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Search phrase: hopeless

Plays

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The Comedy of ErrorsCE I.i.136Hopeless to find, yet loath to leave unsoughtHopelesse to finde, yet loth to leaue vnsought
The Comedy of ErrorsCE I.i.158Hopeless and helpless doth Egeon wend,Hopelesse and helpelesse doth Egean wend,
CoriolanusCor III.i.16To hopeless restitution, so he mightTo hopelesse restitution, so he might
CymbelineCym IV.iv.27The certainty of this hard life, aye hopelessThe certainty of this heard life, aye hopelesse
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.iv.42So desperate thieves, all hopeless of their lives,So desperate Theeues, all hopelesse of their Liues,
Henry VIIIH8 III.i.80Alas, I am a woman friendless, hopeless!Alas, I am a Woman frendlesse, hopelesse.
Richard IIR2 I.iii.152The hopeless word of ‘ never to return ’The hopelesse word, of Neuer to returne,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.iii.4And he a prince. To marry him is hopeless;And he a prince; To marry him is hopelesse;

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.744 She there remains a hopeless castaway; Shee there remaines a hopelesse cast-away,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1660 Lo, here the hopeless merchant of this loss, Lo heare the hopelesse Marchant of this losse,

Glossary

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coldhopeless, apathetic, miserable
desperatedespairing, hopeless, without hope
hopelessbeyond hope, impossible to hope for
hopelessdespairing, without hope
uncurableincurable, hopeless, irretrievable

Thesaurus

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hopelesscold
hopelessuncurable
hopelessdesperate

Themes and Topics

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Exclamations...on it tnk ii iii 5 to marry him is hopeless / to be his whore is witless out upon&...
Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)...belarius to arviragus and guiderius] aye hopeless / to have the courtesy your cradle promi...

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