IV.ii.94.2 |
To thanke thee for the loue thou shew'dst the King, | To thank thee for the love thou show'dst the King | KL IV.ii.95 |
And to reuenge thine eyes. Come hither Friend, | And to revenge thine eyes. Come hither, friend; | KL IV.ii.96 |
Tell me what more thou know'st. | Tell me what more thou knowest. | KL IV.ii.97 |
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Our very louing Sister, well be-met: | Our very loving sister, well be-met. | KL V.i.20 |
Sir, this I heard, the King is come to his Daughter | Sir, this I heard; the King is come to his daughter, | KL V.i.21 |
With others, whom the rigour of our State | With others whom the rigour of our state | KL V.i.22 |
Forc'd to cry out. | Forced to cry out. Where I could not be honest, | KL V.i.23 |
| I never yet was valiant. For this business, | KL V.i.24 |
| It touches us as France invades our land, | KL V.i.25 |
| Not bolds the King, with others – whom, I fear, | KL V.i.26 |
| Most just and heavy causes make oppose. | KL V.i.27 |
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Let's then determine | Let's then determine | KL V.i.31.2 |
with th'ancient of warre / On our proceeding. | With th' ancient of war on our proceeding. | KL V.i.32 |
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Ile ouertake you, | I'll overtake you. | KL V.i.39.2 |
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speake. | Speak. | KL V.i.39.3 |
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Stay till I haue read the Letter. | Stay till I have read the letter. | KL V.i.47.1 |
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Why farethee well, I will o're-looke thy paper. | Why, fare thee well. I will o'erlook thy paper. | KL V.i.50 |
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We will greet the time. | We will greet the time. | KL V.i.54.2 |
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Sir, you haue shew'd to day your valiant straine | Sir, you have showed today your valiant strain, | KL V.iii.41 |
And Fortune led you well: you haue the Captiues | And Fortune led you well. You have the captives | KL V.iii.42 |
Who were the opposites of this dayes strife: | That were the opposites of this day's strife; | KL V.iii.43 |
I do require them of you so to vse them, | I do require them of you, so to use them | KL V.iii.44 |
As we shall find their merites, and our safety | As we shall find their merits and our safety | KL V.iii.45 |
May equally determine. | May equally determine. | KL V.iii.46.1 |
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Sir, by your patience, | Sir, by your patience, | KL V.iii.60.2 |
I hold you but a subiect of this Warre, | I hold you but a subject of this war, | KL V.iii.61 |
Not as a Brother. | Not as a brother. | KL V.iii.62.1 |
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The let alone lies not in your good will. | The let-alone lies not in your good will. | KL V.iii.80 |
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Halfe-blooded fellow, yes. | Half-blooded fellow, yes. | KL V.iii.81.2 |
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Stay yet,heare reason: Edmund, I arrest thee | Stay yet; hear reason. Edmund, I arrest thee | KL V.iii.83 |
On capitall Treason; and in thy arrest, | On capital treason, and, in thy attaint, | KL V.iii.84 |
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This guilded Serpent: for your claime faire Sisters, | This gilded serpent. For your claim, fair sister, | KL V.iii.85 |
I bare it in the interest of my wife, | I bar it in the interest of my wife. | KL V.iii.86 |
'Tis she is sub-contracted to this Lord, | 'Tis she is sub-contracted to this lord, | KL V.iii.87 |
And I her husband contradict your Banes. | And I her husband contradict your banns. | KL V.iii.88 |
If you will marry, make your loues to me, | If you will marry, make your loves to me; | KL V.iii.89 |
My Lady is bespoke. | My lady is bespoke. | KL V.iii.90.1 |
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Thou art armed Gloster, / Let the Trmpet sound: | Thou art armed, Gloucester; let the trumpet sound. | KL V.iii.91 |
If none appeare to proue vpon thy person, | If none appear to prove upon thy person | KL V.iii.92 |
Thy heynous, manifest, and many Treasons, | Thy heinous, manifest, and many treasons, | KL V.iii.93 |
There is my pledge: | There is my pledge. | KL V.iii.94.1 |
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Ile make it on thy heart | I'll make it on thy heart, | KL V.iii.94.2 |
Ere I taste bread, thou art in nothing lesse | Ere I taste bread, thou art in nothing less | KL V.iii.95 |
Then I haue heere proclaim'd thee. | Than I have here proclaimed thee. | KL V.iii.96.1 |
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A Herald, ho. | A herald, ho! | KL V.iii.102.2 |
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Trust to thy single vertue, for thy Souldiers | Trust to thy single virtue; for thy soldiers, | KL V.iii.103 |
All leuied in my name, haue in my name | All levied in my name, have in my name | KL V.iii.104 |
Tooke their discharge. | Took their discharge. | KL V.iii.105.1 |
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She is not well, conuey her to my Tent. | She is not well. Convey her to my tent. | KL V.iii.106 |
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Come hither Herald, let the Trumper sound, | Come hither, herald; let the trumpet sound, | KL V.iii.107 |
And read out this. | And read out this. | KL V.iii.108 |
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Aske him his purposes, why he appeares | Ask him his purposes, why he appears | KL V.iii.116 |
Vpon this Call o'th'Trumpet. | Upon this call o'the trumpet. | KL V.iii.117.1 |
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Which is that Aduersary? | Which is that adversary? | KL V.iii.122.2 |
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Saue him, saue him. | Save him, save him! | KL V.iii.149.1 |
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Shut your mouth Dame, | Shut your mouth, dame, | KL V.iii.152.2 |
