The Merchant of Venice
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1:03:04
Fair Portia"s counterfeit.
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Oh, what demi-goddess
comes so near creation?

1:03:18
Move these eyes? Or whether, riding on
the balls of mine, seem they in motion?

1:03:25
But her eyes -
how could he see to do them?

1:03:29
But look how far
the substance of my praise

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does wrong this shadow
in underpraising it,

1:03:35
so far this shadow
doth limp behind the substance.

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Here"s the scroll -
the continent and summary of my fortune.

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"You that choose not by the view
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"Chances fair and chooses true
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"Since this fortune falls on you
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"Be content and seek no new
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"If you be well pleased with this
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"Then hold your fortune for your bliss
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"Turn you where your lady is
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"And claim her with a loving kiss"
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A gentle scroll!
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Fair lady,
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by your leave, I come by note
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to give.
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And to receive.
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Like one of two contending in a prize
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That thinks he has done well
in people"s eyes

1:04:59
Hearing applause and universal shout

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