| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.85 | month's length apiece, By an abstract of success: I have | moneths length a peece, by an abstract of successe: I haue |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.121 | Her length of sickness, with what else more serious | her length of sicknesse, / With what else more serious, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.46 | All length is torture; since the torch is out, | All length is Torture: since the Torch is out, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.307 | pace is so hard that it seems the length of seven year. | pace is so hard, that it seemes the length of seuen yeare. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.89 | At length the sun, gazing upon the earth, | At length the sonne gazing vpon the earth, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.113 | At length another ship had seized on us, | At length another ship had seiz'd on vs, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.47 | Leave nothing out for length, and make us think | Leaue nothing out for length, and make vs thinke |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.128 | To banish your defenders, till at length | To banish your Defenders, till at length |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.201 | By length'ning my return. From Gallia | By length'ning my returne. From Gallia, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.13.1 | To die with lengthened shame. | To dye with length'ned shame. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.204 | Within his truncheon's length, whilst they, distilled | Within his Truncheons length; whilst they bestil'd |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.88 | Then goes he to the length of all his arm, | Then goes he to the length of all his arme; |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.107 | double ones too, than the length and breadth of a pair | double ones too, then the length and breadth of a paire |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.259 | This likes me well. These foils have all a length? | This likes me well, / These Foyles haue all a length. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.58 | And never shall have length of life enough | And neuer shall haue length of Life enough, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.12 | What, is't too short? I'll lengthen it with mine; | What, is't too short? Ile lengthen it with mine, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.26 | Is nothing left me but my body's length. | Is nothing left me, but my bodies length. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.362 | At length broke under me, and now has left me | At length broke vnder me, and now ha's left me |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.82 | At length her grace rose, and with modest paces | At length, her Grace rose, and with modest paces |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.54 | length they came to th' broomstaff to me; I defied 'em | length they came to th'broome staffe to me, I defide 'em |
| King John | KJ I.i.105 | But truth is truth. Large lengths of seas and shores | But truth is truth, large lengths of seas and shores |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.90 | lubber's length again, tarry; but away, go to! Have you | lubbers length againe, tarry, but away, goe too, haue you |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.233 | Within my sword's length set him; if he scape, | Within my Swords length set him, if he scape |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.95 | For this was of much length – the vile conclusion | (For this was of much length) the vild conclusion |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.23 | To eke it and to draw it out in length, | To ich it, and to draw it out in length, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.429 | To measure out my length on this cold bed. | To measure out my length on this cold bed, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.245 | of Asia; bring you the length of Prester John's foot; | of Asia: bring you the length of Prester Iohns foot: fetch |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.11 | Measure his woe the length and breadth of mine, | Measure his woe the length and bredth of mine, |
| Pericles | Per I.i.168 | length, I'll make him sure enough. So farewell to your | length, Ile make him sure enough , so farewell to your |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.46 | Draw lots who first shall die to lengthen life. | Drawe lots who first shall die, to lengthen life. |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.24 | And now at length they overflow their banks. | And now at length they ouer-flow their bankes. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iv.16 | Marry, would the word ‘ farewell ’ have lengthened hours | Marry, would the word Farwell, haue lengthen'd houres, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.199 | To lengthen out the worst that must be spoken. | To lengthen out the worst, that must be spoken. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.14 | For taking so the head, your whole head's length. | For taking so the Head, your whole heads length. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.11 | I heard you say ‘ Is not my arm of length, | I heard you say, Is not my arme of length, |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.94 | Since wedding it, there is such length in grief. | Since wedding it, there is such length in Griefe: |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.74 | With much ado at length have gotten leave | With much adoo, at length haue gotten leaue |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.207 | And after many lengthened hours of grief, | And after many length'ned howres of griefe, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.43 | No, no, my dream was lengthened after life. | No, no, my Dreame was lengthen'd after life. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.353 | As long as heaven and nature lengthens it. | As long as Heauen and Nature lengthens it. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.294 | My foreward shall be drawn out all in length, | My Foreward shall be drawne in length, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.163 | It was. What sadness lengthens Romeo's hours? | It was: what sadnes lengthens Romeo's houres? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.134 | Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life. | Which barres a thousand harmes, and lengthens life. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.154 | What shall defend the interim? And at length | What shall defend the interim, and at length |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.136 | Not her own sinews. To end a tale of length, | Not her owne sinewes. To end a tale of length, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.130 | Under a cloak that is of any length. | Vnder a cloake, that is of any length. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.133 | I'll get me one of such another length. | Ile get me one of such another length. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.16 | And then cries ‘ Rare!’, and I go forward; at length | and then cries rare, and I goe forward, at length |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.57 | Would make his length a mile, if't pleased his rider | Would make his length a mile, if't pleas'd his Rider |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.103 | He did it well; your day is lengthened, and | He did it well: your day is lengthned, and, |