| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.152 | the longer kept, the less worth. Off with't while 'tis | The longer kept, the lesse worth: Off with't while 'tis |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.264 | good; let it be concealed awhile. | good, let it be conceal'd awhile. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.66 | While shameful hate sleeps out the afternoon. | While shamefull hate sleepes out the afternoone. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.82 | While I was speaking, oft was fastened to't. | While I was speaking, oft was fasten'd too't: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.286 | Wherefore hast thou accused him all this while? | Wherefore hast thou accusde him al this while. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.112 | Is as our earing. Fare thee well awhile. | Is as our earing: fare thee well awhile. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.43 | Our services awhile; but my full heart | Our Seruicles a-while: but my full heart |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.4 | Whiles we are suitors to their throne, decays | Whiles we are sutors to their Throne, decayes |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.108 | The while I'll place you; then the boy shall sing. | The while, Ile place you, then the Boy shall sing. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.75.2 | While he was yet in Rome, | While he was yet in Rome, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.36 | His sword e'en like a dancer, while I struck | His sword e'ne like a dancer, while I strooke |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.114 | Adore our errors, laugh at's while we strut | Adore our errors, laugh at's while we strut |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.43 | You have been nobly borne. – From me awhile. | You haue bin Nobly borne. From me awhile. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.19 | I here importune death awhile, until | I heere importune death a-while, vntill |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.34 | while. | while. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.86 | That young swain that you saw here but erewhile, | That yong Swaine that you saw heere but erewhile, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.28 | Well, I'll end the song. – Sirs, cover the while: | Wel, Ile end the song. Sirs, couer the while, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vi.9 | be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end. I | be comfortable, hold death a while / At the armes end: I |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.128 | Then but forbear your food a little while | Then but forbeare your food a little while: |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.129 | Whiles, like a doe, I go to find my fawn | Whiles (like a Doe) I go to finde my Fawne, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.105 | Knowest thou the youth that spoke to me erewhile? | Knowst thou the youth that spoke to mee yerewhile? |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.35 | been all this while? You a lover! An you serve me such | bin all this while? you a louer? and you serue me such |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.48 | Whiles the eye of man did woo me, | Whiles the eye of man did wooe me, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.55 | Whiles you chid me, I did love, | Whiles you chid me, I did loue, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.149 | Which all this while had bled; and now he fainted, | Which all this while had bled; and now he fainted, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.5 | Patience once more, whiles our compact is urged. | Patience once more, whiles our cõpact is vrg'd: |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.134 | Whiles a wedlock-hymn we sing, | Whiles a Wedlocke Hymne we sing, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.15 | While I go to the goldsmith's house, go thou | While I go to the Goldsmiths house, go thou |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.174 | My master preaches patience to him, and the while | My Mr preaches patience to him, and the while |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.205 | While she with harlots feasted in my house. | While she with Harlots feasted in my house. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.16 | us. If they would yield us but the superfluity while it | vs. If they would yeelde vs but the superfluitie while it |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.124 | Patience awhile, you'st hear the belly's answer. | Patience awhile; you'st heare the Bellies answer. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.4 | We shall be charged again. Whiles we have struck, | We shall be charg'd againe. Whiles we haue strooke |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.200 | While she chats him. The kitchen malkin pins | While she chats him: the Kitchin Malkin pinnes |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.147 | Real necessities, and give way the while | Reall Necessities, and giue way the while |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.225 | Down with that sword! Tribunes, withdraw awhile. | Downe with that Sword, Tribunes withdraw a while. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.35 | With thee awhile. Determine on some course | With thee awhile: Determine on some course |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.51 | While I remain above the ground you shall | While I remaine aboue the ground, you shall |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.215 | as we term it, his friends whilst he's in directitude. | (as we terme it) his Friends, whilest he's in Directitude. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.55 | Show duty as mistaken all this while | Shew duty as mistaken, all this while, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.136 | Is that you reconcile them, while the Volsces | Is that you reconcile them: While the Volces |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.49 | While sense can keep it on: And sweetest, fairest, | While sense can keepe it on: And sweetest, fairest, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.107 | Pray, walk awhile. | Pray walke a-while. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.1 | Whiles yet the dew's on ground, gather those flowers; | Whiles yet the dewe's on ground, / Gather those Flowers, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.37 | Will stupefy and dull the sense awhile; | Will stupifie and dull the Sense a-while, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.67 | The thick sighs from him; whiles the jolly Briton – | The thicke sighes from him; whiles the iolly Britaine, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.134 | Whiles he is vaulting variable ramps, | Whiles he is vaulting variable Rampes |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.130 | What shall I do the while? Where bide? How live? | What shall I do the while? Where bide? How liue? |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.151 | I had rather thou shouldst live, while nature will, | I had rather thou should'st liue, while Nature will, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.357.2 | Be pleased awhile; | Be pleas'd awhile; |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.30.2 | Sit down awhile, | Sit downe a-while, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.192 | Season your admiration for a while | Season your admiration for a while |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.238 | While one with moderate haste might tell a hundred. | While one with moderate hast might tell a hun-(dred. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.49 | Whiles like a puffed and reckless libertine | Whilst like a puft and recklesse Libertine |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.96 | Ay, thou poor ghost, whiles memory holds a seat | I, thou poore Ghost, while memory holds a seate |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.23 | As to expend your time with us awhile | As to expend your time with vs a-while, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.106 | I have a daughter – have while she is mine – | I haue a daughter: haue, whil'st she is mine, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.114 | Good madam, stay awhile. I will be faithful. | Good Madam stay awhile, I will be faithfull. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.353 | controversy. There was, for a while, no money bid for | Controuersie. There was for a while, no mony bid for |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.364 | while my father lived give twenty, forty, fifty, a hundred | while my Father liued; giue twenty, forty, an hundred |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.524 | than their ill report while you live. | then their ill report while you liued. