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Othello
[I, 2] |
Iago |
209 |
Nay, but he prated,
And spoke such scurvy and provoking terms
Against your honour
That, with the little godliness I have,
I did full hard forbear him. But, I pray you, sir,
Are you fast married? Be assured of this,
That the magnifico is much beloved,
And hath in his effect a voice potential
As double as the duke's: he will divorce you;
Or put upon you what restraint and grievance
The law, with all his might to enforce it on,
Will give him cable.
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2 |
Othello
[I, 3] |
Duke of Venice |
337 |
Nay, it is possible enough to judgment:
I do not so secure me in the error,
But the main article I do approve
In fearful sense.
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3 |
Othello
[I, 3] |
Duke of Venice |
363 |
Nay, in all confidence, he's not for Rhodes.
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4 |
Othello
[II, 1] |
Iago |
901 |
Nay, it is true, or else I am a Turk:
You rise to play and go to bed to work.
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5 |
Othello
[II, 3] |
Montano |
1289 |
Nay, good lieutenant;
[Staying him]
I pray you, sir, hold your hand.
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6 |
Othello
[II, 3] |
Iago |
1298 |
[Aside to RODERIGO] Away, I say; go out, and cry a mutiny.
[Exit RODERIGO]
Nay, good lieutenant,—alas, gentlemen;—
Help, ho!—Lieutenant,—sir,—Montano,—sir;
Help, masters!—Here's a goodly watch indeed!
[Bell rings]
Who's that which rings the bell?—Diablo, ho!
The town will rise: God's will, lieutenant, hold!
You will be shamed for ever.
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7 |
Othello
[II, 3] |
Iago |
1523 |
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
Thou know'st we work by wit, and not by witchcraft;
And wit depends on dilatory time.
Does't not go well? Cassio hath beaten thee.
And thou, by that small hurt, hast cashier'd Cassio:
Though other things grow fair against the sun,
Yet fruits that blossom first will first be ripe:
Content thyself awhile. By the mass, 'tis morning;
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Retire thee; go where thou art billeted:
Away, I say; thou shalt know more hereafter:
Nay, get thee gone.
[Exit RODERIGO]
Two things are to be done:
My wife must move for Cassio to her mistress;
I'll set her on;
Myself the while to draw the Moor apart,
And bring him jump when he may Cassio find
Soliciting his wife: ay, that's the way
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
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8 |
Othello
[III, 3] |
Desdemona |
1712 |
Why, this is not a boon;
'Tis as I should entreat you wear your gloves,
Or feed on nourishing dishes, or keep you warm,
Or sue to you to do a peculiar profit
To your own person: nay, when I have a suit
Wherein I mean to touch your love indeed,
It shall be full of poise and difficult weight
And fearful to be granted.
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9 |
Othello
[III, 3] |
Othello |
1777 |
Nay, yet there's more in this:
I prithee, speak to me as to thy thinkings,
As thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts
The worst of words.
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10 |
Othello
[III, 3] |
Othello |
2060 |
Nay, stay: thou shouldst be honest.
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11 |
Othello
[III, 3] |
Othello |
2074 |
Would! nay, I will.
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12 |
Othello
[III, 3] |
Iago |
2110 |
Nay, this was but his dream.
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13 |
Othello
[III, 3] |
Iago |
2116 |
Nay, but be wise: yet we see nothing done;
She may be honest yet. Tell me but this,
Have you not sometimes seen a handkerchief
Spotted with strawberries in your wife's hand?
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14 |
Othello
[III, 4] |
Desdemona |
2333 |
I prithee, do so.
[Exit IAGO]
Something, sure, of state,
Either from Venice, or some unhatch'd practise
Made demonstrable here in Cyprus to him,
Hath puddled his clear spirit: and in such cases
Men's natures wrangle with inferior things,
Though great ones are their object. 'Tis even so;
For let our finger ache, and it indues
Our other healthful members even to that sense
Of pain: nay, we must think men are not gods,
Nor of them look for such observances
As fit the bridal. Beshrew me much, Emilia,
I was, unhandsome warrior as I am,
Arraigning his unkindness with my soul;
But now I find I had suborn'd the witness,
And he's indicted falsely.
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15 |
Othello
[IV, 1] |
Iago |
2611 |
Nay, you must forget that.
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16 |
Othello
[IV, 1] |
Iago |
2617 |
Nay, that's not your way.
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17 |
Othello
[IV, 1] |
Othello |
2626 |
Nay, that's certain: but yet the pity of it, Iago!
O Iago, the pity of it, Iago!
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18 |
Othello
[IV, 2] |
Othello |
2770 |
[To EMILIA] Some of your function, mistress;
Leave procreants alone and shut the door;
Cough, or cry 'hem,' if any body come:
Your mystery, your mystery: nay, dispatch.
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19 |
Othello
[IV, 2] |
Desdemona |
2896 |
Nay, heaven doth know.
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20 |
Othello
[IV, 2] |
Roderigo |
2965 |
Very well! go to! I cannot go to, man; nor 'tis
not very well: nay, I think it is scurvy, and begin
to find myself fobbed in it.
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