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Here are a few of the unpleasant'st words
That ever blotted paper!

      — The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene 2

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KEYWORD: enjoined

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Love's Labour's Lost
[V, 2]

Boyet

2650

True, and it was enjoined him in Rome for want of
linen: since when, I'll be sworn, he wore none but
a dishclout of Jaquenetta's, and that a' wears next
his heart for a favour.

2

Two Gentlemen of Verona
[II, 1]

Valentine

480

Last night she enjoined me to write some lines to
one she loves.

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