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Search phrase: brain-sick

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Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.i.111Good Lord, what madness rules in brain-sick men,Good Lord, what madnesse rules in braine-sicke men,
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.51Did instigate the bedlam brain-sick DuchessDid instigate the Bedlam braine-sick Duchesse,
Henry VI Part 22H6 V.i.163Thou mad misleader of thy brain-sick son!Thou mad misleader of thy brain-sicke sonne,
Titus AndronicusTit V.ii.71Whate'er I forge to feed his brain-sick humoursWhat ere I forge to feede his braine-sicke fits,
Troilus and CressidaTC II.ii.123Because Cassandra's mad. Her brain-sick rapturesBecause Cassandra's mad, her brainsicke raptures

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.175 Beaten away by brain-sick rude desire. Beaten away by brainesicke rude desire.

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brainsick, brain-sickfoolish, addle-headed
brainsick, brain-sickmad, foolish, frantic

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