The Taming of the Shrew

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an affable and courteous gentleman

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O monstrous arrogance!

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Thou canst not frown, thou canst not look askance, Nor bite the lip, as angry wenches will, Nor hast thou pleasure to be cross in talk; But thou with mildness entertain'st thy wooers; With gentle conference, soft and affable.†

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Sir, I shall not be slack; in sign whereof, Please ye we may contrive this afternoon, And quaff carouses to our mistress' health; And do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.†

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ourselves are choleric

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Think you a little din can daunt mine ears?

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Of all thy suitors here I charge thee tell Whom thou lov'st best: see thou dissemble not.†

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[Exeunt LUCENTIO and BIANCA.]

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Her silence flouts me, and I'll be reveng'd.†

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If thou account'st it shame, lay it on me; And therefore frolic; we will hence forthwith, To feast and sport us at thy father's house.†

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Gentlemen, importune me no further, For how I firmly am resolv'd you know; That is, not to bestow my youngest daughter Before I have a husband for the elder.†

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Here let us breathe, and haply institute
A course of learning and ingenious studies.

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you notorious villain!

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More pleasant, pithy, and effectual

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And with a low submissive reverence say 'What is it your honour will command?'

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A good swift simile, but something currish.†

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Only, good master, while we do admire
This virtue and this moral discipline,
Let's be no stoics nor...

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Tedious it were to tell, and harsh to hear;

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She is not hot, but temperate as the morn;

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I know the boy will well usurp the grace, voice, gait, and action, of a gentlewoman