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Search phrase: fox

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All's Well That Ends WellAW II.i.70No grapes, my royal fox? Yes, but you willno grapes my royall foxe? / Yes but you will,
All's Well That Ends WellAW II.i.71My noble grapes, and if my royal foxmy noble grapes, and if / My royall foxe
All's Well That Ends WellAW III.vi.95We'll make you some sport with the foxWeele make you some sport with the Foxe
CymbelineCym III.iii.40We are beastly: subtle as the fox for prey,We are beastly; subtle as the Fox for prey,
HamletHam IV.ii.30Of nothing. Bring me to him. Hide fox, and allOf nothing: bring me to him, hide Fox, and all
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.iii.112prune, nor no more truth in thee than in a drawn foxPrune; nor no more truth in thee, then in a drawne Fox:
Henry IV Part 11H4 V.ii.9For treason is but trusted like the fox,For Treason is but trusted like the Foxe,
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.ii.157To wake a wolf is as bad as smell a fox.To wake a Wolfe, is as bad as to smell a Fox.
Henry VH5 IV.iv.9O Signieur Dew, thou diest on point of fox,O Signieur Dewe, thou dyest on point of Fox,
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.55The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.The Fox barkes not, when he would steale the Lambe.
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.253To make the fox surveyor of the fold?To make the Fox surueyor of the Fold?
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.257No; let him die, in that he is a fox,No: let him dye, in that he is a Fox,
Henry VI Part 33H6 IV.vii.25But when the fox hath once got in his nose,But when the Fox hath once got in his Nose,
Henry VIIIH8 I.i.158As shore of rock. Attend: this holy fox,As shore of Rocke: attend. This holy Foxe,
King LearKL I.iv.314A fox, when one has caught her,A Fox, when one has caught her,
King LearKL III.iv.89of heart, light of ear, bloody of hand; hog in sloth, fox inof heart, light of eare, bloody of hand; Hog in sloth, Foxe in
King LearKL III.vii.28Ingrateful fox, 'tis he!Ingratefull Fox, 'tis he.
Love's Labour's LostLLL III.i.83The fox, the ape, and the humble-beeThe Foxe, the Ape, and the Humble-Bee,
Love's Labour's LostLLL III.i.87The fox, the ape, and the humble-bee
Love's Labour's LostLLL III.i.93The fox, the ape, and the humble-bee
Measure for MeasureMM III.ii.8furred with fox and lamb skins too, to signify that craft,furd with Foxe and Lamb-skins too, to signifie, that craft
Measure for MeasureMM V.i.296Come you to seek the lamb here of the fox?Come you to seeke the Lamb here of the Fox;
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW III.iii.154the fox. Let me stop this way first.the Fox. Let me stop this way first:
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.226This lion is a very fox for his valour.This Lion is a verie Fox for his valor.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.229his discretion; and the fox carries the goose.his discretion, and the Fox carries the Goose.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.231valour; for the goose carries not the fox. It is well: leavevalor: for the Goose carries not the Fox. It is well; leaue
The Taming of the ShrewTS II.i.396An old Italian fox is not so kind, my boy.An olde Italian foxe is not so kinde my boy.
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.330t' attain to! If thou wert the lion, the fox would beguilet'attaine to. If thou wert the Lyon, the Fox would beguile
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.331thee. If thou wert the lamb, the fox would eat thee. Ifthee. if thou wert the Lambe, the Foxe would eate thee: if
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.332thou wert the fox, the lion would suspect thee whenthou wert the Fox, the Lion would suspect thee, when
Troilus and CressidaTC III.ii.191As fox to lamb, as wolf to heifer's calf,As Foxe to Lambe; as Wolfe to Heifers Calfe;
Twelfth NightTN I.v.75no fox, but he will not pass his word for twopence thatno Fox, but he wil not passe his word for two pence that
Twelfth NightTN II.v.121rank as a fox.ranke as a Fox.
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG IV.iv.89A fox to be the shepherd of thy lambs.A Foxe, to be the Shepheard of thy Lambs;

Poems

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Venus and AdonisVen.675 Or at the fox which lives by subtlety, Or at the foxe which liues by subtiltie,

Glossary

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Chanticleercock, rooster [in the medieval story of Reynard the Fox, retold in Chaucer's ‘The Nun's Priest's Tale’]
foxtype of sword [perhaps with a fox-like engraving on it]
foxship[quality of a fox] low cunning, slyness, ingratitude
kid-foxcrafty young cub

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Themes and Topics

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Non-classical legend, romance, and folklore...ock in the medieval story of reynard the fox such as retold in chaucer’s nun’s pries...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
FOXBASICfox n, foxship n
FOXTYPEdog-fox n, kid-fox n

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