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| If by your Art (my deerest father) you haue | If by your art, my dearest father, you have | Tem I.ii.1 |
| Put the wild waters in this Rore; alay them: | Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them. | Tem I.ii.2 |
| The skye it seemes would powre down stinking pitch, | The sky it seems would pour down stinking pitch, | Tem I.ii.3 |
| But that the Sea, mounting to th' welkins cheeke, | But that the sea, mounting to th' welkin's cheek, | Tem I.ii.4 |
| Dashes the fire out. Oh! I haue suffered | Dashes the fire out. O, I have suffered | Tem I.ii.5 |
| With those that I saw suffer: A braue vessell | With those that I saw suffer! A brave vessel, | Tem I.ii.6 |
| (Who had no doubt some noble creature in her) | Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her, | Tem I.ii.7 |
| Dash'd all to peeces: O the cry did knocke | Dashed all to pieces. O, the cry did knock | Tem I.ii.8 |
| Against my very heart: poore soules, they perish'd. | Against my very heart! Poor souls, they perished. | Tem I.ii.9 |
| Had I byn any God of power, I would | Had I been any god of power, I would | Tem I.ii.10 |
| Haue suncke the Sea within the Earth, or ere | Have sunk the sea within the earth, or ere | Tem I.ii.11 |
| It should the good Ship so haue swallow'd, and | It should the good ship so have swallowed and | Tem I.ii.12 |
| The fraughting Soules within her. | The fraughting souls within her. | Tem I.ii.13.1 |
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| O woe, the day. | O, woe the day! | Tem I.ii.15.2 |
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| More to know | More to know | Tem I.ii.21.2 |
| Did neuer medle with my thoughts. | Did never meddle with my thoughts. | Tem I.ii.22.1 |
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| You haue often | You have often | Tem I.ii.33.2 |
| Begun to tell me what I am, but stopt | Begun to tell me what I am, but stopped, | Tem I.ii.34 |
| And left me to a bootelesse Inquisition, | And left me to a bootless inquisition, | Tem I.ii.35 |
| Concluding, stay: not yet. | Concluding, ‘ Stay: not yet.’ | Tem I.ii.36.1 |
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| Certainely Sir, I can. | Certainly, sir, I can. | Tem I.ii.41.2 |
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| 'Tis farre off: | 'Tis far off, | Tem I.ii.44.2 |
| And rather like a dreame, then an assurance | And rather like a dream than an assurance | Tem I.ii.45 |
| That my remembrance warrants: Had I not | That my remembrance warrants. Had I not | Tem I.ii.46 |
| Fowre, or fiue women once, that tended me? | Four or five women once that tended me? | Tem I.ii.47 |
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| But that I doe not. | But that I do not. | Tem I.ii.52.2 |
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| Sir, are not you my Father? | Sir, are not you my father? | Tem I.ii.55.2 |
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| O the heauens, | O the heavens! | Tem I.ii.59.2 |
| What fowle play had we, that we came from thence? | What foul play had we, that we came from thence? | Tem I.ii.60 |
| Or blessed was't we did? | Or blessed was't we did? | Tem I.ii.61.1 |
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| O my heart bleedes | O, my heart bleeds | Tem I.ii.63.2 |
| To thinke oth' teene that I haue turn'd you to, | To think o'th' teen that I have turned you to, | Tem I.ii.64 |
| Which is from my remembrance, please you, farther; | Which is from my remembrance! Please you, farther. | Tem I.ii.65 |
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| Sir, most heedefully. | Sir, most heedfully. | Tem I.ii.78.2 |
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| O good Sir, I doe. | O, good sir, I do. | Tem I.ii.88.1 |
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| Your tale, Sir, would cure deafenesse. 205: | Your tale, sir, would cure deafness. | Tem I.ii.106.2 |
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| Oh the heauens: | O the heavens! | Tem I.ii.116.2 |
