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Where is the Master, Boson? | Where is the Master, Boatswain? | Tem I.i.12 |
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Hang cur, hang, you whoreson insolent Noyse-maker, | Hang, cur, hang, you whoreson, insolent noise-maker! | Tem I.i.43 |
we are lesse afraid to be drownde, then thou art. | We are less afraid to be drowned than thou art. | Tem I.i.44 |
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We are meerly cheated of our liues by drunkards, | We are merely cheated of our lives by drunkards. | Tem I.i.54 |
This wide-chopt-rascall, would thou mightst lye drowning | This wide-chopped rascal – would thou mightst lie drowning | Tem I.i.55 |
the washing of ten Tides. | The washing of ten tides! | Tem I.i.56.1 |
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Let's all sinke with' King | Let's all sink wi'th' King. | Tem I.i.59 |
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The Visitor will not giue | The visitor will not give | Tem II.i.12 |
him ore so. | him o'er so. | Tem II.i.13 |
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Fie, what a spend-thrift is he of his tongue. | Fie, what a spendthrift is he of his tongue! | Tem II.i.26 |
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Which, of he, or Adrian, for a good wager, | Which, of he or Adrian, for a good wager, | Tem II.i.30 |
First begins to crow? | first begins to crow? | Tem II.i.31 |
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The Cockrell. | The cockerel. | Tem II.i.33 |
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A Laughter. | A laughter. | Tem II.i.35 |
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Ha, ha, ha. | Ha, ha, ha! | Tem II.i.38 |
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He could not misse't. | He could not miss't. | Tem II.i.43 |
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Temperance was a delicate wench. | Temperance was a delicate wench. | Tem II.i.46 |
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Or, as 'twere perfum'd by a Fen. | Or, as 'twere perfumed by a fen. | Tem II.i.51 |
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True, saue meanes to liue. | True, save means to live. | Tem II.i.53 |
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The ground indeed is tawny. | The ground, indeed, is tawny. | Tem II.i.57 |
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He misses not much. | He misses not much. | Tem II.i.59 |
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If but one of his pockets could speake, would it | If but one of his pockets could speak, would it | Tem II.i.68 |
not say he lyes? | not say he lies? | Tem II.i.69 |
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Widow? A pox o'that: how came that Widdow | Widow? A pox o' that! How came that widow | Tem II.i.79 |
in? Widdow Dido! | in? Widow Dido! | Tem II.i.80 |
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His word is more then the miraculous Harpe. | His word is more than the miraculous harp. | Tem II.i.88 |
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What impossible matter wil he make easy | What impossible matter will he make easy | Tem II.i.90 |
next? | next? | Tem II.i.91 |
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And sowing the kernels of it in the Sea, bring | And sowing the kernels of it in the sea, bring | Tem II.i.94 |
forth more Islands. | forth more islands. | Tem II.i.95 |
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Why in good time. | Why, in good time. | Tem II.i.97 |
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And the rarest that ere came there. | And the rarest that e'er came there. | Tem II.i.101 |
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O Widdow Dido? I, Widdow Dido. | O, widow Dido? Ay, widow Dido. | Tem II.i.103 |
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That sort was well fish'd for. | That ‘ sort ’ was well fished for. | Tem II.i.106 |
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And most Chirurgeonly. | And most chirugeonly. | Tem II.i.142 |
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Very foule. | Very foul. | Tem II.i.144.3 |
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Hee'd sow't with Nettle-seed. | He'd sow't with nettle-seed. | Tem II.i.146.1 |
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The latter end of his | The latter end of his | Tem II.i.160 |
Common-wealth forgets the beginning. | commonwealth forgets the beginning. | Tem II.i.161 |
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None (man) all idle; Whores | None, man, all idle – whores | Tem II.i.170 |
and knaues, | and knaves. | Tem II.i.171 |
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Long liue Gonzalo. | Long live Gonzalo! | Tem II.i.174.1 |
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'Twas you we laugh'd at. | 'Twas you we laughed at. | Tem II.i.180 |
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What a blow was there giuen? | What a blow was there given! | Tem II.i.183 |
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Nay good my Lord, be not angry. | Nay, good my lord, be not angry. | Tem II.i.189 |
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Go sleepe, and heare vs. | Go sleep, and hear us. | Tem II.i.193 |
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We two my Lord, | We two, my lord, | Tem II.i.199.2 |
will guard your person, / While you take your rest, | Will guard your person while you take your rest, | Tem II.i.200 |
