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Search phrase: honey

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 55 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW I.ii.65Since I nor wax nor honey can bring home,Since I nor wax nor honie can bring home,
As You Like ItAYL III.iii.27for honesty coupled to beauty is to have honey a saucefor honestie coupled to beautie, is to haue Honie a sawce
HamletHam III.i.157That sucked the honey of his music vows,That suck'd the Honie of his Musicke Vowes:
HamletHam III.iv.94Stewed in corruption, honeying and making loveStew'd in Corruption; honying and making loue
Henry IV Part 11H4 I.ii.41As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of theAs is the hony, my old Lad of the
Henry IV Part 11H4 I.ii.158Now my good sweet honey lord, ride with usNow, my good sweet Hony Lord, ride with vs
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.ii.71They surfeited with honey, and beganThey surfeted with Honey, and began to loathe
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.i.48Murder! Murder! Ah, thou honeysuckle villain, wiltMurder, murder, O thou Hony-suckle villaine, wilt
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.i.50honeyseed rogue! Thou art a honeyseed, a man-quellerhony-seed Rogue, thou art a honyseed, a Man-queller,
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.v.77Our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey,The vertuous Sweetes, our Thighes packt with Wax, / Our Mouthes withHoney,
Henry VH5 I.i.50To steal his sweet and honeyed sentences.To steale his sweet and honyed Sentences:
Henry VH5 I.ii.187Obedience; for so work the honey-bees,Obedience: for so worke the Hony Bees,
Henry VH5 I.ii.199The civil citizens kneading up the honey,The ciuil Citizens kneading vp the hony;
Henry VH5 II.ii.30Have steeped their galls in honey, and do serve youHaue steep'd their gauls in hony, and do serue you
Henry VH5 II.iii.1Prithee, honey-sweet husband, let me bring thee'Prythee honey sweet Husband, let me bring thee
Henry VH5 IV.i.11Thus may we gather honey from the weed,Thus may we gather Honey from the Weed,
Henry VIIIH8 III.ii.22The honey of his language. No, he's settled,The Hony of his Language. No, he's setled
Julius CaesarJC II.i.230Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber;Enioy the hony-heauy-Dew of Slumber:
Julius CaesarJC V.i.35.1And leave them honeyless.And leaue them Hony-lesse.
King Edward IIIE3 II.i.283O, that I were a honey-gathering bee,O that I were a honie gathering bee,
King Edward IIIE3 III.i.80I hope, the honey being gathered thence,I hope the hony being gathered thence,
King Edward IIIE3 III.iii.73Then is thy salutation honey-sweet;Then is thy sallutation hony sweete,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.231Honey, and milk, and sugar – there is three.Hony, and Milke, and Suger: there is three.
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.334Pay him the due of ‘ honey-tongued Boyet.’Pay him the dutie of honie-tongued Boyet.
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.525That is all one, my fair sweet honey monarch;That's all one my faire sweet honie Monarch:
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.i.163The honey bags steal from the humble bees,The honie-bags steale from the humble Bees,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND IV.i.13me the honey bag. Do not fret yourself too much in themee the hony bag. Doe not fret your selfe too much in the
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND IV.i.15honey bag break not, I would be loath to have you overflownhony bag breake not, I would be loth to haue yon ouer-flowne
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND IV.i.16with a honey bag, signor. Where's Monsieurwith a hony-bag signiour. Where's Mounsieur
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND IV.i.41So doth the woodbine the sweet honeysuckleSo doth the woodbine, the sweet Honisuckle,
Much Ado About NothingMA III.i.8Where honeysuckles, ripened by the sun,Where hony-suckles ripened by the sunne,
OthelloOth II.i.198Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus:(Hony) you shall be well desir'd in Cyprus,
PericlesPer Chorus.II.18Not to eat honey like a droneNot to eate Hony like a Drone,
PericlesPer II.i.47drones that rob the bee of her honey.Drones, / That robbe the Bee of her Hony.
Richard IIIR3 IV.i.79Grossly grew captive to his honey wordsGrossely grew captiue to his honey words,
Romeo and JulietRJ II.v.18O God, she comes! O honey Nurse, what news?O God she comes, O hony Nurse what newes?
Romeo and JulietRJ II.vi.11Which as they kiss consume. The sweetest honeyWhich as they kisse consume. The sweetest honey
Romeo and JulietRJ V.iii.92Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath,Death that hath suckt the honey of thy breath,
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.iii.52Kate, eat apace. And now, my honey love,Kate eate apace; and now my honie Loue,
The TempestTem I.ii.329As thick as honey-comb, each pinch more stingingAs thicke as hony-combe, each pinch more stinging
The TempestTem IV.i.79Diffusest honey-drops, refreshing showers;Diffusest hony drops, refreshing showres,
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.131But when ye have the honey ye desire,But when ye haue the hony we desire,
Titus AndronicusTit II.iv.25Coming and going with thy honey breath.Comming and going with thy hony breath.
Titus AndronicusTit III.i.112Stood on her cheeks, as doth the honey-dewStood on her cheekes, as doth the hony dew,
Titus AndronicusTit IV.iv.91Than baits to fish, or honey-stalks to sheep,Then baites to fish, or honystalkes to sheepe,
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.83What honey is expected? Degree being vizarded,What Hony is expected? Degree being vizarded,
Troilus and CressidaTC II.ii.145You have the honey still, but these the gall;You haue the Hony still, but these the Gall,
Troilus and CressidaTC III.i.64My Lord Pandarus, honey-sweet lord – My Lord Pandarus, hony sweete Lord.
Troilus and CressidaTC III.i.138Not I, honey-sweet queen; I long to hearNot I hony sweete Queene: I long to heare
Troilus and CressidaTC V.ii.19Sweet honey Greek, tempt me no more to folly.Sweete hony Greek, tempt me no more to folly.
Troilus and CressidaTC V.x.43Till he hath lost his honey and his sting;Till he hath lost his hony, and his sting.
Troilus and CressidaTC V.x.45Sweet honey and sweet notes together fail.Sweete hony, and sweete notes together faile.
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.ii.106Injurious wasps, to feed on such sweet honey,Iniurious Waspes, to feede on such sweet hony,
The Winter's TaleWT II.ii.33If I prove honey-mouthed, let my tongue blister,If I proue hony-mouth'd, let my tongue blister.
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.780then, 'nointed over with honey, set on the head of athen 'noynted ouer with Honey, set on the head of a

