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Search phrase: bower

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CoriolanusCor III.ii.92.1Than flatter him in a bower.Then flatter him in a Bower.
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.i.203Sung by a fair queen in a summer's bowerSung by a faire Queene in a Summers Bowre,
King Edward IIIE3 II.i.240My body is her bower, her court, her abbey,My bodie is her bower her Court her abey,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.i.192Come, wait upon him. Lead him to my bower.Come waite vpon him, lead him to my bower.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.7Near to her close and consecrated bower,Neere to her close and consecrated bower,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND IV.i.60To bear him to my bower in Fairyland.To beare him to my Bower in Fairy Land.
Much Ado About NothingMA III.i.7And bid her steal into the pleached bower,And bid her steale into the pleached bower,
Much Ado About NothingMA III.i.23Enter Beatrice secretively. She slips into the bowerEnter Beatrice.
Much Ado About NothingMA III.i.33They approach the bower
Romeo and JulietRJ III.ii.81When thou didst bower the spirit of a fiendWhen thou did'st bower the spirit of a fiend

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
SonnetsSonn.127.7 Sweet beauty hath no name, no holy bower, Sweet beauty hath no name no holy boure,

Glossary

 5 result(s).
arbourbower, shady retreat
bowerenclose, fence in
bowerarbour, leafy glade; or: lady's chamber, boudoir
covertureshelter, canopied bower, covered retreat
wagtail[contemptuous form of address] tail-wagger, bower and scraper

Thesaurus

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bowerarbour
bower and scraperwagtail
bower, canopiedcoverture
canopied bowercoverture

Themes and Topics

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Functional shift... bower* rj iii ii 81 thou didst bower the spirit of a fiend / in mortal paradi...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BOWERBASICbower n, bower v

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