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| I should sinne | I should sin | Tem I.ii.118.2 |
| To thinke but Noblie of my Grand-mother, | To think but nobly of my grandmother. | Tem I.ii.119 |
| Good wombes haue borne bad sonnes. | Good wombs have borne bad sons. | Tem I.ii.120.1 |
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| Alack, for pitty: | Alack, for pity. | Tem I.ii.132.2 |
| I not remembring how I cride out then | I, not remembering how I cried out then, | Tem I.ii.133 |
| Will cry it ore againe: it is a hint | Will cry it o'er again. It is a hint | Tem I.ii.134 |
| That wrings mine eyes too't. | That wrings mine eyes to't. | Tem I.ii.135.1 |
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| Wherefore did they not | Wherefore did they not | Tem I.ii.138.2 |
| That howre destroy vs? | That hour destroy us? | Tem I.ii.139.1 |
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| Alack, what trouble | Alack, what trouble | Tem I.ii.151.2 |
| Was I then to you? | Was I then to you! | Tem I.ii.152.1 |
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| How came we a shore? | How came we ashore? | Tem I.ii.158.2 |
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| Would I might | Would I might | Tem I.ii.168.2 |
| But euer see that man. | But ever see that man! | Tem I.ii.169.1 |
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| Heuens thank you for't. And now I pray you Sir, | Heavens thank you for't! And now, I pray you, sir, | Tem I.ii.175 |
| For still 'tis beating in my minde; your reason | For still 'tis beating in my mind, your reason | Tem I.ii.176 |
| For raysing this Sea-storme? | For raising this sea-storm? | Tem I.ii.177.1 |
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| The strangenes of your story, put | The strangeness of your story put | Tem I.ii.306.2 |
| Heauinesse in me. | Heaviness in me. | Tem I.ii.307.1 |
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| 'Tis a villaine Sir, | 'Tis a villain, sir, | Tem I.ii.309.2 |
| I doe not loue to looke on. | I do not love to look on. | Tem I.ii.310.1 |
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| Abhorred Slaue, | Abhorred slave, | Tem I.ii.351.2 |
| Which any print of goodnesse wilt not take, | Which any print of goodness wilt not take, | Tem I.ii.352 |
| Being capable of all ill: I pittied thee, | Being capable of all ill! I pitied thee, | Tem I.ii.353 |
| Took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each houre | Took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hour | Tem I.ii.354 |
| One thing or other: when thou didst not (Sauage) | One thing or other. When thou didst not, savage, | Tem I.ii.355 |
| Know thine owne meaning; but wouldst gabble, like | Know thine own meaning, but wouldst gabble like | Tem I.ii.356 |
| A thing most brutish, I endow'd thy purposes | A thing most brutish, I endowed thy purposes | Tem I.ii.357 |
| With words that made them knowne: But thy vild race | With words that made them known. But thy vile race, | Tem I.ii.358 |
| (Tho thou didst learn) had that in't, which good natures | Though thou didst learn, had that in't which good natures | Tem I.ii.359 |
| Could not abide to be with; therefore wast thou | Could not abide to be with. Therefore wast thou | Tem I.ii.360 |
| Deseruedly confin'd into this Rocke, who hadst | Deservedly confined into this rock, who hadst | Tem I.ii.361 |
| Deseru'd more then a prison. | Deserved more than a prison. | Tem I.ii.362 |
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| What is't a Spirit? | What is't? A spirit? | Tem I.ii.410.2 |
| Lord, how it lookes about: Beleeue me sir, | Lord, how it looks about! Believe me, sir, | Tem I.ii.411 |
| It carries a braue forme. But 'tis a spirit. | It carries a brave form. But 'tis a spirit. | Tem I.ii.412 |
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| I might call him | I might call him | Tem I.ii.418.2 |
| A thing diuine, for nothing naturall | A thing divine, for nothing natural | Tem I.ii.419 |
| I euer saw so Noble. | I ever saw so noble. | Tem I.ii.420.1 |
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| No wonder Sir, | No wonder, sir, | Tem I.ii.428.2 |
