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Search phrase: sheet

Plays

 13 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
HamletHam V.i.93For and a shrouding sheet.for and a shrowding-Sheete:
Henry VI Part 22H6 II.iv.17.2sheet and verses written on her back and pinned on andSheet, and
Henry VI Part 22H6 II.iv.105Madam, your penance done, throw off this sheet,Madame, your Penance done, / Throw off this Sheet,
Henry VI Part 22H6 II.iv.107My shame will not be shifted with my sheet.My shame will not be shifted with my Sheet:
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.v.114These arms of mine shall be thy winding-sheet;These armes of mine shall be thy winding sheet:
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.7As would be crammed up in a sheet of paper,As would be cram'd vp in a sheet of paper
Much Ado About NothingMA II.iii.134there will she sit in her smock till she have writ a sheetthere will she sit in her smocke, till she haue writ a sheet
Much Ado About NothingMA II.iii.136Now you talk of a sheet of paper, I remember Now you talke of a sheet of paper, I remember
Much Ado About NothingMA II.iii.140sheet?sheete.
Romeo and JulietRJ V.iii.97Tybalt, liest thou there in thy bloody sheet?Tybalt, ly'st thou there in thy bloudy sheet?
Twelfth NightTN III.ii.44as many lies as will lie in thy sheet of paper – althoughas many Lyes, as will lye in thy sheete of paper, although
Twelfth NightTN III.ii.45the sheet were big enough for the bed of Ware in England,the sheete were bigge enough for the bedde of Ware in England,
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iii.5The white sheet bleaching on the hedge,The white sheete bleaching on the hedge,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.472 Who o'er the white sheet peers her whiter chin, Who ore the white sheet peers her whiter chin,

Glossary

 7 result(s).
canvasstoss about [as if in a canvas sheet], beat, thrash
cereclothwaxed winding-sheet, shroud
cerementswaxed shroud, grave-clothes, winding sheet
labeldocument, sheet of writing
searecloathwaxed winding-sheet, shroud
sheetedshrouded, wrapped in a winding-sheet
winding-sheetburial cloth, shroud

Thesaurus

 8 result(s).
sheet of writinglabel
sheet, windingcerements
winding sheetcerements
winding-sheet, waxedcerecloth
winding-sheet, waxedsearecloath
winding-sheet, wrapped in a sheeted
wrapped in a winding-sheetsheeted
writing, sheet oflabel

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Words Families

 4 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SHEETBASICsheet n, sheeted adj
SHEETPEOPLETearsheet n
SHEETTYPEwinding-sheet n

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