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Search phrase: ending

Plays

 15 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
HamletHam III.ii.205The passion ending, doth the purpose lose.The passion ending, doth the purpose lose.
Henry IV Part 11H4 V.ii.84Still ending at the arrival of an hour.Still ending at the arriuall of an houre,
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.i.81Ending with ‘ Brother, son, and all are dead.’Ending with Brother, Sonne, and all are dead.
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.v.80Yields his engrossments to the ending father.yeelds his engrossements, / To the ending Father.
Henry VH5 IV.iii.58From this day to the ending of the world,From this day to the ending of the World,
King Edward IIIE3 II.i.133That they disdain an ending period.That they disdaine an ending period.
King Edward IIIE3 IV.iv.9And eyeless terror of all-ending night.And eie lesse terror of all ending night.
King JohnKJ V.vii.5Foretell the ending of mortality.Fore-tell the ending of mortality.
Love's Labour's LostLLL III.i.97A good l'envoy, ending in the goose. Would youA good Lenuoy, ending in the Goose: would you
Measure for MeasureMM III.i.32For ending thee no sooner. Thou hast nor youth nor age,For ending thee no sooner. Thou hast nor youth, nor age
PericlesPer epilogue.V.iii.18New joy wait on you! Here our play has ending.New ioy wayte on you, heere our play has ending.
Richard IIIR3 III.i.78Even to the general all-ending day.Euen to the generall ending day.
The TempestTem epilogue.15And my ending is despair,And my ending is despaire,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG III.i.240As ending anthem of my endless dolour.As ending Antheme of my endlesse dolor.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.iv.15.2What ending could beWhat ending could be

Poems

 3 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1612 Begins the sad dirge of her certain ending. Begins the sad Dirge of her certaine ending,
SonnetsSonn.55.12 That wear this world out to the ending doom. That weare this world out to the ending doome.
Venus and AdonisVen.12 Saith that the world hath ending with thy life. Saith that the world hath ending with thy life.

Glossary

 19 result(s).
all-endingbringing an end to everything, doom-laden
ceasecessation, ending, decease
cesscessation, ending, decease
decaydestruction, downfall, ending
determinationending, termination, endpoint
enddeath, ending [of life]
endscrap, fragment, tag, ending
endingdying, near one's end
endlessnever-ending, impossible, unattainable
est2nd peron singular ending after 'thou'
fineending, termination
halberdlong-handled weapon ending in a combination of axe-blade and spearhead
periodfull stop, end, ending, conclusion
periodrhetorical pause, sentence ending, termination
pikeweapon with a long handle ending in a spearhead
pointedending in a point, coming to a peak
st2nd person singular ending; also: short form of some auxiliary verbs such as 'must', 'shallst'
terminationexpression, utterance, sentence ending
th3rd person singular ending

Thesaurus

 14 result(s).
endingcease
endingcess
endingdecay
endingdetermination
endingend
endingend
endingfine
endingperiod
ending, sentenceperiod
ending, sentencetermination
never-endingendless
point, ending in apointed
sentence endingperiod
sentence endingtermination

Themes and Topics

 8 result(s).
a- as a particle...elf) the commonest use is before a verb ending in -ing (coming going) to which it is ...
Attention signals...soft ham iii i 88 [hamlet to himself ending his monologue upon seeing ophelia] soft ...
Comparison... for example never take an inflectional ending even if they are only one syllable long...
...also several cases where an inflectional ending is used where today we would use the per...
...where today we would use an inflectional ending modern comparative shakesp...
Past tenses...ny past forms derived from latin mostly ending in -ated in modern english are found wi...
...in modern english are found without the ending in shakespeare modern engl...
Verb forms... the verbs which most commonly take the ending are hath (has) doth (does) and saith (...
...the factors governing the choice of this ending are not entirely understood context is ...
Weapons... bill 2h6 ii iv 17 handle ending in a hooked blade [of varying design] ...
... halberd ce v i 185 handle ending in a combination of axe-blade and spearh...
... partisan ham i i 141 handle ending in a broad spear-head usually with one ...
...ke pike h5 iv i 40 handle ending in a spear-head spear 1h6 i ...
Welsh... wrong part of speech or given the wrong ending with as great discreetl...
Abbreviations...’ ‘second instance’ fine (n ) 2 ending termination kj v iv 38 [melun to pembro...

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