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Search phrase: beginning

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
As You Like ItAYL I.ii.105I will tell you the beginning; and, if it pleaseI wil tell you the beginning: and if it please
As You Like ItAYL I.ii.109Well, the beginning that is dead and buried.Well, the beginning that is dead and buried.
As You Like ItAYL I.ii.111I could match this beginning with an old tale.I could match this beginning with an old tale.
CoriolanusCor III.i.327.1Unknown to the beginning.Vnknowne to the Beginning.
CymbelineCym III.iv.181.1Beginning, nor supplyment.Beginning, nor supplyment.
Henry IV Part 11H4 IV.ii.78To the latter end of a fray, and the beginning of a feastto the latter end of a Fray, and the beginning of a Feast,
Henry IV Part 22H4 III.i.81And weak beginning lie intreasured.And weake beginnings lye entreasured:
Henry VH5 IV.i.88We see yonder the beginning of the day, but IWee see yonder the beginning of the day, but I
Julius CaesarJC IV.iii.232This was an ill beginning of the night;This was an ill beginning of the night:
King Edward IIIE3 IV.iv.160And dying but beginning of new life.And dying but beginning of new lyfe,
King JohnKJ I.i.5A strange beginning – ‘ borrowed majesty ’!A strange beginning: borrowed Maiesty?
Measure for MeasureMM II.i.225There is pretty orders beginning, I can tell you.There is pretty orders beginning I can tell you:
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW I.i.229there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven maythere bee no great loue in the beginning, yet Heauen may
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.111That is the true beginning of our end.That is the true beginning of our end.
Much Ado About NothingMA II.iii.132This says she now when she is beginning toThis saies shee now when shee is beginning to
OthelloOth II.iii.179Any beginning to this peevish odds;Any begining to this peeuish oddes.
The TempestTem II.i.161commonwealth forgets the beginning.Common-wealth forgets the beginning.
Titus AndronicusTit V.iii.199And being dead, let birds on her take pity.And being so, shall haue like want of pitty. / See Iustice done on Aaron that damn'd Moore, / From whom, our heauy happes had their beginning: / Then afterwards, to Order well the State, / That like Euents, may ne're it Ruinate.
Troilus and CressidaTC prologue.28Beginning in the middle; starting thence awayBeginning in the middle: starting thence away,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.iii.67And put between my breasts – O, then but beginningAnd put betweene my breasts, oh (then but beginning
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.v.100This is a cold beginning.This is a cold beginning.

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.d2 whereof this pamphlet without beginning is but a wherof this Pamphlet without beginning is but a
Venus and AdonisVen.1138 Find sweet beginning, but unsavoury end; Find sweet beginning, but vnsauorie end.

Glossary

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firstbeginning, outset, start
firstto one and all, from beginning to end
frontbeginning, start, opening
insinuationbeginning, instilling, suggestion
measurecheck that the length of two weapons is the same [before beginning a duel]
onsetmake a beginning with, start acting on
onsetstart, beginning, commencement
vauntbeginning, outset, first part

Thesaurus

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beginninginsinuation
beginningvaunt
beginningonset
beginningfirst
beginningfront
beginning to end, fromfirst
beginning, make aonset

Themes and Topics

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An...emi-vowels’ /w/ and /j/ as heard at the beginning of wet and yet respectively these are a...
...the positions used by consonants at the beginning of a syllable as in b-et s-et w-et y...
... where some people use an before h-words beginning with an unstressed first syllable as in...
Responses...aking down around 1600 yes and no were beginning to take over all functions with yea an...
Thou and you...via alone thinking of viola as cesario beginning to fall in love and you are stayed ...
Verb forms...st with the same verb can be seen at the beginning of cleon’s speech ‘who wanteth food and...
...ular present tense [usually in a clause beginning with if] also a dialect usage h5 v ii ...
Welsh...ases where a consonant is omitted at the beginning of a word - usually /w/ sound omission...

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