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Search phrase: creeping

Plays

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As You Like ItAYL II.vii.113Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time:Loose, and neglect the creeping houres of time:
As You Like ItAYL II.vii.147And shining morning face, creeping like snailAnd shining morning face, creeping like snaile
CoriolanusCor V.iv.14than a creeping thing.then a creeping thing.
Henry VH5 III.chorus.11Borne with th' invisible and creeping wind,Borne with th'inuisible and creeping Wind,
Henry VH5 IV.chorus.2When creeping murmur and the poring darkWhen creeping Murmure and the poring Darke
King Edward IIIE3 III.iii.99Let creeping serpents, hid in hollow banks,Let creeping serpents hide in hollow banckes,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.20As wild geese that the creeping fowler eye,As Wilde-geese, that the creeping Fowler eye,
Richard IIIR3 I.ii.20Or any creeping venomed thing that lives!Or any creeping venom'd thing that liues.
The Winter's TaleWT I.ii.404Is creeping toward me; how far off, how near;Is creeping toward me; how farre off, how neere,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.305 Which drives the creeping thief to some regard. Which driues the creeping theefe to some regard,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1517 False creeping craft and perjury should thrust False creeping Craft, and Periurie should thrust
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1627 A creeping creature with a flaming light, A creeping creature with a flaming light,

Glossary

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knot-grassspecies of creeping weed
sneak-upcringing villain, creeping rascal [Q1 variant]

Thesaurus

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creeping rascalsneak-up
rascal, creepingsneak-up

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