| But certainly a Mayd. | But certainly a maid. | Tem I.ii.429.1 |
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| Alacke, for mercy. | Alack, for mercy! | Tem I.ii.437.2 |
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| Why speakes my father so vngently? This | Why speaks my father so ungently? This | Tem I.ii.445 |
| Is the third man that ere I saw: the first | Is the third man that e'er I saw; the first | Tem I.ii.446 |
| That ere I sigh'd for: pitty moue my father | That e'er I sighed for. Pity move my father | Tem I.ii.447 |
| To be enclin'd my way. | To be inclined my way. | Tem I.ii.448.1 |
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| Ther's nothing ill, can dwell in such a Temple, | There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple. | Tem I.ii.458 |
| If the ill-spirit haue so fayre a house, | If the ill spirit have so fair a house, | Tem I.ii.459 |
| Good things will striue to dwell with't. | Good things will strive to dwell with't. | Tem I.ii.460.1 |
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| O deere Father, | O dear father, | Tem I.ii.467.2 |
| Make not too rash a triall of him, for | Make not too rash a trial of him, for | Tem I.ii.468 |
| Hee's gentle, and not fearfull. | He's gentle, and not fearful. | Tem I.ii.469.1 |
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| Beseech you Father. | Beseech you, father! | Tem I.ii.474.2 |
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| Sir haue pity, | Sir, have pity. | Tem I.ii.475.2 |
| Ile be his surety. | I'll be his surety. | Tem I.ii.476.1 |
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| My affections | My affections | Tem I.ii.482.2 |
| Are then most humble: I haue no ambition | Are then most humble. I have no ambition | Tem I.ii.483 |
| To see a goodlier man. | To see a goodlier man. | Tem I.ii.484.1 |
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| Be of comfort, | Be of comfort. | Tem I.ii.496.2 |
| My Fathers of a better nature (Sir) | My father's of a better nature, sir, | Tem I.ii.497 |
| Then he appeares by speech: this is vnwonted | Than he appears by speech. This is unwonted | Tem I.ii.498 |
| Which now came from him. | Which now came from him. | Tem I.ii.499.1 |
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| Alas, now pray you | Alas, now pray you | Tem III.i.15.2 |
| Worke not so hard: I would the lightning had | Work not so hard. I would the lightning had | Tem III.i.16 |
| Burnt vp those Logs that you are enioynd to pile: | Burnt up those logs that you are enjoined to pile! | Tem III.i.17 |
| Pray set it downe, and rest you: when this burnes | Pray, set it down and rest you. When this burns, | Tem III.i.18 |
| 'Twill weepe for hauing wearied you: my Father | 'Twill weep for having wearied you. My father | Tem III.i.19 |
| Is hard at study; pray now rest your selfe, | Is hard at study. Pray now, rest yourself. | Tem III.i.20 |
| Hee's safe for these three houres. | He's safe for these three hours. | Tem III.i.21.1 |
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| If you'l sit downe | If you'll sit down, | Tem III.i.23.2 |
| Ile beare your Logges the while: pray giue me that, | I'll bear your logs the while. Pray, give me that. | Tem III.i.24 |
| Ile carry it to the pile. | I'll carry it to the pile. | Tem III.i.25.1 |
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| It would become me | It would become me | Tem III.i.28.2 |
| As well as it do's you; and I should do it | As well as it does you; and I should do it | Tem III.i.29 |
| With much more ease: for my good will is to it, | With much more ease; for my good will is to it, | Tem III.i.30 |
| And yours it is against. | And yours it is against. | Tem III.i.31.1 |
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| You looke wearily. | You look wearily. | Tem III.i.32.2 |
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| Miranda, O my Father, | Miranda. O my father, | Tem III.i.36.2 |
| I haue broke your hest to say so. | I have broke your hest to say so! | Tem III.i.37.1 |
