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Antanaclasis

Sir, I was an inward of his

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Lucio
Sir, I was an inward of his. A shy fellow was the
Duke, and I believe I know the cause of his
withdrawing.
Duke, as Friar
What, I prithee, might be the cause?
Lucio
No, pardon. ’Tis a secret must be locked within
the teeth and the lips.

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He who the sword of heaven will bear

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Duke 
He who the sword of heaven will bearMetonymy
Should be as holy as severe,
Pattern in himself to know,
Grace to stand, and virtue go;
More nor less to others paying
Than by self-offenses weighing.
Shame to him whose cruel striking
Kills for faults of his own liking.

O,
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Source:
Act 3
Scene 2
Line 261

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What is the news from this good deputy?

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Duke, as Friar
What is the news from this good deputy?
Isabella
He hath a garden circummured with brick,
Whose western side is with a vineyard backed;
And to that vineyard is a planchèd gate
That makes his opening with this bigger key.
This other doth command a little door
Which from the vineyard to the garden leads.
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Source:
Act 4
Scene 1
Line 26

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Come, cousin Angelo, In this I’ll be impartial

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Duke
Come, cousin Angelo,
In this I’ll be impartial. Be you judge
Of your own cause.  Duke and Angelo are seated.
 Enter Mariana, veiled.
Is this the witness, friar?
First, let her show her face, and after speak.
Mariana
Pardon, my lord, I will not show my face
Until my husband bid me.
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Come hither, Isabel. Your friar is now your prince

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Duke
Come hither, Isabel.
Your friar is now your prince. As I was then
Advertising and holy to your business,
Not changing heart with habit,Synecdoche & Metonymy I am still
Attorneyed at your service.
Isabella
O, give me pardon
That I, your vassal, have employed and pained
Your unknown sovereignty.
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Source:
Act 5
Scene 1
Line 432

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This is another prisoner that I saved

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Provost
This is another prisoner that I saved
Who should have died when Claudio lost his head,
As like almost to Claudio as himself.
 He unmuffles Claudio.

Dear Isabel,
I have a motion much imports your good,
Whereto if you’ll a willing ear incline,
What’s mine is yours, and what is yours is mine.—

Duke,
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Act 5
Scene 1
Line 559

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