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Search phrase: sucked

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
As You Like ItAYL IV.iii.127Food to the sucked and hungry lioness?Food to the suck'd and hungry Lyonnesse?
HamletHam III.i.157That sucked the honey of his music vows,That suck'd the Honie of his Musicke Vowes:
HamletHam V.ii.184'A did comply, sir, with his dug, before 'a suckedHe did Complie with his Dugge before hee suck't
Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iv.28Thy mother gave thee when thou sucked'st her breastThy mother gaue thee when thou suck'st her brest,
King LearKL II.iv.162You fen-sucked fogs drawn by the powerful sun,You Fen-suck'd Fogges, drawne by the powrfull Sunne,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.i.89As in revenge have sucked up from the seaAs in reuenge, haue suck'd vp from the sea
Romeo and JulietRJ I.iii.69I would say thou hadst sucked wisdom from thy teat.I would say thou had'st suckt wisedome from thy teat.
Romeo and JulietRJ V.iii.92Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath,Death that hath suckt the honey of thy breath,
The TempestTem I.ii.87And sucked my verdure out on't. Thou attend'st not!And suckt my verdure out on't: Thou attend'st not?
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.144The milk thou sucked'st from her did turn to marble,The milke thou suck'st from her did turne to Marble,
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.292When Hector's grandsire sucked: he is old now;When Hectors Grandsire suckt: he is old now,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.ii.72The blood of mine that's sib to him be suckedThe blood of mine that's sibbe to him, be suckt

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.840 And sucked the honey which thy chaste bee kept. And suck't the Honnie which thy chast Bee kept.
Venus and AdonisVen.572 Such nectar from his lips she had not sucked. Such nectar from his lips she had not suckt,
Venus and AdonisVen.863 There lives a son that sucked an earthly mother, There liues a sonne that suckt an earthly mother,

Glossary

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fen-suckedrising from marshes
suckeddrained, empty, wanting

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SUCKBASICsucked adj
SUCKPLACEfen-sucked adj, fen-sucked adj

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