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Which two pairs of lines in this excerpt from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet show that Lord Capulet thinks Juliet is too young to get

married?
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PARIS: Of honourable reckoning are you both
And pity 'tis you lived at odds so long,
But now, my lord, what say you to my suit?
CAPULET: But saying o'er what I have said before:
My child is yet a stranger in the world:
She hath not seen the change of fourteen years.
Let two more summers wither in their pride.
Ere wilay think her ripe to be a bride.
PARIS.S ger than she are happy mothers made.
CAPULET: And too soon marr'd are those so early made.
The earth hath swallow d all my hopes but she,
She is the hopeful lady of my earth:
But woo her.gentle Paris. get her heart
My will to her consent is but a part:
An she agree, within her scope of choice
Lies my consent and fair according voice.
This night I hold an old accustom'd feast.
Whereto I have invited many a guest,
Such as I love, and you, among the store.
One more most welcome. makes my number more.

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“Let two more summers wither in their pride”
“Ere wilay think her ripe to be a bride”
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