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Search phrase: servile

Plays

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Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iii.58Yet, if this servile usage once offend,Yet if this seruile vsage once offend,
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.i.105Upon these paltry, servile, abject drudges.Vpon these paltry, seruile, abiect Drudges:
Julius CaesarJC I.i.75And keep us all in servile fearfulness.And keepe vs all in seruile fearefulnesse.
King Edward IIIE3 V.i.22You, peradventure, are but servile grooms,You peraduenture are but seruile groomes,
King LearKL III.ii.21But yet I call you servile ministers,But yet I call you Seruile Ministers,
Measure for MeasureMM III.i.9Servile to all the skyey influencesSeruile to all the skyie-influences
Richard IIR2 III.ii.185Where fearing dying pays death servile breath.Where fearing, dying, payes death seruile breath.
Titus AndronicusTit II.i.18Away with slavish weeds and servile thoughts!Away with slauish weedes, and idle thoughts,
Titus AndronicusTit V.ii.55Trot like a servile footman all day long,Trot like a Seruile footeman all day long,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.295 And therein heartens up his servile powers, And therein heartens vp his seruile powers,
Venus and AdonisVen.112 Yet was he servile to my coy disdain. Yet was he seruile to my coy disdaine,
Venus and AdonisVen.1161 Subject and servile to all discontents, Subiect, and seruill to all discontents:

Glossary

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abjectservile subject, low-placed reject
lackeyservile, menial, abject
mechanicalcommon, servile, menial
servileas a prisoner, as a slave
servilebefitting a slave, slavish, cringing
servilesubordinate, controlled [by]
three-suitedallowed three suits a year; servile
vassalsubject, servile, subordinate

Thesaurus

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servilevassal
servilemechanical
servilelackey
servilethree-suited
servile subjectabject
subject, servileabject

Themes and Topics

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Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)...ais citizens] you peradventure are but servile grooms kj v vi 31 [hubert to bastard o...

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