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Search phrase: destiny

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW I.iii.61Your marriage comes by destiny,your marriage comes by destinie,
Antony and CleopatraAC III.vi.84But let determined things to destinyBut let determin'd things to destinie
As You Like ItAYL IV.i.50than you make a woman. Besides he brings his destinythen you make a woman: besides, he brings his destinie
CoriolanusCor II.ii.110With shunless destiny; aidless came off,With shunlesse destinie: aydelesse came off,
Henry IV Part 22H4 III.ii.230be my destiny, so; an't be not, so. No man's too goodbe my destinie, so: if it be not, so: no man is too good
King Edward IIIE3 III.iv.48This is the day, ordained by destiny,This is the day, ordaynd by desteny,
King JohnKJ IV.ii.91Think you I bear the shears of destiny?Thinke you I beare the Sheeres of destiny?
MacbethMac III.v.17Will come, to know his destiny.Will come, to know his Destinie.
The Merchant of VeniceMV II.i.15Besides, the lott'ry of my destinyBesides, the lottrie of my destenie
The Merchant of VeniceMV II.ix.83Hanging and wiving goes by destiny.Hanging and wiuing goes by destinie.
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW V.v.39You orphan heirs of fixed destiny,You Orphan heires of fixed destiny,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND I.i.151It stands as an edict in destiny.It stands as an edict in destinie:
OthelloOth III.iii.272'Tis destiny unshunnable, like death:'Tis destiny vnshunnable, like death:
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.218All unavoided is the doom of destiny.All vnauoyded is the doome of Destiny.
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.219True, when avoided grace makes destiny.True: when auoyded grace makes Destiny.
The TempestTem I.i.31hanging. Make the rope of his destiny our cable, forhanging, make the rope of his destiny our cable, for
The TempestTem II.i.256And, by that destiny, to perform an act(And by that destiny) to performe an act
The TempestTem III.iii.54You are three men of sin, whom destinyYou are three men of sinne, whom destiny
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.v.184Labouring for destiny, make cruel wayLabouring for destiny, make cruell way
Troilus and CressidaTC V.i.60against destiny. Ask me not what I would be, if I wereagainst Destiny. Aske me not what I would be, if I were
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.i.59And to that destiny have patientlyAnd to that destiny have patiently
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.46Though destiny say no. Be merry, gentle;Though destiny say no. Be merry (Gentle)

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1729 Life's lasting date from cancelled destiny. Liues lasting date, from cancel'd destinie.

Glossary

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birth[astrology] horoscope, fortune, destiny
chancefortune, lot, destiny
destinypreordained outcome, divine foretelling
destinydivine power, fate [one of the three Fates]
doledestiny, fate, lot
doomfinal destiny, deciding fate, death and destruction
fataldecreed by fate, of destiny
fatedestiny, fortune
fatedfateful, controlling our destiny
Fatestrio of goddesses who control human destiny: Atropos (‘the inflexible’) cuts the thread of life allotted and spun by Lachesis (‘the distributor’) and Clotho (‘the spinner’)
Parca['pron: 'pahrka] originally a Roman birth-goddess, later identified with the Parcae, goddesses who decide the destiny of humans
portionlot, destiny, fortune
providencedirection, fate, destiny
starfate, fortune, destiny [as determined by the stars]
successfortune, destiny
weirdcontrolling human fate or destiny, a weird sister was one of the Fates; only with reference to the witches in Macbeth

Thesaurus

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controlling destinyfated
destinybirth
destinychance
destinydole
destinyfate
destinyportion
destinyprovidence
destinysuccess
destiny [astrology]star
destiny, controllingfated
destiny, finaldoom
destiny, humanFates
destiny, offatal

Themes and Topics

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Cosmos...ogy and thought to influence a person’s destiny situation behaviour and character ...
Classical mythology... a trio of goddesses who control human destiny atropos (&lsquo the inflexible&rsquo ) ...
... or parcae the goddesses who decide the destiny of humans fates above paris...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
DESTINYBASICdestine v, destined adj, destiny n
DESTINYTIMEpredestinate adj
PREDESTINATEBASICsee DESTINY

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