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Search phrase: fading

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The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.316My wasting lamps some fading glimmer left,My wasting lampes some fading glimmer left; 
Henry VI Part 11H6 II.v.61I will, if that my fading breath permitI will, if that my fading breath permit,
King Edward IIIE3 II.i.147But like a fading taper, dim and dead?But like a fading taper dym and dead.
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.ii.45Fading in music. That the comparisonFading in musique. That the comparison
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.i.30Coy looks, with heart-sore sighs; one fading moment's mirth,Coy looks, with hart-sore sighes: one fading moments mirth,

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SonnetsSonn.19.7 To the wide world and all her fading sweets; To the wide world and all her fading sweets:
SonnetsSonn.146.6 Dost thou upon thy fading mansion spend? Dost thou vpon thy fading mansion spend?

Glossary

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beauty-waningof fading looks, of diminishing beauty
dyingfading, dying away
fadingnonsense refrain in a ballad [with allusion to sexual energy]

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fadingdying
fading looks, ofbeauty-waning
looks, of fadingbeauty-waning

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