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Enter ROSALIND and CELIA
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Enter ROSALIND and CELIA
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ROSALIND Never talk to me. I will weep.
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ROSALIND Never talk to me. I will weep.
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CELIA Do, I prithee, but yet have the grace to consider that tears do not become a man.
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CELIA Do, I prithee, but yet have the grace to consider that tears do not become a man.
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ROSALIND But have I not cause to weep?
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ROSALIND But have I not cause to weep?
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CELIA 5 As good cause as one would desire. Therefore weep.
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CELIA As good cause as one would desire. Therefore weep.
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ROSALIND His very hair is of the dissembling color.
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ROSALIND His very hair is of the dissembling color.
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CELIA Something browner than Judas’s. Marry, his kisses are
Judas’s own children.
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CELIA Something browner than Judas’s. Marry, his kisses are
Judas’s own children.
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ROSALIND I' faith, his hair is of a good color.
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ROSALIND I' faith, his hair is of a good color.
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CELIA 10 An excellent color. Your chestnut was ever the only color.
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CELIA An excellent color. Your chestnut was ever the only color.
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ROSALIND And his kissing is as full of sanctity as the touch of holy bread.
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ROSALIND And his kissing is as full of sanctity as the touch of holy bread.
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CELIA He hath bought a pair of cast lips of Diana. A nun of winter’s sisterhood kisses not more religiously. The very ice of chastity is in them.
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CELIA He hath bought a pair of cast lips of Diana. A nun of winter’s sisterhood kisses not more religiously. The very ice of chastity is in them.
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ROSALIND But why did he swear he would come this morning, and comes not?
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ROSALIND But why did he swear he would come this morning, and comes not?
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CELIA Nay, certainly, there is no truth in him.
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CELIA Nay, certainly, there is no truth in him.
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ROSALIND Do you think so?
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ROSALIND Do you think so?
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CELIA |
CELIA |
ROSALIND Not true in love?
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ROSALIND Not true in love?
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CELIA Yes, when he is in, but I think he is not in.
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CELIA Yes, when he is in, but I think he is not in.
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ROSALIND 25 You have heard him swear downright he was.
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ROSALIND You have heard him swear downright he was.
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CELIA “Was” is not “is.” Besides, the oath of a lover is no stronger than the word of a tapster. They are both the confirmer of false reckonings. He attends here in the forest on the duke your father.
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CELIA “Was” is not “is.” Besides, the oath of a lover is no stronger than the word of a tapster. They are both the confirmer of false reckonings. He attends here in the forest on the duke your father.
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ROSALIND |
ROSALIND |
CELIA Oh, that’s a brave man. He writes brave verses, speaks brave words, swears brave oaths, and breaks them bravely, quite traverse, athwart the heart of his lover, as a puny tilter that spurs his horse but on one side breaks his staff like a noble goose; but all’s brave that youth mounts and folly guides.
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CELIA Oh, that’s a brave man. He writes brave verses, speaks brave words, swears brave oaths, and breaks them bravely, quite traverse, athwart the heart of his lover, as a puny tilter that spurs his horse but on one side breaks his staff like a noble goose; but all’s brave that youth mounts and folly guides.
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Enter CORIN
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Enter CORIN
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40 Who comes here?
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Who comes here?
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CORIN Mistress and master, you have oft inquired
After the shepherd that complained of love,
Who you saw sitting by me on the turf,
Praising the proud disdainful shepherdess
45 That was his mistress.
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CORIN Mistress and master, you have oft inquired
After the shepherd that complained of love,
Who you saw sitting by me on the turf,
Praising the proud disdainful shepherdess
That was his mistress.
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CELIA (as Aliena) Well, and what of him?
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CELIA (as Aliena) Well, and what of him?
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CORIN If you will see a pageant truly played
Between the pale complexion of true love
And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain,
50 Go hence a little, and I shall conduct you,
If you will mark it.
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CORIN If you will see a pageant truly played
Between the pale complexion of true love
And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain,
Go hence a little, and I shall conduct you,
If you will mark it.
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ROSALIND (aside to CELIA) O, come, let us remove.
The sight of lovers feedeth those in love.
—(as Ganymede) Bring us to this sight, and you shall say
55 I’ll prove a busy actor in their play.
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ROSALIND (aside to CELIA) O, come, let us remove.
The sight of lovers feedeth those in love.
