Oliver
Quotes spoken by the character Oliver
Now, sir, what make you here?
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Now, sir, what make you here?
Orlando
Nothing. I am not taught to make anything.
Oliver
What mar you then, sir?
Shall I keep your hogs and eat husks with
them? What prodigal portion have I spent that I
should come to such penury?
Orlando
Marry,
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Wilt thou lay hands on me, villain?
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Wilt thou lay hands on me, villain?
Orlando
I am no villain. I am the youngest son of Sir
Rowland de Boys. He was my father, and he is
thrice a villain that says such a father begot villains.
Wert thou not my brother, I would not take this
hand from thy throat till this other had pulled out
thy tongue for saying so.
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Good Monsieur Charles, what’s the new news at the new court?
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Good Monsieur Charles, what’s the new news
at the new court?
Charles
There’s no news at the court, sir, but the old
news. That is, the old duke is banished by his
younger brother the new duke, and three or four
loving lords have put themselves into voluntary
exile with him, whose lands and revenues enrich
the new duke.
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Is ’t possible that on so little acquaintance
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Is ’t possible that on so little acquaintance
you should like her? That, but seeing, you should
love her? And loving, woo? And wooing, she should
grant? And will you persever to enjoy her?
Oliver
Neither call the giddiness of it in question, the
poverty of her, the small acquaintance, my sudden
wooing,
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