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The brain may devise laws for the blood, but a hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree.

      — The Merchant of Venice, Act I Scene 2

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KEYWORD: ran

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Romeo and Juliet
[II, 1]

Benvolio

803

He ran this way, and leap'd this orchard wall:
Call, good Mercutio.

2

Romeo and Juliet
[III, 1]

First Citizen

1651

Which way ran he that kill'd Mercutio?
Tybalt, that murderer, which way ran he?

3

Romeo and Juliet
[V, 3]

Page

3256

He came with flowers to strew his lady's grave;
And bid me stand aloof, and so I did:
Anon comes one with light to ope the tomb;
And by and by my master drew on him;
And then I ran away to call the watch.

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