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Search phrase: burnt

Plays

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Antony and CleopatraAC II.ii.197Burned on the water. The poop was beaten gold;Burnt on the water: the Poope was beaten Gold,
Antony and CleopatraAC II.vii.120You see we have burnt our cheeks. Strong EnobarbYou see we haue burnt our cheekes. Strong Enobarbe
CoriolanusCor I.vi.32.1And tapers burned to bedward!And Tapers burnt to Bedward.
CoriolanusCor V.i.33Above the moon. We must be burnt for you.Aboue the Moone. We must be burnt for you.
HamletHam I.v.13Are burnt and purged away. But that I am forbidAre burnt and purg'd away? But that I am forbid
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.ii.62Soon kindled and soon burnt, carded his state,Soone kindled, and soone burnt, carded his state,
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.i.73And would have told him half his Troy was burnt;And would haue told him, Halfe his Troy was burn'd.
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.ii.159better part burnt out.better part burnt out
Henry VH5 IV.vii.7slaughter. Besides, they have burnt and carried awayslaughter: besides they haue burned and carried away
Henry VI Part 22H6 I.i.232As did the fatal brand Althaea burntAs did the fatall brand Althaa burnt,
Henry VI Part 22H6 II.iii.7The witch in Smithfield shall be burnt to ashes,The Witch in Smithfield shall be burnt to ashes,
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.ii.59being burnt i'th' hand for stealing of sheep.being burnt i'th hand for stealing of Sheepe.
Henry VIIIH8 III.ii.254.1Have burnt that tongue than said so.Haue burnt that Tongue, then saide so.
King JohnKJ V.vii.52The tackle of my heart is cracked and burnt,The tackle of my heart, is crack'd and burnt,
MacbethMac I.v.3knowledge. When I burned in desire to question them further,knowledge. When I burnt in desire to question them further,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW II.i.197None, I protest. But I'll give you a pottle of burntNone, I protest: but Ile giue you a pottle of burn'd
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW III.i.100your skins are whole, and let burnt sack be the issue.your skinnes are whole, and let burn'd Sacke be the issue:
Richard IIR2 I.iii.223My inch of taper will be burnt and done,My inch of Taper, will be burnt, and done,
Romeo and JulietRJ I.ii.90Transparent heretics, be burnt for liars!Transparent Heretiques be burnt for liers.
Romeo and JulietRJ III.v.9Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund dayNights Candles are burnt out, and Iocond day
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.i.147'Tis burnt, and so is all the meat.'Tis burnt, and so is all the meate:
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.i.156I tell thee, Kate, 'twas burnt and dried away,I tell thee Kate, 'twas burnt and dried away,
The TempestTem III.i.17Burnt up those logs that you are enjoined to pile!Burnt vp those Logs that you are enioynd to pile:
Titus AndronicusTit III.ii.28How Troy was burnt and he made miserable?How Troy was burnt, and he made miserable?
The Winter's TaleWT II.iii.113.2I'll ha' thee burned.Ile ha' thee burnt.

Poems

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A Lover's ComplaintLC.314 When he most burnt in heart-wished luxury, When he most burnt in hart-wisht luxurie,
The Passionate PilgrimPP.7.13 She burnt with love, as straw with fire flameth; She burnt with loue, as straw with fire flameth,
The Passionate PilgrimPP.7.14 She burnt out love, as soon as straw out-burneth; She burnt out loue, as soone as straw out burneth:
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1379 Like dying coals burnt out in tedious nights. Like dying coales burnt out in tedious nights.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1523 Whose words like wildfire burnt the shining glory Whose words like wild fire burnt the shining glorie
Venus and AdonisVen.1128 Where, lo, two lamps, burnt out, in darkness lies; Where lo, two lamps burnt out in darknesse lies.

Glossary

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Althaea[al'thaya] mother of Meleager, whose life-span was determined by the preservation of a magic log; when Althaea burnt the log on a fire, Meleager died
burntmulled, heated
linkblacking [from a burnt torch]
Meleager[pron: melee'ager] son of Althaea, his life-span determined by an unburnt magic log; he murdered his uncles in a quarrel over the killing of a boar ravaging the fields in Calydon; in her rage Althaea burnt Meleager’s log on a fire, and he died
snuffsmouldering candle-end, burnt-out wick
wastedspent, consumed, burnt-out

Thesaurus

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blacking [from a burnt torch]link
burnt-outwasted
wick, burnt-outsnuff

Themes and Topics

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Classical mythology... 2h6 i i 232 the fatal brand althaea burnt mother of meleager whose life-span w...
...reservation of a magic log when althaea burnt the log on a fire meleager died mel...
...e fields in calydon in her rage althaea burnt meleager&rsquo s log on a fire and he d...

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