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Corin

O Corin, that thou knew’st how I do love her!

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Silvius
O Corin, that thou knew’st how I do love her!
Corin
I partly guess; for I have lov’d ere now.
Silvius
No, Corin, being old, thou canst not guess,
Though in thy youth thou wast as true a lover
As ever sigh’d upon a midnight pillow.
But if thy love were ever like to mine—
As sure I think did never man love so—
How many actions most ridiculous
Hast thou been drawn to by thy fantasy?
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Source:
Act 2
Scene 4
Line 12

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And how like you this shepherd’s life, Master Touchstone?

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Corin
And how like you this shepherd’s life, Master Touchstone?
Touchstone
Truly, shepherd, in respect of itself, it is a
good life; but in respect that it is a shepherd’s life, it
is naught. In respect that it is solitary, I like it very
well; but in respect that it is private, it is a very vile
life.
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Source:
Act 3
Scene 2
Line 11

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