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Search phrase: figure

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
All's Well That Ends Well	AW III.i.12	That the great figure of a council frames	That the great figure of a Counsaile frames,
Antony and Cleopatra	AC III.ii.16	Hoo! Hearts, tongues, figures, scribes, bards, poets, cannot	Hoo, Hearts, Tongues, Figure, Scribes, Bards, Poets, cannot
As You Like It	AYL III.ii.281	There I shall see mine own figure.	There I shal see mine owne figure.
As You Like It	AYL V.i.40	For it is a figure in rhetoric that drink, being poured out	For it is a figure in Rhetoricke, that drink being powr'd out
Cymbeline	Cym III.iii.96	Once Arviragus, in as like a figure	Once Aruiragus, in as like a figure
Hamlet	Ham I.i.41	In the same figure like the King that's dead.	In the same figure, like the King that's dead.
Hamlet	Ham I.i.109	Well may it sort that this portentous figure
Hamlet	Ham I.ii.199	Been thus encountered: a figure like your father,	Beene thus encountred. A figure like your Father,
Hamlet	Ham II.ii.98	And pity 'tis 'tis true – a foolish figure.	And pittie it is true: A foolish figure,
Hamlet	Ham III.iv.105	You heavenly guards! – What would your gracious figure?	You heauenly Guards. What would you gracious figure?
Henry IV Part 2	2H4 I.iii.43	And when we see the figure of the house,	And when we see the figure of the house,
Henry IV Part 2	2H4 IV.i.45	Whose white investments figure innocence,	Whose white Inuestments figure Innocence,
Henry V	H5 I.chorus.15	O, pardon! since a crooked figure may	O pardon: since a crooked Figure may
Henry VIII	H8 I.i.225	Whose figure even this instant cloud puts on	Whose Figure euen this instant Clowd puts on,
King John	KJ V.iv.25	Resolveth from his figure 'gainst the fire?	Resolueth from his figure 'gainst the fire?
King Lear	KL I.iv.189	figure. I am better than thou art now; I am a fool; thou	figure, I am better then thou art now, I am a Foole, thou
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL I.ii.54	A most fine figure!	A most fine Figure.
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL V.i.60	What is the figure? What is the figure?	What is the figure? What is the figure?
Measure for Measure	MM I.i.16	What figure of us think you he will bear?	What figure of vs thinke you, he will beare.
Measure for Measure	MM I.i.49	Before so noble and so great a figure	Before so noble, and so great a figure
The Merchant of Venice	MV II.vii.56	A coin that bears the figure of an angel	A coyne that beares the figure of an Angell
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW IV.ii.165	by charms, by spells, by th' figure; and such daubery as	by Charmes, by Spels, by th'Figure, & such dawbry as
A Midsummer Night's Dream	MND I.i.51	To leave the figure or disfigure it.	To leaue the figure, or disfigure it:
A Midsummer Night's Dream	MND I.i.237	Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.	Wings and no eyes, figure, vnheedy haste.
Much Ado About Nothing	MA I.i.14	the promise of his age, doing, in the figure of a	the promise of his age, doing in the figure of a
Othello	Oth I.i.63	The native act and figure of my heart	The natiue act, and figure of my heart
Othello	Oth IV.ii.53	A fixed figure for the time of scorn	The fixed Figure for the time of Scorne,
Pericles	Per epilogue.V.iii.8	A figure of truth, of faith, of loyalty.	A figure of trueth, of faith, of loyaltie:
Richard II	R2 IV.i.125	And shall the figure of God's majesty,	And shall the figure of Gods Maiestie,
Richard III	R3 I.ii.5	Poor key-cold figure of a holy king,	Poore key-cold Figure of a holy King,
Romeo and Juliet	RJ V.iii.301	There shall no figure at such rate be set	There shall no figure at that Rate be set,
The Taming of the Shrew	TS I.ii.112	will throw a figure in her face, and so disfigure her with	wil throw a figure in her face, and so disfigure hir with
The Tempest	Tem III.iii.84	Bravely the figure of this harpy hast thou	Brauely the figure of this Harpie, hast thou
Timon of Athens	Tim V.iii.7	Our captain hath in every figure skill,	Our Captaine hath in euery Figure skill;
Troilus and Cressida	TC I.iii.16	And that unbodied figure of the thought	And that vnbodied figure of the thought
Troilus and Cressida	TC I.iii.345	The baby figure of the giant mass	The baby figure of the Gyant-masse
Troilus and Cressida	TC III.iii.123	His figure and his heat. I was much rapt in this,	His figure, and his heate. I was much rapt in this,
The Two Gentlemen of Verona	TG II.i.140	To yourself. Why, she woos you by a figure.	To your selfe: why, she woes you by a figure.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona	TG II.i.141	What figure?	What figure?
The Two Gentlemen of Verona	TG III.ii.6	This weak impress of love is as a figure	This weake impresse of Loue, is as a figure
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK III.v.5	And, by a figure, even the very plum-broth	and by a figure even the very plumbroth
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK III.v.21	And sweetly, by a figure, trace and turn, boys.	and sweetly, by a figure trace, and turne Boyes.
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK III.v.106	Or company, or, by a figure, chorus,	Or company, or by a figure, Choris
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK V.iii.59	The spoiling of his figure. O, what pity	The spoyling of his figure. O what pitty

