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1  And I pray God grant them a fair departure.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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2  I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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3  Madam, with all my heart I shall obey you in all fair commands.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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4  Why, this is like the mending of highways In summer, where the ways are fair enough.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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5  And therefore, like herself, wise, fair, and true, Shall she be placed in my constant soul.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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6  He, of all the men that ever my foolish eyes look'd upon, was the best deserving a fair lady.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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7  In Belmont is a lady richly left, And she is fair, and, fairer than that word, Of wondrous virtues.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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8  I know the hand, in faith 'tis a fair hand, And whiter than the paper it writ on Is the fair hand that writ.'
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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9  The Hyrcanian deserts and the vasty wilds Of wide Arabia are as throughfares now For princes to come view fair Portia.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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10  Commend me to your honourable wife, Tell her the process of Antonio's end, Say how I lov'd you, speak me fair in death.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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11  Sometimes from her eyes I did receive fair speechless messages: Her name is Portia, nothing undervalu'd To Cato's daughter, Brutus' Portia.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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12  The watery kingdom, whose ambitious head Spets in the face of heaven, is no bar To stop the foreign spirits, but they come As o'er a brook to see fair Portia.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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13  Beshrew me but I love her heartily, For she is wise, if I can judge of her, And fair she is, if that mine eyes be true, And true she is, as she hath prov'd herself.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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14  But if my father had not scanted me And hedg'd me by his wit to yield myself His wife who wins me by that means I told you, Yourself, renowned Prince, then stood as fair As any comer I have look'd on yet For my affection.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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15  Thou know'st that all my fortunes are at sea; Neither have I money nor commodity To raise a present sum, therefore go forth Try what my credit can in Venice do; That shall be rack'd even to the uttermost, To furnish thee to Belmont to fair Portia.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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16  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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17  You see me, Lord Bassanio, where I stand, Such as I am; though for myself alone I would not be ambitious in my wish To wish myself much better, yet for you I would be trebled twenty times myself, A thousand times more fair, ten thousand times More rich, That only to stand high in your account, I might in virtues, beauties, livings, friends, Exceed account.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
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