The Death of Wallenstein by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
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page 53 of 268 (19%)
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Ye are whimsical.
ILLO. O but for this time, duke, Yield to our warning! Let him not depart. WALLENSTEIN. And why should I not trust him only this time, Who have always trusted him? What, then, has happened That I should lose my good opinion of him? In complaisance to your whims, not my own, I must, forsooth, give up a rooted judgment. Think not I am a woman. Having trusted him E'en till to-day, to-day too will I trust him. TERZKY. Must it be he--he only? Send another. WALLENSTEIN. It must be he, whom I myself have chosen; He is well fitted for the business. Therefore I gave it him. ILLO. Because he's an Italian-- Therefore is he well fitted for the business! WALLENSTEIN. I know you love them not, nor sire nor son, Because that I esteem them, love them, visibly |
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