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.145.14 | awhile, but in the end accepts love | awhile, but in the end, accepts his loue. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.235 | 'Tis deeply sworn. Sweet, leave me here awhile. | 'Tis deepely sworne: / Sweet, leaue me heere a while, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.282 | For some must watch, while some must sleep. | For some must watch, while some must sleepe; |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.351 | Ay, sir, but ‘ while the grass grows ’ – the proverb | I, but while the grasse growes, the Prouerbe |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.149 | Whiles rank corruption, mining all within, | Whil'st ranke Corruption mining all within, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.4 | Bestow this place on us a little while. | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.59 | And let all sleep, while to my shame I see | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.176 | And mermaid-like awhile they bore her up; | And Mermaid-like, a while they bore her vp, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.168 | trade that 'a will keep out water a great while, and your | Trade, that he will keepe out water a great while. And your |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.213.1 | But soft, but soft awhile! | But soft, but soft, aside; |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.218 | Couch we awhile, and mark. | Couch we a while, and mark. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.245 | Deprived thee of! Hold off the earth awhile, | Depriu'd thee of. Hold off the earth a while, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.281 | And thus a while the fit will work on him. | And thus awhile the fit will worke on him: |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.273 | (trumpets the while) | |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.278 | I'll play this bout first; set it by awhile. | Ile play this bout first, set by a-while. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.341 | Absent thee from felicity awhile, | Absent thee from felicitie awhile, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.388 | Even while men's minds are wild, lest more mischance | Euen whiles mens mindes are wilde, / Lest more mischance |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vi.34 | | [Q1 replaces this scene with the following] Enter Horatio and the Queene. HOR. Madame, your sonne is safe arriv'de in Denmarke, This letter I euen now receiv'd of him, Whereas he writes how he escap't the danger, And subtle treason that the king had plotted, Being crossed by the contention of the windes, He found the Packet sent to the king of England, Wherein he saw himselfe betray'd to death, As at his next conuersion with your grace, He will relate the circumstance at full. QUEENE. Then I perceiue there's treason in his lookes That seem'd to sugar o're his villanie: But I will soothe and please him for a time, For murderous mindes are alwayes jealous, But know not you Horatio where he is? HOR. Yes Madame, and he hath appoynted me To meete him on the east side of the Cittie To morrow morning. QUEENE. O faile not, good Horatio, and withall, commend me A mothers care to him, bid him a while Be wary of his presence, lest that he Faile in that he goes about. HOR. Madam, neuer make doubt of that: I thinke by this the news be come to court: He is arriv'de, obserue the king, and you shall Quickely finde, Hamlet being here, Things fell not to his minde. QUEENE. But what became of Gilderstone and Rossencraft? HOR. He being set ashore, they went for England, And in the Packet there writ down that doome To be perform'd on them poynted for him: And by great chance he had his fathers Seale, So all was done without discouerie. QUEENE. Thankes be to heauen for blessing of the prince, Horatio once againe I take my leaue, With thowsand mothers blessings to my sonne. HORAT. Madam adue. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.100 | And for this cause awhile we must neglect | And for this cause a-while we must neglect |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.193 | I know you all, and will awhile uphold | I know you all, and will a-while vphold |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.127 | What? Drunk with choler? Stay, and pause awhile, | What? drunke with choller? stay & pause awhile, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.209 | Good cousin, give me audience for a while. | Good Cousin giue me audience for a-while, / And list to me. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.78 | our horses down the hill. We'll walk afoot awhile and | our Horses downe the hill: Wee'l walke a-foot a while, and |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.28 | prithee do thou stand in some by-room while I question | prythee doe thou stand in some by-roome, while I question |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.82 | Let them alone awhile, and then open the | Let them alone awhile, and then open the |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.127 | of them is fat, and grows old. God help the while, a bad | of them is fat, and growes old, God helpe the while, a bad |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.244 | Well, breathe awhile, and then to it again, | Well, breath a-while, and then to't againe: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.58 | O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil! | Oh, while you liue, tell truth, and shame the Deuill. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.180 | Advantage feeds him fat while men delay. | Aduantage feedes him fat, while men delay. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.5 | that suddenly, while I am in some liking. I shall be out | that suddenly, while I am in some liking: I shall be out |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.76 | Made to my father while his blood was poor | Made to my Father, while his blood was poore, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.107 | Not so, Sir Walter. We'll withdraw awhile. | Not so, Sir Walter. / Wee'le with-draw a while: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.45 | awhile. Turk Gregory never did such deeds in arms as I | awhile: Turke Gregory neuer did such deeds in Armes, as I |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.46 | Stay and breathe a while. | Stay, and breath awhile. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.9 | I speak of peace while covert enmity, | I speake of Peace, while couert Enmitie |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.13 | Whiles the big year, swollen with some other grief, | Whil'st the bigge yeare, swolne with some other griefes, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.20 | not racket there – as thou hast not done a great while, | not Racket there, as thou hast not done a great while, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.75 | have not lived all this while to have swaggering now. | haue not liu'd all this while, to haue swaggering now: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.63 | But rather show awhile like fearful war | But rather shew a while like fearefull Warre, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.49 | Whiles England shall have generation. | Whiles England shall haue generation. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.26 | Now, Falstaff, where have you been all this while? | Now Falstaffe, where haue you beene all this while? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.76 | Whiles I was busy for the commonwealth, | Whiles I was busie for the Commonwealth, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.108 | Whiles his most mighty father on a hill | Whiles his most mightie Father on a Hill |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.178 | While that the armed hand doth fight abroad, | While that the Armed hand doth fight abroad, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.57 | Whiles that his mountain sire, on mountain standing, | Whiles that his Mountaine Sire, on Mountaine standing |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.29 | Whiles yet my soldiers are in my command, | Whiles yet my Souldiers are in my Command, |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.30 | Whiles yet the cool and temperate wind of grace | Whiles yet the coole and temperate Wind of Grace |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.39 | Whiles the mad mothers with their howls confused | Whiles the mad Mothers, with their howles confus'd, |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.24 | Upon our houses' thatch, whiles a more frosty people | Vpon our Houses Thatch, whiles a more frostie People |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.22 | patient stillness while his rider mounts him. He is | patient stillnesse while his Rider mounts him: hee is |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.31 | I and my bosom must debate awhile, | I and my Bosome must debate a while, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.66 | And hold their manhoods cheap, whiles any speaks | And hold their Manhoods cheape, whiles any speakes, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.94 | While the beast lived, was killed with hunting him. | While the beast liu'd, was kill'd with hunting him. