| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.49 | Whiles England shall have generation. | Whiles England shall haue generation. |
| King John | KJ II.i.181 | Being but the second generation | Being but the second generation |
| King Lear | KL I.i.117 | Or he that makes his generation messes | Or he that makes his generation messes |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.87 | His journal greeting to yond generation, | his iournall greeting / To yond generation, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.79 | And when the work of generation was | And when the worke of generation was |
| Pericles | Per III.iii.25.1 | To the end of generation. | to the end of generation. |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.4 | Priapus and undo a whole generation. We must either | Priapus, and vndoe a whole generation, we must either |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.8 | A generation of still-breeding thoughts, | A generation of still breeding Thoughts; |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.34 | Our human generation you shall find | Our humaine generation you shall finde |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.203 | Thy mother's of my generation. What's | Thy Mothers of my generation: what's |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.128 | Is this the generation of love? Hot blood, hot | Is this the generation of loue? Hot bloud, hot |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.130 | a generation of vipers? – Sweet lord, who's a-field | a generation of Vipers? / Sweete Lord whose a field |