—(as Ganymede) Bring us to this sight, and you shall say
I’ll prove a busy actor in their play.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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Enter ROSALIND and CELIA
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Enter ROSALIND and CELIA
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ROSALIND Never talk to me. I will weep.
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ROSALIND Never talk to me. I will weep.
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CELIA Do, I prithee, but yet have the grace to consider that tears do not become a man.
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CELIA Do, I prithee, but yet have the grace to consider that tears do not become a man.
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ROSALIND But have I not cause to weep?
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ROSALIND But have I not cause to weep?
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CELIA 5 As good cause as one would desire. Therefore weep.
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CELIA As good cause as one would desire. Therefore weep.
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ROSALIND His very hair is of the dissembling color.
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ROSALIND His very hair is of the dissembling color.
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CELIA Something browner than Judas’s. Marry, his kisses are
Judas’s own children.
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CELIA Something browner than Judas’s. Marry, his kisses are
Judas’s own children.
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ROSALIND I' faith, his hair is of a good color.
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ROSALIND I' faith, his hair is of a good color.
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CELIA 10 An excellent color. Your chestnut was ever the only color.
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CELIA An excellent color. Your chestnut was ever the only color.
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ROSALIND And his kissing is as full of sanctity as the touch of holy bread.
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ROSALIND And his kissing is as full of sanctity as the touch of holy bread.
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CELIA He hath bought a pair of cast lips of Diana. A nun of winter’s sisterhood kisses not more religiously. The very ice of chastity is in them.
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CELIA He hath bought a pair of cast lips of Diana. A nun of winter’s sisterhood kisses not more religiously. The very ice of chastity is in them.
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ROSALIND But why did he swear he would come this morning, and comes not?
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ROSALIND But why did he swear he would come this morning, and comes not?
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CELIA Nay, certainly, there is no truth in him.
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CELIA Nay, certainly, there is no truth in him.
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ROSALIND Do you think so?
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ROSALIND Do you think so?
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CELIA |
CELIA |
ROSALIND Not true in love?
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ROSALIND Not true in love?
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CELIA Yes, when he is in, but I think he is not in.
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CELIA Yes, when he is in, but I think he is not in.
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ROSALIND 25 You have heard him swear downright he was.
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ROSALIND You have heard him swear downright he was.
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CELIA “Was” is not “is.” Besides, the oath of a lover is no stronger than the word of a tapster. They are both the confirmer of false reckonings. He attends here in the forest on the duke your father.
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CELIA “Was” is not “is.” Besides, the oath of a lover is no stronger than the word of a tapster. They are both the confirmer of false reckonings. He attends here in the forest on the duke your father.
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ROSALIND |
ROSALIND |
CELIA Oh, that’s a brave man. He writes brave verses, speaks brave words, swears brave oaths, and breaks them bravely, quite traverse, athwart the heart of his lover, as a puny tilter that spurs his horse but on one side breaks his staff like a noble goose; but all’s brave that youth mounts and folly guides.
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CELIA Oh, that’s a brave man. He writes brave verses, speaks brave words, swears brave oaths, and breaks them bravely, quite traverse, athwart the heart of his lover, as a puny tilter that spurs his horse but on one side breaks his staff like a noble goose; but all’s brave that youth mounts and folly guides.
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Enter CORIN
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Enter CORIN
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40 Who comes here?
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Who comes here?
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CORIN Mistress and master, you have oft inquired
After the shepherd that complained of love,
Who you saw sitting by me on the turf,
Praising the proud disdainful shepherdess
45 That was his mistress.
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CORIN Mistress and master, you have oft inquired
After the shepherd that complained of love,
Who you saw sitting by me on the turf,
Praising the proud disdainful shepherdess
That was his mistress.
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CELIA (as Aliena) Well, and what of him?
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CELIA (as Aliena) Well, and what of him?
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CORIN If you will see a pageant truly played
Between the pale complexion of true love
And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain,
50 Go hence a little, and I shall conduct you,
If you will mark it.
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CORIN If you will see a pageant truly played
Between the pale complexion of true love
And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain,
Go hence a little, and I shall conduct you,
If you will mark it.
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ROSALIND (aside to CELIA) O, come, let us remove.
The sight of lovers feedeth those in love.
—(as Ganymede) Bring us to this sight, and you shall say
55 I’ll prove a busy actor in their play.
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ROSALIND (aside to CELIA) O, come, let us remove.
The sight of lovers feedeth those in love.
—(as Ganymede) Bring us to this sight, and you shall say
I’ll prove a busy actor in their play.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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