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Search phrase: decay

Plays

17 result(s). alternate result(s)

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Coriolanus	Cor III.i.78	Coin words till their decay against those measles	Coine words till their decay, against those Meazels
Cymbeline	Cym I.vi.56	And every day that comes comes to decay	And euery day that comes, comes to decay
Henry IV Part 2	2H4 I.i.165	To stormy passion, must perforce decay.	To stormy Passion, must perforce decay.
Henry IV Part 2	2H4 IV.iv.66	Towards fronting peril and opposed decay!	Towards fronting Perill, and oppos'd Decay?
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 III.i.194	For, good King Henry, thy decay I fear.	For good King Henry, thy decay I feare.
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 IV.iv.16	Till then fair hope must hinder life's decay;	Till then, faire hope must hinder liues decay:
Julius Caesar	JC IV.ii.20	When love begins to sicken and decay,	When Loue begins to sicken and decay
King John	KJ I.i.28	And sullen presage of your own decay.	And sullen presage of your owne decay:
King John	KJ IV.iii.154	The imminent decay of wrested pomp.	The iminent decay of wrested pompe.
King Lear	KL V.iii.286	That from your first of difference and decay,	That from your first of difference and decay,
King Lear	KL V.iii.295	What comfort to this great decay may come	What comfort to this great decay may come,
The Merchant of Venice	MV V.i.64	But whilst this muddy vesture of decay	But whilst this muddy vesture of decay
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW V.v.143	enough to be the decay of lust and late-walking through	enough to be the decay of lust and late-walking through
Richard II	R2 III.ii.102	Cry woe, destruction, ruin, and decay.	Cry Woe, Destruction, Ruine, Losse, Decay,
Richard III	R3 IV.iv.409	Death, desolation, ruin, and decay.	Death, Desolation, Ruine, and Decay:
Timon of Athens	Tim IV.iii.462	Full of decay and failing? O monument	Full of decay and fayling? Oh Monument
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK V.iii.111.1	A love that grows as you decay.	A love that growes, as you decay;

Poems

14 result(s).

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
The Passionate Pilgrim	PP.14.4	To descant on the doubts of my decay.	To descant on the doubts of my decay.
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.516	To kill thine honour with thy life's decay;	To kill thine Honour with thy liues decaie.
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.808	The story of sweet chastity's decay,	The storie of sweete chastities decay,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.947	To feed oblivion with decay of things,	To feede obliuion with decay of things,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.1168	His leaves will wither and his sap decay;	His leaues will wither, and his sap decay,
Sonnets	Sonn.11.6	Without this, folly, age, and cold decay:	Without this follie, age, and could decay,
Sonnets	Sonn.13.9	Who lets so fair a house fall to decay,	Who lets so faire a house fall to decay,
Sonnets	Sonn.15.11	Where wasteful time debateth with decay,	Where wastfull time debateth with decay
Sonnets	Sonn.16.3	And fortify yourself in your decay	And fortifie your selfe in your decay
Sonnets	Sonn.23.7	And in mine own love's strength seem to decay,	And in mine owne loues strength seeme to decay,
Sonnets	Sonn.64.10	Or state itself confounded, to decay;	Or state it selfe confounded, to decay,
Sonnets	Sonn.71.12	But let your love even with my life decay	But let your loue euen with my life decay.
Sonnets	Sonn.80.14	The worst was this: my love was my decay.	The worst was this, my loue was my decay.
Sonnets	Sonn.100.11	If any, be a satire to decay,	If any, be a Satire to decay,

Glossary

8 result(s).

canker	decay, become corrupt, grow malignant
decay	destitute person, case of hardship
decay	be destroyed, become ruined, fail
decay	destruction, downfall, ending
decay	decline, downturn, falling off
fade	decay, decompose, become corrupt
fret	decay, fester, ferment
medlar	apple-like fruit eaten when its flesh has begun to decay [also: pun on ‘meddler’]

Thesaurus

4 result(s).

decay	canker
decay	fret
decay	fade
ferment [decay]	fret

Themes and Topics

1 result(s).

... fruit eaten when its flesh has begun to decay also thought to resemble buttocks or ...

Words Families

5 result(s).

Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
DECAY	BASIC	decay n, decay v, decayed adj, decayer n, decaying adj

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