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.73 | For many of our princes – woe the while! – | For many of our Princes (woe the while) |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.46 | Doth root upon, while that the coulter rusts | Doth root vpon; while that the Culter rusts, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.151 | by the Lord, no – yet I love thee too. And while thou | by the L. No: yet I loue thee too. And while thou |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.7 | Otherwhiles the famished English, like pale ghosts, | Otherwhiles, the famisht English, like pale Ghosts, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.70 | Stand back, you lords, and give us leave awhile. | Stand back you Lords, and giue vs leaue a while. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.76 | Lo, whilst I waited on my tender lambs | Loe, whilest I wayted on my tender Lambes, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.103 | And while I live, I'll ne'er fly from a man. | And while I liue, Ile ne're flye from a man. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.54 | That walked about me every minute while; | That walkt about me euery Minute while: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.91 | Thou shalt not die whiles – | Thou shalt not dye whiles---- |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.71 | Whiles thy consuming canker eats his falsehood. | Whiles thy consuming Canker eates his falsehood. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.106 | Let me persuade you to forbear awhile. | Let me perswade you to forbeare a while. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.5 | Let frantic Talbot triumph for a while | Let frantike Talbot triumph for a while, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iv.3 | I have awhile given truce unto my wars | I haue a while giuen Truce vnto my Warres, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.29 | That thus we die while remiss traitors sleep. | That thus we dye, while remisse Traitors sleepe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.47 | Thus, while the vulture of sedition | Thus while the Vulture of sedition, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.52 | Henry the Fifth. Whiles they each other cross, | Henrie the fift: Whiles they each other crosse, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.17 | And whiles the honourable captain there | And whiles the honourable Captaine there |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.24 | While he, renowned noble gentleman, | While he renowned Noble Gentleman |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.43 | I prithee give me leave to curse awhile. | I prethee giue me leaue to curse awhile. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.179 | While these do labour for their own preferment, | While these do labour for their owne preferment, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.202 | While they do tend the profit of the land. | While they do tend the profit of the Land. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.223 | While as the silly owner of the goods | While as the silly Owner of the goods |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.226 | While all is shared and all is borne away, | While all is shar'd, and all is borne away, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.229 | While his own lands are bargained for and sold. | While his owne Lands are bargain'd for, and sold: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.246 | Then, York, be still awhile till time do serve; | Then Yorke be still a-while, till time do serue: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.62 | While Gloucester bears this base and humble mind. | While Gloster beares this base and humble minde. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.8 | Hume, that you be by her aloft, while we be busy below; | Hume, that you be by her aloft, while wee be busie below; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.28 | For whilst I think I am thy married wife, | For whilest I thinke I am thy married Wife, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.45 | As he stood by whilst I, his forlorn duchess, | As he stood by, whilest I, his forlorne Duchesse, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.124 | Why, 'tis well known that, whiles I was Protector, | Why 'tis well known, that whiles I was Protector, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.320 | Whiles I take order for mine own affairs. | Whiles I take order for mine owne affaires. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.348 | Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band, | Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mightie Band, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.227 | Thou shalt be waking while I shed thy blood, | Thou shalt be waking, while I shed thy blood, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.347 | 'Tis but surmised whiles thou art standing by, | 'Tis but surmiz'd, whiles thou art standing by, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.8 | a sallet another while, which is not amiss to cool a man's | a Sallet another while, which is not amisse to coole a mans |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.40 | Nay, it shall ne'er be said, while England stands, | Nay, it shall nere be said, while England stands, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.30 | But I must make fair weather yet awhile, | But I must make faire weather yet a while, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.33 | That I have given no answer all this while; | That I haue giuen no answer all this while: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.50 | My heart is turned to stone, and while 'tis mine | My heart is turn'd to stone: and while 'tis mine, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.2 | While we pursued the horsemen of the north, | While we pursu'd the Horsmen of ye North, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.173 | And thou shalt reign in quiet while thou livest. | And thou shalt reigne in quiet while thou liu'st. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.44 | While you are thus employed, what resteth more | While you are thus imploy'd, what resteth more? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.52 | I would prolong awhile the traitor's life. | I would prolong a while the Traytors Life: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.95 | Hold you his hands whilst I do set it on. | Hold you his hands, whilest I doe set it on. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.108 | And, whilst we breathe, take time to do him dead. | And whilest we breathe, take time to doe him dead. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.20 | Thou smiling while he knit his angry brows; | Thou smiling, while he knit his angry browes. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.2 | I lay me down a little while to breathe; | I lay me downe a little while to breath: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.5 | And, spite of spite, needs must I rest a while. | And spight of spight, needs must I rest a-while. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.26 | Wailing our losses, whiles the foe doth rage; | Wayling our losses, whiles the Foe doth Rage, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.74 | Whiles lions war and battle for their dens, | Whiles Lyons Warre, and battaile for their Dennes, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.2 | Which, whiles it lasted, gave King Henry light. | Which whiles it lasted, gaue King Henry light. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.72 | While we devise fell tortures for thy faults. | While we deuise fell Tortures for thy faults. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.27 | Forbear awhile; we'll hear a little more. | Forbeare a-while, wee'l heare a little more. