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As You Like It
[I, 2] |
Le Beau |
387 |
Neither his daughter, if we judge by manners;
But yet, indeed, the smaller is his daughter;
The other is daughter to the banish'd Duke,
And here detain'd by her usurping uncle,
To keep his daughter company; whose loves
Are dearer than the natural bond of sisters.
But I can tell you that of late this Duke
Hath ta'en displeasure 'gainst his gentle niece,
Grounded upon no other argument
But that the people praise her for her virtues
And pity her for her good father's sake;
And, on my life, his malice 'gainst the lady
Will suddenly break forth. Sir, fare you well.
Hereafter, in a better world than this,
I shall desire more love and knowledge of you.
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2 |
As You Like It
[II, 5] |
Jaques (lord) |
833 |
I do not desire you to please me; I do desire you to sing.
Come, more; another stanzo. Call you 'em stanzos?
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3 |
As You Like It
[III, 2] |
Orlando |
1358 |
I do desire we may be better strangers.
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4 |
As You Like It
[III, 4] |
Celia |
1599 |
As good cause as one would desire; therefore weep.
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5 |
As You Like It
[IV, 1] |
Rosalind |
1900 |
Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing? Come,
sister, you shall be the priest, and marry us. Give me your hand,
Orlando. What do you say, sister?
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6 |
As You Like It
[V, 1] |
Touchstone |
2217 |
Why, thou say'st well. I do now remember a saying: 'The
fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be
a fool.' The heathen philosopher, when he had a desire to eat a
grape, would open his lips when he put it into his mouth; meaning
thereby that grapes were made to eat and lips to open. You do
love this maid?
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7 |
As You Like It
[V, 3] |
Audrey |
2363 |
I do desire it with all my heart; and I hope it is no
dishonest desire to desire to be a woman of the world. Here come
two of the banish'd Duke's pages.
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8 |
As You Like It
[V, 4] |
Touchstone |
2456 |
God 'ild you, sir; I desire you of the like. I press in
here, sir, amongst the rest of the country copulatives, to swear
and to forswear, according as marriage binds and blood breaks. A
poor virgin, sir, an ill-favour'd thing, sir, but mine own; a
poor humour of mine, sir, to take that that man else will. Rich
honesty dwells like a miser, sir, in a poor house; as your pearl
in your foul oyster.
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