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Search phrase: sustaining

Plays

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King LearKL IV.iv.6In our sustaining corn. (To soldiers) A century send forth;In our sustaining Corne. A Centery send forth;
The TempestTem I.ii.218On their sustaining garments not a blemish,On their sustaining garments not a blemish,

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1272 If thou dost weep for grief of my sustaining, If thou dost weepe for griefe of my sustaining:
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1573 Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining: Short time seems long, in sorrowes sharp sustayning,

Glossary

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holdingability to maintain, power of sustaining
sustaininglife-supporting, nourishing
undergoingsustaining, resolute, of endurance

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power of sustainingholding
sustainingundergoing

Themes and Topics

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Plants... with the ‘idle weeds that grow / in our sustaining corn’ bur burr h5 v ii 52 ...
... with the ‘idle weeds that grow / in our sustaining corn’ darnel kl iv iv 5 g...
... with the ‘idle weeds that grow / in our sustaining corn’ dock h5 v ii 52 pol...
... with the ‘idle weeds that grow / in our sustaining corn’ hebona ham i v 62 u...

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