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Search phrase: amiss

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All's Well That Ends WellAW IV.v.66I like him well, 'tis not amiss. And I was about toI like him well, 'tis not amisse: and I was about to
Antony and CleopatraAC I.iv.17Amiss to tumble on the bed of Ptolemy,Amisse to tumble on the bed of Ptolomy,
Antony and CleopatraAC II.ii.19A leaner action rend us. What's amiss,A leaner action rend vs. What's amisse,
The Comedy of ErrorsCE II.ii.193What error drives our eyes and ears amiss?What error driues our eies and eares amisse? 
HamletHam IV.v.18Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss.Each toy seemes Prologue, to some great amisse,
HamletHam V.ii.396Becomes the field, but here shows much amiss.Becomes the Field, but heere shewes much amis.
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.ii.23finish it when He will, 'tis not a hair amiss yet. He mayfinish it when he will, it is not a haire amisse yet: he may
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.i.27Then judge, great lords, if I have done amiss,Then iudge (great Lords) if I haue done amisse:
Henry VI Part 22H6 I.ii.92Gold cannot come amiss, were she a devil.Gold cannot come amisse, were she a Deuill.
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.x.8a sallet another while, which is not amiss to cool a man'sa Sallet another while, which is not amisse to coole a mans
Henry VI Part 22H6 V.i.76So please it you, my lord, 'twere not amissSo please it you my Lord, 'twere not amisse
Julius CaesarJC I.ii.268amiss, he desired their worships to think it was hisamisse, he desir'd their Worships to thinke it was his
Julius CaesarJC II.ii.83This dream is all amiss interpreted;This Dreame is all amisse interpreted,
Julius CaesarJC III.i.31Are we all ready? What is now amissAre we all ready? What is now amisse,
King Edward IIIE3 II.i.17To vail his eyes amiss, being a king.To waile his eyes amisse being a king;
King Edward IIIE3 II.i.21To dote amiss, being a mighty king.To dote a misse being a mighty king,
King Edward IIIE3 II.ii.20Undoubtedly then something is amiss.Vndoubtedly then some thing is a misse.
King JohnKJ III.i.270For that which thou hast sworn to do amissFor that which thou hast sworne to doe amisse,
King JohnKJ III.i.271Is not amiss when it is truly done;Is not amisse when it is truely done:
MacbethMac II.iii.94.1What is amiss?What is amisse?
Measure for MeasureMM III.i.197That shall not be much amiss. Yet, as the matterThat shall not be much amisse: yet, as the matter
Measure for MeasureMM III.ii.60Why, 'tis not amiss, Pompey. Farewell. Go, say IWhy 'tis not amisse Pompey: farewell: goe say I
The Merchant of VeniceMV II.ix.65That did never choose amiss.That did neuer choose amis,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.82For never anything can be amissFor neuer any thing / Can be amisse,
Much Ado About NothingMA II.i.208Yet it had not been amiss the rod had beenYet it had not beene amisse the rod had beene
OthelloOth II.iii.195By me that's said or done amiss this night,By me, that's said, or done amisse this night,
OthelloOth IV.i.91.2That's not amiss,That's not amisse,
PericlesPer IV.ii.31estate, 'twere not amiss to keep our door hatched.estate, t'were not amisse to keepe our doore hatch't,
Richard IIR2 II.iii.131And these, and all, are all amiss employed.And these, and all, are all amisse imployd.
Richard IIIR3 III.vii.205I do beseech you take it not amiss,I doe beseech you take it not amisse,
The Taming of the ShrewTS I.ii.80as two-and-fifty horses. Why, nothing comes amiss, soas two and fiftie horses. Why nothing comes amisse, so
The Taming of the ShrewTS II.i.276It were impossible I should speed amiss.It were impossible I should speed amisse.
The Taming of the ShrewTS II.i.284That talked of her have talked amiss of her.That talk'd of her, haue talk'd amisse of her:
Timon of AthensTim II.ii.213Something hath been amiss – a noble natureSomething hath beene amisse; a Noble Nature
Timon of AthensTim III.vi.81what is amiss in them, you gods, make suitable for destruction.what is amisse in them, you Gods, make suteable for destruction.
Timon of AthensTim V.i.13'tis not amiss we tender our loves to him in this supposed'tis not amisse, we tender our loues / To him, in this suppos'd
Timon of AthensTim V.i.219What is amiss, plague and infection mend!What is amisse, Plague and Infection mend.
Titus AndronicusTit V.iii.128Have we done aught amiss, show us wherein,Haue we done ought amisse? shew vs wherein,
Twelfth NightTN III.ii.43thou ‘ thou’-est him some thrice it shall not be amiss, andthou thou'st him some thrice, it shall not be amisse, and
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK IV.iii.27How prettily she's amiss! Note her a littleHow prettily she's amisse? note her a little

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Passionate PilgrimPP.17.2 My rams speed not, all is amiss; My Rams speed not, all is amis:
SonnetsSonn.35.7 Myself corrupting, salving thy amiss, My selfe corrupting saluing thy amisse,
SonnetsSonn.59.3 Which labouring for invention bear amiss Which laboring for inuention beare amisse
SonnetsSonn.151.3 Then, gentle cheater, urge not my amiss, Then gentle cheater vrge not my amisse,

Glossary

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across[of a lance] not straight, obliquely; awry, amiss
amissmisfortune, calamity, adversity
amissdeficient [in mind], deranged
amisswrongly, improperly, in an unseemly way
amissfault, offence, misdeed
biasawry, wrong, amiss

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amissacross
amissbias

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
AMISSBASICsee MISS

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