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.39 | The tiger will be mild whiles she doth mourn; | The Tyger will be milde, whiles she doth mourne; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.48 | Whiles Warwick tells his title, smooths the wrong, | Whiles Warwicke tels his Title, smooths the Wrong, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.80 | No, for we were subjects but while you were king. | No, for we were Subiects, but while you wer king |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.169 | And, whiles I live, t' account this world but hell, | And whiles I liue, t'account this World but Hell, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.182 | Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile, | Why I can smile, and murther whiles I smile, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.3 | And birth that thou shouldst stand while Lewis doth sit. | And Birth, that thou should'st stand, while Lewis doth sit. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.5 | Must strike her sail and learn awhile to serve | Must strike her sayle, and learne a while to serue, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.14 | And stops my tongue, while heart is drowned in cares. | And stops my tongue, while heart is drown'd in cares. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.27 | While proud ambitious Edward Duke of York | While prowd ambitious Edward, Duke of Yorke, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.39 | While we bethink a means to break it off. | While we bethinke a meanes to breake it off. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.76 | For though usurpers sway the rule awhile, | For though Vsurpers sway the rule a while, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.106 | No, Warwick, no; while life upholds this arm, | No Warwicke, no: while Life vpholds this Arme, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.111 | While I use further conference with Warwick. | While I vse further conference with Warwicke. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.168 | Smiles at her news, while Warwick frowns at his. | Smiles at her newes, while Warwicke frownes at his. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.14 | While he himself keeps in the cold field? | While he himselfe keepes in the cold field? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.58 | Now, for a while farewell, good Duke of York. | Now for a-while farewell good Duke of Yorke. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.34 | Come, therefore, let us fly while we may fly; | Come therefore let vs flye, while we may flye, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.42 | While I myself will lead a private life | While I my selfe will lead a priuate Life, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.52 | While he enjoys the honour and his ease. | While he enioyes the Honor, and his ease. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.51 | Nay, stay, Sir John, a while, and we'll debate | Nay stay, Sir Iohn, a while, and wee'le debate |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.33 | Here at the palace I will rest a while. | Here at the Pallace will I rest a while. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.43 | But whiles he thought to steal the single ten, | But whiles he thought to steale the single Ten, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.55 | Shall, whiles thy head is warm and new cut off, | Shall, whiles thy Head is warme, and new cut off, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.35 | And with thy lips keep in my soul a while! | And with thy Lippes keepe in my Soule a while. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.10 | Whiles, in his moan, the ship splits on the rock, | Whiles in his moane, the Ship splits on the Rock, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.29 | Say you can swim; alas, 'tis but a while! | Say you can swim, alas 'tis but a while: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.49.1 | Nor shall not while I have a stump. | Nor shall not while I haue a stumpe. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.233 | Meanwhile must be an earnest motion | Meane while, must be an earnest motion |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.181 | While I shall have my life. Come, reverend fathers, | While I shall haue my life. Come reuerend Fathers, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.84 | Leave me awhile. | Leaue me a while. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.65 | A distance from her, while her grace sat down | A distance from her; while her Grace sate downe |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.66 | To rest awhile, some half an hour or so, | To rest a while, some halfe an houre, or so, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.137 | Whose minister you are, whiles here He lived | Whose Minister you are, whiles heere he liu'd |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.175 | Have more, or else unsay't; and now, while 'tis hot, | Haue more, or else vnsay't: and now, while 'tis hot, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.147.1 | Which ye shall never have while I live. | Which ye shall neuer haue while I liue. |
| Henry VIII | H8 epilogue.12 | And say 'twill do, I know within a while | And say twill doe; I know within a while, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.208 | Whiles they behold a greater than themselves, | Whiles they behold a greater then themselues, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.82 | But woe the while! our fathers' minds are dead, | But woe the while, our Fathers mindes are dead, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.131 | Stand close awhile, for here comes one in haste. | Stand close a while, for heere comes one in haste. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.304 | Hark, hark! one knocks, Portia, go in awhile; | Harke, harke, one knockes: Portia go in a while, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.290 | Hie hence, and tell him so. Yet stay awhile; | Hie hence, and tell him so. Yet stay a-while, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.150 | Will you be patient? will you stay awhile? | Will you be Patient? Will you stay a-while? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.190 | Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell. | (Which all the while ran blood) great Casar fell. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.254 | Canst thou hold up thy heavy eyes awhile, | Canst thou hold vp thy heauie eyes a-while, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.79 | And I will seek for Pindarus the while. | And I will seeke for Pindarus the while: |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.28 | Hold thou my sword-hilts whilst I run on it. | Hold thou my Sword Hilts, whilest I runne on it. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.32 | Strato, thou hast been all this while asleep; | Strato, thou hast bin all this while asleepe: |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.48 | While I do run upon it. Wilt thou, Strato? | While I do run vpon it. Wilt thou Strato? |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.119 | A little while, my gracious sovereign, stay, | A little while my gratious soueraigne stay, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.161 | Entreat thyself to stay a while with me. | Intreat thy selfe to stay a while with mee. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.165 | It shall attend, while I attend on thee. – | Yt shall attend, while I attend on thee: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.92 | Begin. I will to contemplate the while. | Beginne I will to contemplat the while, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.105 | Write on, while I peruse her in my thoughts. | Write on while I peruse her in my thoughts, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.118 | So thou wilt hence a while and leave me here. | So thou wilt hence awhile and leaue me heere. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.200 | Brave warriors all, where are you all this while? | Braue warriours all, where are you all this while? |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.14 | Lord Audley, whiles our son is in the chase, | Lord Audley, whiles our sonne is in the chase, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.42 | Muster about him; whilst he, lion-like, | Muster about him whilest he Lion like, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.121 | And wistly follow whiles the game's on foot. – | And wistlie follow whiles the games on foote. |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.62 | Dispose our men in garrison a while. – | Dispose our men in garrison a while, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.175 | While we bewail our valiant son's decease. | While we bewaile our valiant sonnes decease. |
| King John | KJ I.i.230 | James Gurney, wilt thou give us leave a while? | Iames Gournie, wilt thou giue vs leaue a while? |
| King John | KJ II.i.87 | Whiles we, God's wrathful agent, do correct | Whiles we Gods wrathfull agent doe correct |
| King John | KJ II.i.332 | One must prove greatest; while they weigh so even, | One must proue greatest. While they weigh so euen, |
| King John | KJ II.i.379 | Be friends awhile, and both conjointly bend | Be friends a-while, and both conioyntly bend |