and watch your safety. | And watch your safety. | Tem II.i.201.1 |
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It is the quality o'th' Clymate. | It is the quality o'th' climate. | Tem II.i.203.1 |
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Nor I, my spirits are nimble: | Nor I. My spirits are nimble. | Tem II.i.206 |
They fell together all, as by consent | They fell together all, as by consent. | Tem II.i.207 |
They dropt, as by a Thunder-stroke: what might | They dropped, as by a thunderstroke. What might, | Tem II.i.208 |
Worthy Sebastian? O, what might? no more: | Worthy Sebastian? – O, what might? – No more! | Tem II.i.209 |
And yet, me thinkes I see it in thy face, | And yet methinks I see it in thy face, | Tem II.i.210 |
What thou should'st be: th' occasion speaks thee, and | What thou shouldst be. Th' occasion speaks thee, and | Tem II.i.211 |
My strong imagination see's a Crowne | My strong imagination sees a crown | Tem II.i.212 |
Dropping vpon thy head. | Dropping upon thy head. | Tem II.i.213.1 |
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Do you not heare me speake? | Do you not hear me speak? | Tem II.i.214.1 |
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Noble Sebastian, | Noble Sebastian, | Tem II.i.219.2 |
Thou let'st thy fortune sleepe: die rather: wink'st | Thou let'st thy fortune sleep – die, rather; wink'st | Tem II.i.220 |
Whiles thou art waking. | Whiles thou art waking. | Tem II.i.221.1 |
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I am more serious then my custome: you | I am more serious than my custom. You | Tem II.i.223 |
Must be so too, if heed me: which to do, | Must be so too, if heed me; which to do | Tem II.i.224 |
Trebbles thee o're. | Trebles thee o'er. | Tem II.i.225.1 |
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Ile teach you how to flow. | I'll teach you how to flow. | Tem II.i.226.1 |
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O! | O, | Tem II.i.227.2 |
If you but knew how you the purpose cherish | If you but knew how you the purpose cherish | Tem II.i.228 |
Whiles thus you mocke it: how in stripping it | Whiles thus you mock it! How, in stripping it, | Tem II.i.229 |
You more inuest it: ebbing men, indeed | You more invest it! Ebbing men, indeed, | Tem II.i.230 |
(Most often) do so neere the bottome run | Most often do so near the bottom run | Tem II.i.231 |
By their owne feare, or sloth. | By their own fear, or sloth. | Tem II.i.232.1 |
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Thus Sir: | Thus, sir: | Tem II.i.235.2 |
Although this Lord of weake remembrance; this | Although this lord of weak remembrance, this, | Tem II.i.236 |
Who shall be of as little memory | Who shall be of as little memory | Tem II.i.237 |
When he is earth'd, hath here almost perswaded | When he is earthed, hath here almost persuaded – | Tem II.i.238 |
(For hee's a Spirit of perswasion, onely | For he's a spirit of persuasion, only | Tem II.i.239 |
Professes to perswade) the King his sonne's aliue, | Professes to persuade – the King his son's alive, | Tem II.i.240 |
'Tis as impossible that hee's vndrown'd, | 'Tis as impossible that he's undrowned | Tem II.i.241 |
As he that sleepes heere, swims. | And he that sleeps here swims. | Tem II.i.242.1 |
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O, out of that no hope, | O, out of that no hope | Tem II.i.243.2 |
What great hope haue you? No hope that way, Is | What great hope have you! No hope that way is | Tem II.i.244 |
Another way so high a hope, that euen | Another way so high a hope that even | Tem II.i.245 |
Ambition cannot pierce a winke beyond | Ambition cannot pierce a wink beyond, | Tem II.i.246 |
But doubt discouery there. Will you grant with me | But doubt discovery there. Will you grant with me | Tem II.i.247 |
That Ferdinand is drown'd. | That Ferdinand is drowned? | Tem II.i.248.1 |
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Then tell me, | Then, tell me, | Tem II.i.248.3 |
who's the next heire of Naples? | Who's the next heir of Naples? | Tem II.i.249.1 |
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She that is Queene of Tunis: she that dwels | She that is Queen of Tunis; she that dwells | Tem II.i.250 |
Ten leagues beyond mans life: she that from Naples | Ten leagues beyond man's life; she that from Naples | Tem II.i.251 |
Can haue no note, vnlesse the Sun were post: | Can have no note, unless the sun were post – | Tem II.i.252 |
The Man i'th Moone's too slow, till new-borne chinnes | The Man i'th' Moon's too slow – till new-born chins | Tem II.i.253 |
Be rough, and Razor-able: She that from whom | Be rough and razorable; she that from whom | Tem II.i.254 |
We all were sea-swallow'd, though some cast againe, | We all were sea-swallowed, though some cast again, | Tem II.i.255 |
(And by that destiny) to performe an act | And, by that destiny, to perform an act | Tem II.i.256 |
Whereof, what's past is Prologue; what to come | Whereof what's past is prologue, what to come, | Tem II.i.257 |
In yours, and my discharge. | In yours and my discharge. | Tem II.i.258.1 |
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A space, whose eu'ry cubit | A space whose ev'ry cubit | Tem II.i.262.2 |
Seemes to cry out, how shall that Claribell | Seems to cry out, ‘ How shall that Claribel | Tem II.i.263 |
Measure vs backe to Naples? keepe in Tunis, | Measure us back to Naples? Keep in Tunis, | Tem II.i.264 |
