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Search phrase: text

Plays

 21 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
As You Like ItAYL III.iii.39Oliver Martext, the vicar of the next village, who hathOliuer Mar-text, the Vicar of the next village, who hath
As You Like ItAYL III.iii.59Enter Sir Oliver MartextEnter Sir Oliuer Mar-text.
As You Like ItAYL III.iii.59Here comes Sir Oliver. – Sir Oliver Martext, you areHeere comes Sir Oliuer: Sir Oliuer Mar-text you are
As You Like ItAYL V.i.6vile Martext. But, Audrey, there is a youth here in thevile Mar-text. But Awdrie, there is a youth heere in the
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.iii.1.1Enter Antipholus of Syracusep.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'}p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'}Enter Antipholus Siracusia.
CoriolanusCor IV.vii.53T' extol what it hath done.T'extoll what it hath done.
CoriolanusCor V.vi.20And my pretext to strike at him admitsAnd my pretext to strike at him, admits
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.ii.7Your exposition on the holy text,Your exposition on the holy Text,
King Edward IIIE3 IV.iv.130Are texted in thine honourable face.Are texted in thine honorable face,
King LearKL IV.ii.37No more; the text is foolish.
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.ii.159text – is the happiness of life.text) is the happinesse of life.
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.ii.160And, certes, the text most infalliblyAnd certes the text most infallibly
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.42Fair as a text B in a copy-book.Faire as a text B. in a Coppie booke.
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.ii.79Will bless it and approve it with a text,Will blesse it, and approue it with a text,
Much Ado About NothingMA V.i.176Yes, and text underneath, ‘Here dwells Benedick,Yea and text vnder-neath, heere dwells Benedicke
PericlesPer Chorus.II.40Pardon old Gower – this longs the text.Pardon old Gower, this long's the text.
Romeo and JulietRJ IV.i.21.2That's a certain text.That's a certaine text.
Titus AndronicusTit IV.iii.32But [text missing in Quarto]
Twelfth NightTN I.v.211We will hear this divinity. Now, sir, what is your text?We will heare this diuinitie. Now sir, what is your text?
Twelfth NightTN I.v.214it. Where lies your text?it. Where lies your Text?
Twelfth NightTN I.v.222with my face? You are now out of your text; butwith my face: you are now out of your Text: but

Poems

 1 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Venus and AdonisVen.806 The text is old, the orator too green. The text is old, the Orator too greene,

Glossary

 14 result(s).
colourpretext, pretence
napsurface texture of a fabric, pile
pamphletdocument, text
precedentoriginal text from which a copy is made
pretencepretext, excuse, alleged ground
saytype of fine-textured cloth
scripscript, text
sirrahsir [commanding, insulting, or familiar, depending on context]
staplefibre, texture, material
textengrave, write, inscribe
texttheme, subject, topic
texttext-hand style [of handwriting]
vail[textiles: remnant of cloth, leftover of material] tip, gratuity, perk
writwriting, text

Thesaurus

 12 result(s).
fabric, surface texture of anap
original text from which a copy is madeprecedent
pretextcolour
pretextpretence
style, text-hand text
surface texture of a fabricnap
textpamphlet
textscrip
textwrit
text from which a copy is made, originalprecedent
text-hand style [of handwriting]text
texturestaple

Themes and Topics

 17 result(s).
a- as a particle... many words in shakespearean texts begin with a- used as a grammatical pa...
...riant of on (and replaced by o’ in some text editions) as in these examples from pe...
Address forms...of who the personalities are and the context in which they are speaking the followi...
Archaisms...ntique colouring to an otherwise modern text some of the forms will also still be h...
... cases  where characters are reading texts where an older style of language has b...
Cousin... example speaker and addressee text relationship ayl i iii 40 duke f...
Elision... underlying word is obvious from the context though some of the more unusual forms ...
...ence or absence of an apostrophe in the texts also varies depending partly on edito...
Exclamations...ing is  totally dependent on the context as interpreted by the actor someti...
Family...blings example people involved text relationship kl iv ii 15 goneril...
...occur example people involved text relationship cym v v 270 cymbeli...
...sense example people involved text relationship r3 v iii 82 richmon...
...ldren example people involved text relationship cym i ii 1 queen to...
...n use example people involved text relationship tc i ii 13 alexande...
Farewells...eption) or are used only in certain contexts (e g ‘make my farewells’) modern eng...
Functional shift...ny word class can be converted and the texts show examples going in different direc...
...le their attributes functions and contexts indeed one of the creative reasons f...
Hither, thither, and whither...ime or consequence depending on the context hither thither and whither are typic...
... shall you go too’ (1h4 ii iii 118) context also motivates the choice between a sta...
Past tenses...d the past participle - but many modern texts avoid this term because the form is b...
...r regular or irregular a related context is when an -en form is used as an adjec...
Politeness...teness expressions depends partly on context and actor interpretation for example ...
Swearing...n in any comparison with earlier quarto texts (e g before god often replaced by tru...
...dern editions having restored original text as much as possible provide evidence o...
Verb forms... ending are not entirely understood context is important -(e)th is used in many fo...
Latin...i 51   yourself [here in context of heal yourself] tellus (n ...
Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)...which illustrate several grammatical contexts we like to think of these words as a ...
...mes repaid by a smoother reading of the texts it is important to note that a num...
Abbreviations...ldenstern] i cannot reason within contexts the ‘alone’ convention in specifyi...
...alone’ convention in specifying the context of a quotation we need to indicate whe...
...erself’ convention in specifying the context of a quotation we need to indicate whe...
...quotation as it appears in the selected text including line-initial capitals in poe...
...n-marks and exclamation marks) omitted text conventions ellipsis dots ( ) show th...
...nventions ellipsis dots ( ) show that text has been omitted items in square brack...
...rences follows the chief quotation the text references are in alphabetical order a...
...3 etc reference to unspecified quarto texts is indicated by the abbreviation q or...
...he item in the quotation is from the q1 text of othello the first folio equivalent ...
...ed to is definitely relevant in this context augury (n ) 2 discernment prescie...
...rnative reading for the word in this context tainted (adj ) 3 disgraced discred...
...finitions (see below) contain contextual matter before a quotation (see below...
... a quotation (see below) contain textual alternatives following a quotation (...
...s a following stressed syllable text abbreviations ac antony ...

Words Families

 9 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
NOTE [text]BASICnote n, note v
NOTE [text]OBJECTnotebook n
NOTE [text]PEOPLEnotary n
PRETEXTBASICpretext n
SCRIP [text]BASICscrip n
TEXTBASICtext n, text v
TEXTPEOPLEMartext

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