Poems

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Sonnets	Sonn.104.10	Steal from his figure, and no pace perceived;	Steale from his figure, and no pace perceiu'd,

Glossary

36 result(s).

agate	dwarf, midget [as of a tiny figure carved in an agate-seal]
aglet-baby	[unclear meaning] small ornamental figure forming the tag of a lace
allusion	riddle, wordplay, figure
antic, antick(e), antique	grotesque figure, grinning jester, buffoon
antic, antick(e), antique	make grotesque figure of, make fools of
character	figure, number
cipher	figure nought, nonentity, mere nothing
crusado	Portuguese gold coin [bearing the figure of a cross]
cruzado	Portuguese gold coin [bearing the figure of a cross]
device	heraldic design, emblematic figure, armorial
figure	figure of speech, device, piece of rhetoric
figure	copy, image, likeness
figure	face; or: body
figure	reproduce, look like, shape like
figure	astrological diagram, horoscope
figure	fancy, imagining, phantasm
figure	symbolize, represent, portray
figure	role, part, character
figure	portrayal, rendering, presentation
figure	form, design, shape, conception
figure	foretell, reveal, disclose
figure	parallel, comparison, analogy
figure	cover with a pattern, embellish, ornament
figure	writing system, type of orthography
Herod	in the Bible, a Judean king, portrayed in medieval mystery plays as a wild and angry figure
jack	figure of a man who strikes a bell on the outside of a clock
Jack-a-Lent	[jocular; male figure used as an Aunt Sally during Lent] puppet, poppet, doll
monument	effigy, carved figure, statue
moral	symbolic figure, allegory
person	fine figure, personality
person	physical appearance, bodily figure
recreation	source of amusement, figure of fun
shape	figure, posture, attitude
straight-pight	with a tall figure,with erect bearing
tropically	figuratively, like a trope [a figure of speech]
Whore of Babylon	in the Bible, a prostitute figure, taken as a symbol of degenerate Rome, and thus of Roman Catholicism

Thesaurus

26 result(s).

bodily figure	person
carved figure	monument
clock, figure of a man striking a bell on a	jack
emblematic figure	device
figure	allusion
figure	character
figure	shape
figure nought	cipher
figure of a man who strikes a bell on the outside of a clock	jack
figure of fun	recreation
figure of speech	figure
figure, bodily	person
figure, carved	monument
figure, emblematic	device
figure, fine	person
figure, grotesque	antic, antick(e), antique
figure, symbolic	moral
figure, with a tall	straight-pight
fun, figure of	recreation
grotesque figure	antic, antick(e), antique
grotesque figure, make	antic, antick(e), antique
lace, ornamental figure forming the tag of a	aglet-baby
nought, figure	cipher
small ornamental figure forming the tag of a lace	aglet-baby
symbolic figure	moral
tall figure, with a	straight-pight

Themes and Topics

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Religious personalities and beings

...dieval mystery plays as a wild and angry figure hoppedance /hobbididence kl ...
... 35 bible (revelation 17) prostitute figure taken as a symbol of degenerate rome a...

Words Families

12 result(s).

Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
DISFIGURE	BASIC	see FIGURE
FIGURE	BASIC	figure n, figure v, figured adj
FIGURE	ACTION	disfigure v, prefigure v, refigure v, self-figured adj, transfigure v
PREFIGURE	BASIC	see FIGURE
REFIGURE	BASIC	see FIGURE
TRANSFIGURE	BASIC	see FIGURE

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