| King John | KJ II.i.416 | Hear us, great Kings! Vouchsafe a while to stay, | Heare vs great kings, vouchsafe awhile to stay |
| King John | KJ II.i.475 | Mark, how they whisper. Urge them while their souls | Marke how they whisper, vrge them while their soules |
| King John | KJ II.i.593 | Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail | Well, whiles I am a begger, I will raile, |
| King John | KJ III.i.180 | That I have room with Rome to curse awhile! | That I haue roome with Rome to curse a while, |
| King John | KJ III.ii.4 | While Philip breathes. | While Philip breathes. |
| King John | KJ III.iv.132 | That whiles warm life plays in that infant's veins | That whiles warme life playes in that infants veines, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.125 | O, now you look like Hubert. All this while | O now you looke like Hubert. All this while |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.100 | Three foot of it doth hold – bad world the while! | Three foot of it doth hold; bad world the while: |
| King Lear | KL I.i.40 | Conferring them on younger strengths, while we | Conferring them on yonger strengths, while we |
| King Lear | KL II.iii.5 | Does not attend my taking. Whiles I may 'scape | Do's not attend my taking. Whiles I may scape |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.63 | Repose you there while I to this hard house – | Repose you there, while I to this hard house, |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.80 | Now, good my lord, lie here and rest awhile. | Now good my Lord, lye heere, and rest awhile. |
| King Lear | KL IV.iii.52 | Will in concealment wrap me up awhile. | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.51 | He's scarce awake. Let him alone awhile. | He's scarse awake, / Let him alone a while. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.254 | The gods defend her. Bear him hence awhile. | The Gods defend her, beare him hence awhile. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.75 | To seek the light of truth, while truth the while | To seeke the light of truth, while truth the while |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.141 | While it doth study to have what it would, | While it doth study to haue what it would, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.33 | Haste, signify so much, while we attend, | Haste, signifie so much while we attend, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.98 | Else your memory is bad, going o'er it erewhile. | Else your memorie is bad, going ore it erewhile. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.143 | word all this while. | word all this while. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.148 | But while 'tis spoke each turn away her face. | But while 'tis spoke, each turne away his face. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.909 | While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. | While greasie Ione doth keele the pot. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.918 | While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. | While greasie Ione doth keele the pot. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.5 | Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came missives from | Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came Missiues from |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.56 | I would, while it was smiling in my face | I would, while it was smyling in my Face, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.29.2 | Good repose the while. | Good repose the while. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.60 | Which now suits with it. – Whiles I threat, he lives: | Which now sutes with it. Whiles I threat, he liues: |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.44.1 | While then, God be with you! | While then, God be with you. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.14 | She'll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice | Shee'le close, and be her selfe, whilest our poore Mallice |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.32 | Unsafe the while that we | Vnsafe the while, that wee |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.53 | While night's black agents to their preys do rouse. | Whiles Nights black Agents to their Prey's doe rowse. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.33 | That is not often vouched, while 'tis a-making, | That is not often vouch'd, while 'tis a making: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.129 | While you perform your antic round, | While you performe your Antique round: |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.8 | to bed; yet all this while in a most fast sleep. | to bed; yet all this while in a most fast sleepe. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.41 | On mine own sword? Whiles I see lives, the gashes | On mine owne sword? whiles I see liues, the gashes |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.26 | Stay a little while. (To Isabella) Y'are welcome. What's your will? | Stay a little while: y'are welcome: what's your will? |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iii.17 | (To Juliet) I have provided for you; stay a while | I haue prouided for you, stay a while |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.35 | Yet may he live a while; and it may be | Yet may he liue a while: and it may be |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.161 | stolen out of other affairs, but I will attend you a while. | stolen out of other affaires: but I will attend you a while. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.179 | me a while with the maid. My mind promises with my | me a while with the Maid, my minde promises with my |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.78 | And sent according to command, whiles I | And sent according to command, whiles I |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.255 | In any chastisement. I for a while | In any chastisement; I for a while |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.346 | Stay, sir, stay awhile. | Stay Sir, stay a while. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.103 | Come, good Lorenzo. Fare ye well awhile; | Come good Lorenzo, faryewell a while, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.126 | before. Whiles we shut the gate upon one wooer, another | before; whiles wee shut the gate vpon one wooer, another |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.31 | To win thee, lady. But alas the while, | To win the Ladie. But alas, the while |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.180 | Nay more, while grace is saying hood mine eyes | Nay more, while grace is saying hood mine eyes |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.3 | I lose your company. Therefore forbear awhile. | I loose your companie; therefore forbeare a while, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.43 | Let music sound while he doth make his choice, | Let musicke sound while he doth make his choise, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.82 | Nay, let me praise you while I have a stomach. | Nay, let me praise you while I haue a stomacke? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.306 | Well, while I live I'll fear no other thing | Well, while I liue, Ile feare no other thing |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.87 | paper. (To Simple) Tarry you a little-a while. | paper: tarry you a littell-a-while. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.73 | What? While you were there? | What? While you were there? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.74 | While I was there. | While I was there. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.78 | straight. Put on the gown the while. | straight: put on the gowne the while. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.22 | While other jests are something rank on foot, | While other Iests are something ranke on foote, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.30 | While other sports are tasking of their minds, | While other sports are tasking of their mindes, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.79 | But hark, a voice. Stay thou but here awhile, | But harke, a voyce: stay thou but here a while, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.150 | And sing while thou on pressed flowers dost sleep; | And sing, while thou on pressed flowers dost sleepe: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.8 | While she was in her dull and sleeping hour, | While she was in her dull and sleeping hower, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.83 | Here therefore for a while I will remain. | Here therefore for a while I will remaine. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.274 | I am as fair now as I was erewhile. | I am as faire now, as I was ere while. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.374 | Whiles I in this affair do thee employ | Whiles I in this affaire do thee imply, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.436 | Steal me awhile from mine own company. | Steale me a while from mine owne companie. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.2 | While I thy amiable cheeks do coy, | While I thy amiable cheekes doe coy, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.79 | Silence awhile! Robin, take off this head. | Silence a while. Robin take off his head: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.150 | At large discourse while here they do remain. | At large discourse, while here they doe remaine. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.363 | Whilst the heavy ploughman snores | Whilest the heauy ploughman snores, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.416 | While these visions did appear. | While these visions did appeare. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.112 | Is it possible disdain should die while she hath | Is it possible Disdaine should die, while shee hath |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.235 | God some scholar would conjure her; for certainly, while | God some scholler would coniure her, for certainely while |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.255 | Indeed, my lord, he lent it me awhile, and I | Indeed my Lord, hee lent it me a while, and I |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.203 | daughter; let it cool the while. I love Benedick well; and | daughter, let it coole the while, I loue Benedicke well, and |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.198.2 | Pause awhile, | Pause awhile: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.201 | Let her awhile be secretly kept in, | Let her awhile be secretly kept in, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.217 | Whiles we enjoy it, but being lacked and lost, | Whiles we enioy it; but being lack'd and lost, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.220 | Whiles it was ours. So will it fare with Claudio. | Whiles it was ours, so will it fare with Claudio: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.253 | Lady Beatrice, have you wept all this while? | Lady Beatrice, haue you wept all this while? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.254 | Yea, and I will weep a while longer. | Yea, and I will weepe a while longer. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.233 | I have drunk poison whiles he uttered it. | I haue drunke poison whiles he vtter'd it. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.66 | She died, my lord, but whiles her slander lived. | Shee died my Lord, but whiles her slander liu'd. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.193 | While I spare speech, which something now offends me, | While I spare speech which something now offends me. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.343 | As I do now. For whiles this honest fool | As I do now. For whiles this honest Foole |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.367 | Content thyself awhile. By th' mass, 'tis morning: | Content thy selfe, a-while. In troth 'tis Morning; |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.374 | Myself the while to draw the Moor apart, | my selfe, a while, to draw the Moor apart, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.246 | Yet, if you please to hold him off awhile, | Yet if you please, to him off a-while: |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.58 | The thoughts of people. She told her, while she kept it, | The thoughts of people. She told her, while she kept it, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.125 | For my free speech! You must awhile be patient. | For my free speech. You must awhile be patient: |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.173 | I have this while with leaden thoughts been pressed: | I haue this while with leaden thoughts beene prest, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.56 | Do you withdraw yourself a little while: | Do you withdraw your selfe a little while, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.74.2 | Stand you awhile apart; | Stand you a while apart, |
| Othello | Oth V.i.87 | Patience awhile, good Cassio. Come, come, | Patience awhile, good Cassio. Come, come; |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.84.1 | But while I say one prayer! | But while I say one prayer. |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.106 | Therefore, my lord, go travel for a while, | therfore my Lord, go trauell for a while, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.16 | That, if heaven slumber while their creatures want, | that if heauen slumber, while / Their creatures want, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.107 | Which welcome we'll accept, feast here awhile, | Which welcome wee'le accept, feast here awhile, |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.53 | Yet pause awhile. | Yet pause awhile, |
| Pericles | Per III.i.68 | Upon the pillow. Hie thee, whiles I say | Vpon the Pillow; hie thee whiles I say |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.89.1 | Music plays while Cerimon attends to Thaisa | |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.17 | While summer days doth last. Ay me, poor maid, | while Sommer dayes doth last: Aye me poore maid, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.48 | I'll leave you, my sweet lady, for a while. | Ile leaue you my sweete Ladie, for a while, |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.110 | Pray you, come hither awhile. You | Pray you come hither a while, you |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.34 | Whilst ours was blurted at, and held a malkin, | whilest ours was blurted at, and helde a Mawkin |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.21 | Like motes and shadows see them move awhile; | Like moats and shadowes, see them / Moue a while, |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.48 | By Lady Fortune, while our scene must play | By Lady Fortune, while our Steare must play, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.112 | And bid his ears a little while be deaf | And bid his eares a little while be deafe, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.122 | While we return these dukes what we decree. | While we returne these Dukes what we decree. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.211 | I'll not be by the while. My liege, farewell. | Ile not be by the while: My Liege farewell, |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.22 | Whilst you have fed upon my signories, | While you haue fed vpon my Seignories, |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.44 | A while to work, and after, holiday. | A while to worke, and after holliday. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.34 | Whilst Bolingbroke through our security | Whilest Bullingbrooke through our securitie, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.48 | Who all this while hath revelled in the night | Who all this while hath reuell'd in the Night, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.174 | For you have but mistook me all this while. | For you haue but mistooke me all this while: |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.49 | Go signify as much while here we march | Goe signifie as much, while here we march |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.59 | The rage be his, whilst on the earth I rain | The Rage be his, while on the Earth I raine |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.158 | For on my heart they tread now whilst I live, | For on my heart they tread now, whilest I liue; |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.75 | And spit upon him whilst I say he lies, | And spit vpon him, whilest I say he Lyes, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.166 | Give sorrow leave awhile to tutor me | Giue Sorrow leaue a while, to tuture me |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.268 | Read o'er this paper while the glass doth come. | Read o're this Paper, while ye Glasse doth come. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.11 | Whilst all tongues cried ‘ God save thee, Bolingbroke!’ | While all tongues cride, God saue thee Bullingbrooke. |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.60 | While I stand fooling here, his jack of the clock. | While I stand fooling heere, his iacke o'th' Clocke. |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.133 | While kites and buzzards prey at liberty. | Whiles Kites and Buzards play at liberty. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.3 | Whilst I awhile obsequiously lament | Whil'st I a-while obsequiously lament |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.32 | Rest you, whiles I lament King Henry's corse. | Rest you, whiles I lament King Henries Coarse. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.252 | I do mistake my person all this while! | I do mistake my person all this while: |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.60 | Cannot be quiet scarce a breathing while | Cannot be quiet scarse a breathing while, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.79 | Held in contempt, while great promotions | Held in contempt, while great Promotions |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.222 | Thy friends suspect for traitors while thou liv'st, | Thy Friends suspect for Traytors while thou liu'st, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.225 | Unless it be while some tormenting dream | Vnlesse it be while some tormenting Dreame |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.73 | Keeper, I pray thee, sit by me awhile. | Keeper, I prythee sit by me a-while, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.120 | to hold me but while one tells twenty. | to hold me but while one tels twenty. |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.8 | Ay, sir, it is too true. God help the while! | I sir, it is too true, God helpe the while. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.41 | Withdraw yourself awhile. I'll go with you. | Withdraw your selfe a while, Ile goe with you. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vi.10 | Here's a good world the while! Who is so gross | Here's a good World the while. / Who is so grosse, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.122 | Whiles, in the mildness of your sleepy thoughts, | Whiles in the mildnesse of your sleepie thoughts, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.121 | To Brecknock, while my fearful head is on! | To Brecnock, while my fearefull Head is on. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.116 | O thou well-skilled in curses, stay awhile | O thou well skill'd in Curses, stay a-while, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.535 | Away towards Salisbury! While we reason here, | Away towards Salsbury, while we reason here, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.4 | Ay, while you live, draw your neck out of collar. | I, While you liue, draw your necke out o'th Collar. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.27 | Me they shall feel while I am able to stand: and | Me they shall feele while I am able to stand: And |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.113 | While we were interchanging thrusts and blows, | While we were enterchanging thrusts and blowes, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.8 | This is the matter – Nurse, give leave awhile. | This is the matter: Nurse giue leaue awhile, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.52 | In bed asleep, while they do dream things true. | In bed a sleepe while they do dreame things true. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.15 | Cheerly, boys! Be brisk a while, and the longer liver | chearly Boyes, / Be brisk awhile, and the longer liuer |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.106 | Then move not while my prayer's effect I take. | Then moue not while my prayers effect I take: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.25 | I am aweary. Give me leave a while. | I am a weary, giue me leaue awhile, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.29 | Jesu, what haste! Can you not stay a while? | Iesu what hast? can you not stay a while? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.76 | Thou wilt be taken. – Stay awhile! – Stand up. | Thou wilt be taken, stay a while, stand vp: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.21 | What, with a torch! Muffle me, night, awhile. | What with a Torch? Muffle me night a while. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.216 | Seal up the mouth of outrage for a while, | Seale vp the mouth of outrage for a while, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.300 | That whiles Verona by that name is known, | That whiles Verona by that name is knowne, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.29 | Only, good master, while we do admire | Onely (good master) while we do admire |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.46 | But stay awhile, what company is this? | But stay a while, what companie is this? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.147 | But see, while idly I stood looking on, | But see, while idely I stood looking on, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.231 | While I make way from hence to save my life. | While I make way from hence to saue my life: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.1 | Verona, for a while I take my leave, | Verona, for a while I take my leaue, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.106 | I pray you, sir, let him go while the humour lasts. | I pray you Sir let him go while the humor lasts. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.140 | Petruchio, stand by a while. | Petruchio stand by a while. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.20 | You have but jested with me all this while. | You haue but iested with me all this while: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.155 | And there I stood amazed for a while, | And there I stood amazed for a while, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.157 | While she did call me rascal fiddler | While she did call me Rascall, Fidler, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.14 | And while I pause serve in your harmony. | And while I pause, serue in your harmony. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.22 | Take you your instrument, play you the whiles – | Take you your instrument, play you the whiles, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.57 | You may go walk, and give me leave a while. | You may go walk, and giue me leaue a while, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.210 | You may be jogging whiles your boots are green. | You may be iogging whiles your bootes are greene: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.10 | While you, sweet dear, prove mistress of my heart. | While you sweet deere ptoue Mistresse of my heart. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.6 | I marvel Cambio comes not all this while. | I maruaile Cambio comes not all this while. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.60 | I am undone! While I play the good husband at home, | I am vndone: while I plaie the good husband at home, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.106 | While counterfeit supposes bleared thine eyne. | While counterfeit supposes bleer'd thine eine. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.114 | While he did bear my countenance in the town, | While he did beare my countenance in the towne, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.5 | While I with selfsame kindness welcome thine. | While I with selfesame kindnesse welcome thine: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.143 | And while it is so, none so dry or thirsty | And while it is so, none so dry or thirstie |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.343 | In this hard rock, whiles you do keep from me | In this hard Rocke, whiles you doe keepe from me |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.200 | Will guard your person while you take your rest, | will guard your person, / While you take your rest, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.221.1 | Whiles thou art waking. | Whiles thou art waking. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.229 | Whiles thus you mock it! How, in stripping it, | Whiles thus you mocke it: how in stripping it |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.289 | Can lay to bed for ever; whiles you, doing thus, | Can lay to bed for euer: whiles you doing thus, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.305 | While you here do snoring lie, | While you here do snoaring lie, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.315 | Whiles we stood here securing your repose, | Whiles we stood here securing your repose, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.61 | and it shall be said so again, while Stephano breathes at | and it shall be said so againe, while Stephano breathes at' |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.24 | I'll bear your logs the while. Pray, give me that. | Ile beare your Logges the while: pray giue me that, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.28.1 | While I sit lazy by. | While I sit lazy by. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.113 | but, while thou livest, keep a good tongue in thy head. | But while thou liu'st keepe a good tongue in thy head. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.119 | You taught me but while-ere? | You taught me but whileare? |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.92 | And in these fits I leave them while I visit | And in these fits, I leaue them, while I visit |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.242 | for't. Wit shall not go unrewarded while I am king of | for't: / Wit shall not goe vn-rewarded while I am King of |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.108 | While they have told their money and let out | While they haue told their Money, and let out |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.35 | ears with the music awhile, if they will fare so harshly | eares with the Musicke awhile: If they will fare so harshly |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.177 | While you have throats to answer. For myself, | While you haue throats to answer. For my selfe, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.411 | Meanwhile I am possessed of that is mine. | Meanewhile I am possest of that is mine. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.43 | Meanwhile, sir, with the little skill I have, | Meanewhile sir, with the little skill I haue, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.27 | Whiles hounds and horns and sweet melodious birds | Whiles Hounds and Hornes, and sweet Melodious Birds |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.197 | Well could I leave our sport to sleep awhile. | Well could I leaue our sport to sleepe a while. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.31 | But let her rest in her unrest awhile. | But let her rest, in her vnrest awhile. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.104.2 | Meanwhile, here's money for thy charges. | meanewhile her's money for thy charges. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.138 | Whiles I go tell my lord the Emperor | Whiles I goe tell my Lord the Emperour, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.181 | Whiles that Lavinia 'tween her stumps doth hold | Whil'st that Lauinia tweene her stumps doth hold: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.94 | While I stand by and weep to hear him speak. | Your hearts will throb and weepe to heare him speake. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.148 | But, gentle people, give me aim awhile, | But gentle people, giue me ayme a-while, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.169 | So let it now; for it has been a great while | So let it now, / For is has beene a grcat while |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.122 | O ho, a while, but ha, ha, ha! | O ho a while, but ha ha ha, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.133 | While some men leave to do! | While some men leaue to doe! |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.135 | Whiles others play the idiots in her eyes! | Whiles others play the Ideots in her eyes: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.137 | While pride is fasting in his wantonness! | While pride is feasting in his wantonnesse |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.102 | Whiles others fish with craft for great opinion, | Whiles others fish with craft for great opinion, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.55 | A guard of patience; stay a little while. | A guard of patience; stay a little while. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.12 | Stand you awhile aloof. (To Viola) Cesario, | Stand you a-while aloofe. Cesario, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.14 | Seek him out, and play the tune the while. | Seeke him out, and play the tune the while. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.58 | make out for him. I frown the while, and perchance | make out for him: I frowne the while, and perchance |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.7 | Did she see thee the while, old boy, tell me | Did she see the while, old boy, tell me |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.42 | Whiles you beguile the time, and feed your knowledge | Whiles you beguile the time, and feed your knowledge |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.195 | I will meditate the while upon some horrid | I wil meditate the while vpon some horrid |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.iii.29 | Whiles you are willing it shall come to note; | Whiles you are willing it shall come to note, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.88 | While one would wink; denied me mine own purse | While one would winke: denide me mine owne purse, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.383 | For so you shall be, while you are a man. | (For so you shall be while you are a man:) |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.402 | A great while ago the world began, | A great while ago the world begon, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.75 | An if the shepherd be a while away. | And if the Shepheard be awhile away. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.6 | While other men, of slender reputation, | While other men, of slender reputation |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.29 | makes. Now the dog all this while sheds not a tear, nor | makes: now the dogge all this while sheds not a teare: nor |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.78 | And here he means to spend his time awhile. | And heere he meanes to spend his time a while, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.1 | Sir Thurio, give us leave, I pray, awhile; | Sir Thurio, giue vs leaue (I pray) a while, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.23 | Which to requite, command me while I live. | Which to requite, command me while I liue. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.58 | Nay then, no matter; stay with me awhile; | Nay then no matter: stay with me a while, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.145 | While I, their king, that thither them importune, | While I (their King) that thither them importune |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.25 | Let's tune, and to it lustily awhile. | Let's tune: and too it lustily a while. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.18 | been there, bless the mark, a pissing while but all the | bin there (blesse the marke) a pissing while, but all the |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.27 | Love, lend me patience to forbear awhile. | Loue, lend me patience to forbeare a while. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.1 | I may depart with little while I live; something | I may depart with little, while I live, some thing |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.279 | Prince Palamon, I must awhile bereave you | Prince Palamon, I must awhile bereave you |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.55 | While I have horses. (To Arcite) Take your choice, and what | While I have horses: take your choice, and what |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.70.2 | I awhile. | I a while. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.97 | Thou art a right good man, and while I live | Thou art a right good man, and while I live, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK epilogue.3 | I am cruel fearful. Pray yet stay awhile, | I am cruell fearefull: pray yet stay a while, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.9.2 | Stay your thanks a while, | Stay your Thanks a while, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.108.1 | Th' other for some while a friend. | Th' other, for some while a Friend. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.193 | Now, while I speak this, holds his wife by th' arm, | Now, while I speake this) holds his Wife by th' Arme, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.197 | Whiles other men have gates, and those gates opened, | Whiles other men haue Gates, and those Gates open'd |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.204 | A just and open trial. While she lives | A iust and open Triall. While she liues, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.170.2 | Woe the while! | Woe the while: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.12 | While we lie tumbling in the hay. | While we lye tumbling in the hay. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.48 | That you behold the while. Your guests are coming: | That you behold the while. Your guests are comming: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.388.2 | Soft, swain, awhile, beseech you. | Soft Swaine a-while, beseech you, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.6.2 | Whilst I remember | Whilest I remember |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.168 | Purge all infection from our air whilst you | Purge all Infection from our Ayre, whilest you |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.188 | Whiles he was hast'ning – in the chase, it seems, | Whiles he was hastning (in the Chase, it seemes, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.118 | Though yet she speak not. Mark a little while. | Though yet she speake not. Marke a little while: |