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1  I cannot tell; I make it breed as fast.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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2  For the which, as I told you, Antonio shall be bound.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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3  Yes, yes, it was Bassanio, as I think, so was he call'd.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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4  I am as like to call thee so again, To spet on thee again, to spurn thee too.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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5  No, not take interest, not, as you would say, Directly interest; mark what Jacob did.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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6  You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries were in the same abundance as your good fortunes are.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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7  And yet, for aught I see, they are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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8  I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano, A stage, where every man must play a part, And mine a sad one.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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9  If I live to be as old as Sibylla, I will die as chaste as Diana, unless I be obtained by the manner of my father's will.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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10  If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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11  If I could bid the fifth welcome with so good heart as I can bid the other four farewell, I should be glad of his approach.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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12  I pray thee over-name them, and as thou namest them, I will describe them, and according to my description level at my affection.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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13  You say so: You that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold, moneys is your suit.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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14  His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them they are not worth the search.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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15  I pray you, good Bassanio, let me know it; And if it stand, as you yourself still do, Within the eye of honour, be assur'd My purse, my person, my extremest means Lie all unlock'd to your occasions.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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16  Your mind is tossing on the ocean, There where your argosies, with portly sail Like signiors and rich burghers on the flood, Or as it were the pageants of the sea, Do overpeer the petty traffickers That curtsy to them, do them reverence, As they fly by them with their woven wings.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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17  Go with me to a notary, seal me there Your single bond; and in a merry sport, If you repay me not on such a day, In such a place, such sum or sums as are Express'd in the condition, let the forfeit Be nominated for an equal pound Of your fair flesh, to be cut off and taken In what part of your body pleaseth me.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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