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1  That is done too, sir, only "cover" is the word.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
ContextHighlight   In ACT III
2  Stephano is my name, and I bring word My mistress will before the break of day Be here at Belmont.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
ContextHighlight   In ACT V
3  In Belmont is a lady richly left, And she is fair, and, fairer than that word, Of wondrous virtues.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
ContextHighlight   In ACT I
4  Here is a letter, lady, The paper as the body of my friend, And every word in it a gaping wound Issuing life-blood.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
ContextHighlight   In ACT III
5  And there is a forerunner come from a fifth, the Prince of Morocco, who brings word the Prince his master will be here tonight.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
ContextHighlight   In ACT I
6  Thus ornament is but the guiled shore To a most dangerous sea; the beauteous scarf Veiling an Indian beauty; in a word, The seeming truth which cunning times put on To entrap the wisest.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
ContextHighlight   In ACT III
7  Why, yet it lives there unchecked that Antonio hath a ship of rich lading wrack'd on the narrow seas; the Goodwins, I think they call the place, a very dangerous flat and fatal, where the carcasses of many a tall ship lie buried, as they say, if my gossip Report be an honest woman of her word.
The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare
ContextHighlight   In ACT III