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Search phrase: centaur

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The Comedy of ErrorsCE I.ii.9Go, bear it to the Centaur, where we host,Goe beare it to the Centaure, where we host,
The Comedy of ErrorsCE I.ii.104I'll to the Centaur to go seek this slave.Ile to the Centaur to goe seeke this slaue,
The Comedy of ErrorsCE II.ii.2Safe at the Centaur, and the heedful slaveSafe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE II.ii.9You know no Centaur. You received no gold.You know no Centaur? you receiu'd no gold? 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE II.ii.16Home to the Centaur with the gold you gave me.Home to the Centaur with the gold you gaue me. 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.iv.147Come to the Centaur. Fetch our stuff from thence.Come to the Centaur, fetch our stuffe from thence:
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.411Your goods that lay at host, sir, in the Centaur.Your goods that lay at host sir in the Centaur
King LearKL IV.vi.124Down from the waist they are centaurs,Downe from the waste they are Centaures,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.44The Battle with the Centaurs, ‘ to be sungThe battell with the Centaurs to be sung
Titus AndronicusTit V.ii.202More stern and bloody than the Centaurs' feast.More sterne and bloody then the Centaures Feast.

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Glossary

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Centaurcreature with the upper half of a man and the rear legs of a horse; reputed for bestial behaviour
Nessuscentaur, shot by Hercules for attempting to rape Deianeira; Nessus gave her a poisonous liquid disguised as a love-potion, causing Hercules' death when he wore a shirt dipped in it
Sagittary[pron: 'sajitari] centaur-like being that fought in the Trojan army against the Greeks

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centaurSagittary
centaurNessus

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Classical mythology...prive eteocles of his kingship centaur tit v ii 202 this banquet which ...
... prove / more stern and bloody than the centaurs&rsquo feast creature with the uppe...
...43 the shirt of nessus is upon me centaur shot by hercules for attempting to rap...
...adful sagittary / appals our numbers centaur-like being which fought in the trojan a...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
CENTAURBASICcentaur n

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