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Boy! Lucius! Fast asleep? It is no matter;
Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber:
Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies,
Which busy care draws in the brains of men;
Therefore thou sleep'st so sound.

      — Julius Caesar, Act II Scene 1

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KEYWORD: merry

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1

Twelfth Night
[II, 3]

Sir Toby Belch

775

My lady's a Cataian, we are politicians, Malvolio's
a Peg-a-Ramsey, and 'Three merry men be we.' Am not
I consanguineous? am I not of her blood?
Tillyvally. Lady!
[Sings]
'There dwelt a man in Babylon, lady, lady!'

2

Twelfth Night
[III, 1]

Viola

1260

I warrant thou art a merry fellow and carest for nothing.

3

Twelfth Night
[III, 1]

Olivia

1333

My servant, sir! 'Twas never merry world
Since lowly feigning was call'd compliment:
You're servant to the Count Orsino, youth.

4

Twelfth Night
[III, 4]

Olivia

1557

Go call him hither.
[Exit MARIA]
I am as mad as he,
If sad and merry madness equal be.
[Re-enter MARIA, with MALVOLIO]
How now, Malvolio!

5

Twelfth Night
[IV, 2]

Feste

2117

Maintain no words with him, good fellow. Who, I,
sir? not I, sir. God be wi' you, good Sir Topas.
Merry, amen. I will, sir, I will.

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