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Search phrase: continuance

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Henry IV Part 11H4 IV.iii.105Too indirect for long continuance.Too indirect, for long continuance.
Henry VI Part 11H6 II.v.106With long continuance in a settled place.With long continuance in a setled place.
King JohnKJ V.vii.14In their continuance will not feel themselves.In their continuance, will not feele themselues.
Measure for MeasureMM III.i.240This forenamed maid hath yet in her the continuanceThis fore-named Maid hath yet in her the continuance
Measure for MeasureMM III.ii.187A bawd of eleven years' continuance, may itA Bawd of eleuen yeares continuance, may it
The Merchant of VeniceMV I.i.125Than my faint means would grant continuance.Then my faint meanes would grant continuance:
The TempestTem IV.i.107Long continuance, and increasing,Long continuance, and encreasing,
Twelfth NightTN I.iv.6you call in question the continuance of his love. Is heyou call in question the continuance of his loue. Is he

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1097 Continuance tames the one; the other wild, Continuance tames the one, the other wilde,

Glossary

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continuancestay, period of time
continuancelasting nature, permanence, durability
continuancemaintaining, keeping up, carrying on
insisture[unclear meaning] steady continuance, constancy, regularity
tractcontinuance, duration, course of events

Thesaurus

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continuancetract
continuance, steadyinsisture

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