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Search phrase: lily

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CoriolanusCor II.i.212Were slily crept into his human powersWere slyly crept into his humane powers,
CymbelineCym II.ii.15How bravely thou becom'st thy bed! Fresh lily,How brauely thou becom'st thy Bed; fresh Lilly,
CymbelineCym IV.ii.201.2O sweetest, fairest lily:Oh sweetest, fayrest Lilly:
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.260That slily glided towards your majesty,That slyly glyded towards your Maiestie,
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.i.3He slily stole away and left his men;He slyly stole away, and left his men:
Henry VI Part 33H6 III.ii.189Deceive more slily than Ulysses could,Deceiue more slyly then Vlisses could,
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.i.44The king was slily fingered from the deck!The King was slyly finger'd from the Deck:
Henry VIIIH8 II.ii.22How holily he works in all his business,How holily he workes in all his businesse,
Henry VIIIH8 III.i.151Almost no grave allowed me. Like the lilyAlmost no Graue allow'd me? Like the Lilly
Henry VIIIH8 V.v.61A most unspotted lily shall she passA most vnspotted Lilly shall she passe
King JohnKJ IV.ii.11To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,To gilde refined Gold, to paint the Lilly;
King LearKL II.ii.15filthy-worsted-stocking knave; a lily-livered, action-taking,filthy woosted-stocking knaue, a Lilly-liuered, action-taking,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.352As the unsullied lily, I protest,As the vnsallied Lilly, I protest,
MacbethMac I.v.19That wouldst thou holily, wouldst not play false,That would'st thou holily: would'st not play false,
MacbethMac V.i.57died holily in their beds.dyed holily in their beds.
MacbethMac V.iii.15Thou lily-livered boy. What soldiers, patch?Thou Lilly-liuer'd Boy. What Soldiers, Patch?
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.i.86Most radiant Pyramus, most lily-white of hue,Most radiant Piramus, most Lilly white of hue,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.322These lily lips,These Lilly Lips,
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.3Here in these confines slily have I lurked,Heere in these Confines slily haue I lurkt,
Titus AndronicusTit II.iv.44O, had the monster seen those lily handsOh had the monster seene those Lilly hands,
Titus AndronicusTit III.i.113Upon a gathered lily almost withered.Vpon a gathred Lillie almost withered.,
Troilus and CressidaTC III.ii.11Where I may wallow in the lily-bedsWhere I may wallow in the Lilly beds
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG II.iii.19is my sister; for, look you, she is as white as a lily, andis my sister: for, looke you, she is as white as a lilly, and
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG IV.iv.152And pinched the lily-tincture of her face,And pinch'd the lilly-tincture of her face,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK IV.i.40So sillily, as if she were a fool,So sillily, as if she were a foole,

Poems

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The Passionate PilgrimPP.7.5 A lily pale, with damask dye to grace her; A lilly pale, with damaske die to grace her,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.386 Her lily hand her rosy cheek lies under, Her lillie hand, her rosie cheeke lies vnder,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.478 That even for anger makes the lily pale That euen for anger makes the Lilly pale,
SonnetsSonn.99.6 The lily I condemned for thy hand, The Lillie I condemned for thy hand,
Venus and AdonisVen.228 She locks her lily fingers one in one. She locks her lillie fingers one in one.
Venus and AdonisVen.362 A lily prisoned in a gaol of snow, A lillie prisond in a gaile of snow,
Venus and AdonisVen.1053 In his soft flank; whose wonted lily-white In his soft flanke, whose wonted lillie white

Glossary

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fleur-de-lisheraldic lily [royal symbol of France]
lilylily-white
lily-tincturelily-white colouring
slilystealthily, secretly, quietly
white-liveredlily-livered, cowardly, feeble-spirited

Thesaurus

 6 result(s).
colouring, lily-whitelily-tincture
heraldic lilyfleur-de-lis
lily, heraldicfleur-de-lis
lily-liveredwhite-livered
lily-whitelily
lily-white colouringlily-tincture

Themes and Topics

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Plants... larkspur described as ‘trim’ lily tg ii iii 19 liliaceae usually l...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BEDTYPElily-bed n
HOLYBASICholily adv
LILYBASIClily adj, lily n
LILYCOLOURlily-tincture n, lily-white adj
LILYPART OF BODYlily-livered adj
LILYPLACElily-bed n
LIVERSTATElily-livered adj
SILLYBASICsillily adv
SLILYBASICsee SLY
SLYBASICslily adv
TINCTAPPEARANCElily-tincture n
WHITETYPElily-white adj

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