Poems

 8 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.493 I think the honey guarded with a sting; I thinke the honie garded with a sting,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.836 My honey lost, and I, a drone-like bee, My Honnie lost, and I a Drone-like Bee,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.840 And sucked the honey which thy chaste bee kept. And suck't the Honnie which thy chast Bee kept.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.889 Thy honey turns to gall, thy joy to grief. Thy honie turnes to gall, thy ioy to greefe.
SonnetsSonn.65.5 O how shall summer's honey breath hold out O how shall summers hunny breath hold out,
Venus and AdonisVen.16 A thousand honey secrets shalt thou know. A thousand honie secrets shalt thou know:
Venus and AdonisVen.452 Which to his speech did honey passage yield; Which to his speech did honie passage yeeld,
Venus and AdonisVen.538 The honey fee of parting tendered is: The honie fee of parting tendred is,

Glossary

 9 result(s).
candiedsugared, honeyed, flattering
candysugary, syrupy, honeyed
combhoneycomb
honeyseedmalapropism for ‘homicide’
honey-stalkclover flower [harmful to sheep when eaten too much]
honeysucklemalapropism for ‘homicidal’
Hybla[pron: 'hiybla] town in Sicily, famed for the honey from its nearby hills
sugaredflattering, honeyed, ingratiating
woodbinehoneysuckle

Thesaurus

 6 result(s).
honeyHybla
honeycombcomb
honeyedcandied
honeyedcandy
honeyedsugared
honeysucklewoodbine

Themes and Topics

 2 result(s).
Plants...aprifoliaceae lonicera periclymenum honeysuckle ‘a bank / quite overcanopied...
...ulus ‘so doth the woodbine the sweet honeysuckle / gently entwine’ herbs an...
World [outside Britain], places and peoples... ii 41 town in sicily famed for the honey from its nearby hills hyrcan ...

Words Families

 31 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BEETYPEhoney-bee n
COMB [honey]BASICcomb n, honey-comb n
DEWAPPEARANCEhoney-dew n
DROPTYPEhoney-drop n
GATHERACTIONhoney-gathering adj
HEAVYSTATEhoney-heavy adj
HONEYBASIChoney n, honey v, honeyed adj
HONEYAPPEARANCEhoney-dew n, honey-drop n, honey-heavy adj
HONEYBEEShoney-bee n, honey-comb n, honey-gathering adj
HONEYEMOTIONhoney-sweet adj
HONEYPART OF BODYhoney-mouthed adj, honey-tongued adj
HONEYPLANThoneyseed n [malapropism], honey-stalk n, honeysuckle adj, honeysuckle n
HONEYNOThoneyless adj
MOUTHGOODhoney-mouthed adj
SEEDMALAPROPISMhoneyseed n
STALKPLANThoney-stalk n
SUCKPLANThoneysuckle n
SUCKSTATEhoneysuckle adj [malapropism]
SWEETTASTEhoney-sweet adj
TONGUESPEECH TYPEhoney-tongued adj

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