Or with this paper shall I stop it: hold Sir, | Or with this paper shall I stop it – Hold, sir! | KL V.iii.153 |
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Thou worse then any name, reade thine owne euill: | Thou worse than any name, read thine own evil. | KL V.iii.154 |
No tearing Lady, I perceiue you know it. | No tearing, lady! I perceive you know it. | KL V.iii.155 |
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Most monstrous! O, | Most monstrous! O! | KL V.iii.157.2 |
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know'st thou this paper? | Knowest thou this paper? | KL V.iii.158.1 |
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Go after her, she's desperate, gouerne her. | Go after her. She's desperate. Govern her. | KL V.iii.159 |
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Me thought thy very gate did prophesie | Methought thy very gait did prophesy | KL V.iii.173 |
A Royall Noblenesse: I must embrace thee, | A royal nobleness. I must embrace thee. | KL V.iii.174 |
Let sorrow split my heart, if euer I | Let sorrow split my heart if ever I | KL V.iii.175 |
Did hate thee, or thy father. | Did hate thee or thy father. | KL V.iii.176.1 |
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Where haue you hid your selfe? | Where have you hid yourself? | KL V.iii.177.2 |
How haue you knowne the miseries of your Father? | How have you known the miseries of your father? | KL V.iii.178 |
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If there be more, more wofull, hold it in, | If there be more, more woeful, hold it in; | KL V.iii.200 |
For I am almost ready to dissolue, | For I am almost ready to dissolve, | KL V.iii.201 |
Hearing of this. | Hearing of this. | KL V.iii.202.1 |
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| But who was this? | KL V.iii.216.2 |
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Speake man. | Speak, man. | KL V.iii.220.3 |
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Who dead? Speake man. | Who dead? Speak, man. | KL V.iii.223 |
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Produce the bodies, be they aliue or dead; | Produce the bodies, be they alive or dead. | KL V.iii.228 |
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This iudgement of the Heauens that makes vs tremble. | This judgement of the heavens that makes us tremble | KL V.iii.229 |
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Touches vs not with pitty: O, is this he? | Touches us not with pity. (To Kent) O, is this he? | KL V.iii.230 |
The time will not allow the complement | The time will not allow the compliment | KL V.iii.231 |
Which very manners vrges. | Which very manners urges. | KL V.iii.232.1 |
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Great thing of vs forgot, | Great thing of us forgot. | KL V.iii.234.2 |
Speake Edmund, where's the King? and where's Cordelia? | Speak, Edmund, where's the King? and where's Cordelia? | KL V.iii.235 |
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Seest thou this obiect Kent? | See'st thou this object, Kent? | KL V.iii.236 |
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Euen so: couer their faces. | Even so. Cover their faces. | KL V.iii.240 |
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Run, run, O run. | Run, run, O run! | KL V.iii.245.2 |
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Hast thee for thy life. | Haste thee for thy life. | KL V.iii.249.2 |
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The Gods defend her, beare him hence awhile. | The gods defend her. Bear him hence awhile. | KL V.iii.254 |
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Fall and cease. | Fall and cease! | KL V.iii.262.2 |
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He knowes not what he saies, and vaine is it | He knows not what he sees, and vain is it | KL V.iii.291 |
That we present vs to him. | That we present us to him. | KL V.iii.292.1 |
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That's but a trifle heere: | That's but a trifle here. | KL V.iii.293.2 |
You Lords and Noble Friends, know our intent, | You lords and noble friends, know our intent: | KL V.iii.294 |
What comfort to this great decay may come, | What comfort to this great decay may come | KL V.iii.295 |
Shall be appli'd. For vs we will resigne, | Shall be applied. For us we will resign | KL V.iii.296 |
During the life of this old Maiesty | During the life of this old majesty | KL V.iii.297 |
To him our absolute power, | To him our absolute power. | KL V.iii.298.1 |
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you to your rights, | You, to your rights | KL V.iii.298.2 |
With boote, and such addition as your Honours | With boot, and such addition as your honours | KL V.iii.299 |
Haue more then merited. All Friends shall | Have more than merited. All friends shall taste | KL V.iii.300 |
Taste the wages of their vertue,and all Foes | The wages of their virtue, and all foes | KL V.iii.301 |
The cup of their deseruings: O see, see. | The cup of their deservings. – O, see, see! | KL V.iii.302 |
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Beare them from hence, our present businesse | Bear them from hence. Our present business | KL V.iii.316 |
Is generall woe: | Is general woe. | KL V.iii.317.1 |
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Friends of my soule, you twaine, | Friends of my soul, you twain, | KL V.iii.317.2 |
Rule in this Realme, and the gor'd state sustaine. | Rule in this realm, and the gored state sustain. | KL V.iii.318 |
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The waight of this sad time we must obey, | The weight of this sad time we must obey; | KL V.iii.321 |
Speake what we feele, not what we ought to say: | Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. | KL V.iii.322 |
The oldest hath borne most, we that are yong, | The oldest hath borne most; we that are young | KL V.iii.323 |
Shall neuer see so much, nor liue so long. | Shall never see so much nor live so long. | KL V.iii.324 |