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Search phrase: pitchy

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All's Well That Ends WellAW IV.iv.24Defiles the pitchy night; so lust doth playDefiles the pitchy night, so lust doth play
Henry VI Part 11H6 II.ii.2Whose pitchy mantle overveiled the earth.Whose pitchy Mantle ouer-vayl'd the Earth.
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.vi.85But I will sort a pitchy day for thee;But I will sort a pitchy day for thee:

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.550 Which blows these pitchy vapours from their biding, Which blow these pitchie vapours frõ their biding:
Venus and AdonisVen.821 So did the merciless and pitchy night So did the mercilesse, and pitchie night,

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pitchypitch-dark, black, inky, dark

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