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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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Have mercy, Jesu! S<strong>of</strong>t! I did but dream.<br />

O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me!<br />

‘Richard III’ (1591) act 5, sc. 3, l. 178<br />

My conscience hath a thousand several tongues,<br />

And every tongue brings in a several tale,<br />

And every tale condemns me for a villain.<br />

‘Richard III’ (1591) act 5, sc. 3, l. 194<br />

I shall despair. <strong>The</strong>re is no creature loves me;<br />

And if I die, no soul will pity me:<br />

Nay, wherefore should they, since that I myself<br />

Find in myself no pity to myself?<br />

‘Richard III’ (1591) act 5, sc. 3, l. 201<br />

By the apostle Paul, shadows to-night<br />

Have struck more terror to the soul <strong>of</strong> Richard<br />

Than can the substance <strong>of</strong> ten thousand soldiers.<br />

‘Richard III’ (1591) act 5, sc. 3, l. 217<br />

Conscience is but a word that cowards use,<br />

Devised at first to keep the strong in awe.<br />

‘Richard III’ (1591) act 5, sc. 3, l. 310<br />

A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!<br />

‘Richard III’ (1591) act 5, sc. 4, l. 7<br />

Slave! I have set my life upon a cast,<br />

And I will stand the hazard <strong>of</strong> the die.<br />

‘Richard III’ (1591) act 5, sc. 4, l. 9<br />

7.66.29 Romeo And Juliet<br />

From forth the fatal loins <strong>of</strong> these two foes<br />

A pair <strong>of</strong> star-crossed lovers take their life.<br />

‘Romeo And Juliet’ (1595) prologue<br />

<strong>The</strong> fearful passage <strong>of</strong> their death-marked love,<br />

And the continuance <strong>of</strong> their parents’ rage,<br />

Which, but their children’s end, nought could remove,<br />

Is now the two hours’ traffick <strong>of</strong> our stage.<br />

‘Romeo And Juliet’ (1595) prologue<br />

Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?<br />

‘Romeo And Juliet’ (1595) act 1, sc. 1, l. [50]<br />

I do not bite my thumb at you, sir; but I bite my thumb, sir.<br />

‘Romeo And Juliet’ (1595) act 1, sc. 1, l. [56]<br />

’Tis not hard, I think,<br />

For men so old as we to keep the peace.

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