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Search phrase: puritan

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All's Well That Ends WellAW I.iii.51no fear in marriage; for young Charbon the puritan andno feare in marriage, for yong Charbon the Puritan, and
All's Well That Ends WellAW I.iii.90yet no hurt done! Though honesty be no puritan, yet ityet no hurt done, though honestie be no Puritan, yet it
PericlesPer IV.vi.9make a puritan of the devil if he should cheapen a kissmake a Puritaine of the diuell, if hee should cheapen a kisse
Twelfth NightTN II.iii.134Marry, sir, sometimes he is a kind of puritan – Marrie sir, sometimes he is a kinde of Puritane.
Twelfth NightTN II.iii.136What, for being a puritan? Thy exquisite reason,What for being a Puritan, thy exquisite reason,
Twelfth NightTN II.iii.140The devil a puritan that he is, or anything, constantly,The diu'll a Puritane that hee is, or any thing constantly
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iii.42most of them means and bases – but one Puritanmost of them Meanes and Bases; but one Puritan

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precisepuritanical, strictly moral, scrupulously correct
smooth-pate, smoothy-patecropped-head [of a Puritan city tradesman]

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puritanicalprecise

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Swearing...ountering autolycus (wt iv iii 50) the puritan oath &lsquo by yea and no&rsquo used b...

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PUREPEOPLEpuritan n

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