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Search phrase: scarcity

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The TempestTem IV.i.116Scarcity and want shall shun you,Scarcity and want shall shun you,
Timon of AthensTim II.ii.230Imprisoned, and in scarcity of friends,Imprison'd, and in scarsitie of Friends,
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.302Now heavens forbid such scarcity of youth!Now heauens forbid such scarsitie of youth.

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Venus and AdonisVen.753 That on the earth would breed a scarcity That on the earth would breed a scarcitie,

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dearthscarcity, shortage, lack [of food], famine

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scarcitydearth

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