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When Fortune means to men most good,
She looks upon them with a threatening eye.
— King John, Act III Scene 4
KEYWORD: fain
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Come, you shake the head at so long a breathing:
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I would fain know what you have to say. |
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We have been up and down to seek thee; for we are
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