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Search phrase: snake

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As You Like ItAYL IV.iii.71made thee a tame snake – and say this to her: that ifmade thee a tame snake) and say this to her; That if
As You Like ItAYL IV.iii.109A green and gilded snake had wreathed itself,A greene and guilded snake had wreath'd it selfe,
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.v.37Rouse up Revenge from ebon den with fell Alecto's snake,Rowze vppe Reuenge from Ebon den, with fell Alecto's Snake,
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.228Or as the snake rolled in a flowering bank,Or as the Snake, roll'd in a flowring Banke,
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.343I fear me you but warm the starved snake,I feare me, you but warme the starued Snake,
King Edward IIIE3 III.i.178So did the Black Snake of Boulogne, than whichSo did the blacke snake of Bullen, then which
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.i.129a snake; and I will have an apology for thata Snake; and I will haue an Apologie for that
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.i.133the snake!’ That is the way to make an offence gracious,the Snake; that is the way to make an offence gracious,
MacbethMac III.ii.13We have scorched the snake, not killed it;We haue scorch'd the Snake, not kill'd it:
MacbethMac IV.i.12Fillet of a fenny snakeFillet of a Fenny Snake,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.i.255And there the snake throws her enamelled skin,And there the snake throwes her enammel'd skinne,
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.13The snake lies rolled in the cheerful sun,The Snake lies rolled in the chearefull Sunne,
Titus AndronicusTit III.i.250As frozen water to a starved snake.As frozen water to a starued snake.

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Glossary

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aspictype of venomous snake, asp
wormserpent, snake

Thesaurus

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snakeworm
snake, venemousaspic

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Classical mythology...nge from ebon den with fell alecto' s snake one of the furies whose name means &...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SNAKEBASICsnake n, snaky adj

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