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| I do not know | I do not know | Tem III.i.48.2 |
| One of my sexe; no womans face remember, | One of my sex; no woman's face remember, | Tem III.i.49 |
| Saue from my glasse, mine owne: Nor haue I seene | Save, from my glass, mine own. Nor have I seen | Tem III.i.50 |
| More that I may call men, then you good friend, | More that I may call men than you, good friend, | Tem III.i.51 |
| And my deere Father: how features are abroad | And my dear father. How features are abroad | Tem III.i.52 |
| I am skillesse of; but by my modestie | I am skilless of; but by my modesty, | Tem III.i.53 |
| (The iewell in my dower) I would not wish | The jewel in my dower, I would not wish | Tem III.i.54 |
| Any Companion in the world but you: | Any companion in the world but you. | Tem III.i.55 |
| Nor can imagination forme a shape | Nor can imagination form a shape, | Tem III.i.56 |
| Besides your selfe, to like of: but I prattle | Besides yourself, to like of. But I prattle | Tem III.i.57 |
| Something too wildely, and my Fathers precepts | Something too wildly, and my father's precepts | Tem III.i.58 |
| I therein do forget. | I therein do forget. | Tem III.i.59.1 |
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| Do you loue me? | Do you love me? | Tem III.i.67.2 |
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| I am a foole | I am a fool | Tem III.i.73.2 |
| To weepe at what I am glad of. | To weep at what I am glad of. | Tem III.i.74.1 |
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| At mine vnworthinesse, that dare not offer | At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer | Tem III.i.77 |
| What I desire to giue; and much lesse take | What I desire to give, and much less take | Tem III.i.78 |
| What I shall die to want: But this is trifling, | What I shall die to want. But this is trifling; | Tem III.i.79 |
| And all the more it seekes to hide it selfe, | And all the more it seeks to hide itself, | Tem III.i.80 |
| The bigger bulke it shewes. Hence bashfull cunning, | The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning! | Tem III.i.81 |
| And prompt me plaine and holy innocence. | And prompt me, plain and holy innocence. | Tem III.i.82 |
| I am your wife, if you will marrie me; | I am your wife, if you will marry me. | Tem III.i.83 |
| If not, Ile die your maid: to be your fellow | If not, I'll die your maid. To be your fellow | Tem III.i.84 |
| You may denie me, but Ile be your seruant | You may deny me, but I'll be your servant | Tem III.i.85 |
| Whether you will or no. | Whether you will or no. | Tem III.i.86.1 |
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| My husband then? | My husband, then? | Tem III.i.87.2 |
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| And mine, with my heart in't; and now farewel | And mine, with my heart in't; and now farewell | Tem III.i.90 |
| Till halfe an houre hence. | Till half an hour hence. | Tem III.i.91.1 |
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| Neuer till this day | Never till this day | Tem IV.i.144.2 |
| Saw I him touch'd with anger, so distemper'd. | Saw I him touched with anger so distempered. | Tem IV.i.145 |
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| Fer. Mir. | FERDINAND and MIRANDA | |
| We wish your peace. | We wish your peace. | Tem IV.i.163.2 |
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| Sweet Lord, you play me false. | Sweet lord, you play me false. | Tem V.i.172.1 |
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| Yes, for a score of Kingdomes, you should wrangle, | Yes, for a score of kingdoms you should wrangle, | Tem V.i.174 |
| And I would call it faire play. | And I would call it fair play. | Tem V.i.175.1 |
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| O wonder! | O, wonder! | Tem V.i.181.2 |
| How many goodly creatures are there heere? | How many goodly creatures are there here! | Tem V.i.182 |
| How beauteous mankinde is? O braue new world | How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, | Tem V.i.183 |
| That has such people in't. | That has such people in't! | Tem V.i.184.1 |