And let Sebastian wake. Say, this were death | And let Sebastian wake.’ Say this were death | Tem II.i.265 |
That now hath seiz'd them, why they were no worse | That now hath seized them, why, they were no worse | Tem II.i.266 |
Then now they are: There be that can rule Naples | Than now they are. There be that can rule Naples | Tem II.i.267 |
As well as he that sleepes: Lords, that can prate | As well as he that sleeps; lords that can prate | Tem II.i.268 |
As amply, and vnnecessarily | As amply and unnecessarily | Tem II.i.269 |
As this Gonzallo: I my selfe could make | As this Gonzalo. I myself could make | Tem II.i.270 |
A Chough of as deepe chat: O, that you bore | A chough of as deep chat. O, that you bore | Tem II.i.271 |
The minde that I do; what a sleepe were this | The mind that I do! What a sleep were this | Tem II.i.272 |
For your aduancement? Do you vnderstand me? | For your advancement! Do you understand me? | Tem II.i.273 |
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And how do's your content | And how does your content | Tem II.i.274.2 |
Tender your owne good fortune? | Tender your own good fortune? | Tem II.i.275.1 |
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True: | True. | Tem II.i.276.27 |
And looke how well my Garments sit vpon me, | And look how well my garments sit upon me, | Tem II.i.277 |
Much feater then before: My Brothers seruants | Much feater than before. My brother's servants | Tem II.i.278 |
Were then my fellowes, now they are my men. | Were then my fellows. Now they are my men. | Tem II.i.279 |
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I Sir: where lies that? If 'twere a kybe | Ay, sir, where lies that? If 'twere a kibe, | Tem II.i.281 |
'Twould put me to my slipper: But I feele not | 'Twould put me to my slipper; but I feel not | Tem II.i.282 |
This Deity in my bosome: 'Twentie consciences | This deity in my bosom. Twenty consciences | Tem II.i.283 |
That stand 'twixt me, and Millaine, candied be they, | That stand 'twixt me and Milan, candied be they, | Tem II.i.284 |
And melt ere they mollest: Heere lies your Brother, | And melt ere they molest. Here lies your brother, | Tem II.i.285 |
No better then the earth he lies vpon, | No better than the earth he lies upon, | Tem II.i.286 |
If he were that which now hee's like (that's dead) | If he were that which now he's like – that's dead – | Tem II.i.287 |
Whom I with this obedient steele (three inches of it) | Whom I with this obedient steel, three inches of it, | Tem II.i.288 |
Can lay to bed for euer: whiles you doing thus, | Can lay to bed for ever; whiles you, doing thus, | Tem II.i.289 |
To the perpetuall winke for aye might put | To the perpetual wink for aye might put | Tem II.i.290 |
This ancient morsell: this Sir Prudence, who | This ancient morsel, this Sir Prudence, who | Tem II.i.291 |
Should not vpbraid our course: for all the rest | Should not upbraid our course. For all the rest, | Tem II.i.292 |
They'l take suggestion, as a Cat laps milke, | They'll take suggestion as a cat laps milk. | Tem II.i.293 |
They'l tell the clocke, to any businesse that | They'll tell the clock to any business that | Tem II.i.294 |
We say befits the houre. | We say befits the hour. | Tem II.i.295.1 |
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Draw together: | Draw together. | Tem II.i.299.2 |
And when I reare my hand, do you the like | And when I rear my hand, do you the like, | Tem II.i.300 |
To fall it on Gonzalo. | To fall it on Gonzalo. | Tem II.i.301.1 |
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Then let vs both be sodaine. | Then let us both be sudden. | Tem II.i.311.1 |
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O, 'twas a din to fright a Monsters eare; | O, 'twas a din to fright a monster's ear, | Tem II.i.319 |
To make an earthquake: sure it was the roare | To make an earthquake! Sure it was the roar | Tem II.i.320 |
Of a whole heard of Lyons. | Of a whole herd of lions. | Tem II.i.321.1 |
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I am right glad, that he's so out of hope: | I am right glad that he's so out of hope. | Tem III.iii.12 |
Doe not for one repulse forgoe the purpose | Do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose | Tem III.iii.13 |
That you resolu'd t' effect. | That you resolved t' effect. | Tem III.iii.14.1 |
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Let it be to night, | Let it be tonight; | Tem III.iii.15.2 |
For now they are oppress'd with trauaile, they | For, now they are oppressed with travel, they | Tem III.iii.16 |
Will not, nor cannot vse such vigilance | Will not, nor cannot, use such vigilance | Tem III.iii.17 |
As when they are fresh. | As when they are fresh. | Tem III.iii.18.1 |
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Ile beleeue both: | I'll believe both; | Tem III.iii.25.2 |
And what do's else want credit, come to me | And what does else want credit, come to me | Tem III.iii.26 |
And Ile besworne 'tis true: Trauellers nere did lye, | And I'll be sworn 'tis true. Travellers ne'er did lie, | Tem III.iii.27 |
Though fooles at home condemne 'em. | Though fools at home condemn 'em. | Tem III.iii.28.1 |
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Ile be thy Second. | I'll be thy second. | Tem III.iii.105.2 |
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Very like: one of them | Very like. One of them | Tem V.i.265.2 |
Is a plaine Fish, and no doubt marketable. | Is a plain fish, and no doubt marketable. | Tem V.i.266 |