Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.6 | That barefoot plod I the cold ground upon, | That bare-foot plod I the cold ground vpon |
Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.30 | When thou wast here above the ground, I was | When thou was't heere aboue the ground, I was |
As You Like It | AYL III.ii.236 | becomes the ground. | becomes the ground. |
As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.116 | Lay couching, head on ground, with catlike watch | Lay cowching head on ground, with catlike watch |
The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.97 | By him not ruined? Then is he the ground | By him not ruin'd? Then is he the ground |
Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.11 | hate upon no better a ground. Therefore, for Coriolanus | hate vpon no better a ground. Therefore, for Coriolanus |
Coriolanus | Cor III.i.241.2 | On fair ground | On faire ground, |
Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.51 | While I remain above the ground you shall | While I remaine aboue the ground, you shall |
Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.20 | Like to a bowl upon a subtle ground, | Like to a Bowle vpon a subtle ground |
Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.19 | like an engine, and the ground shrinks before his treading. | like an Engine, and the ground shrinkes before his Treading. |
Cymbeline | Cym I.iii.18 | ground. | ground. |
Cymbeline | Cym I.iii.23 | long a fool you were upon the ground. | long a Foole you were vpon the ground. |
Cymbeline | Cym I.v.101 | ground of your fair mistress; make her go back, | ground of your faire Mistris; make her go backe, |
Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.1 | Whiles yet the dew's on ground, gather those flowers; | Whiles yet the dewe's on ground, / Gather those Flowers, |
Cymbeline | Cym III.v.141 | be a torment to her contempt. He on the ground, | be a torment to hir contempt. He on the ground, |
Cymbeline | Cym III.vi.3 | Have made the ground my bed. I should be sick, | Haue made the ground my bed. I should be sicke, |
Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.143 | Or they so suffering: then on good ground we fear, | Or they so suffering: then on good ground we feare, |
Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.236 | Have got the mannish crack, sing him to th' ground, | Haue got the mannish cracke, sing him to'th'ground |
Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.289 | The ground that gave them first has them again: | The ground that gaue them first, ha's them againe: |
Cymbeline | Cym V.ii.11 | Stand, stand. We have th' advantage of the ground; | Stand, stand, we haue th'aduantage of the ground, |
Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.133 | What fairies haunt this ground? A book? O rare one, | What Fayeries haunt this ground? A Book? Oh rare one, |
Cymbeline | Cym V.v.146 | 'Twixt sky and ground. Wilt thou hear more, my lord? | 'Twixt sky and ground. Wilt thou heare more my Lord? |
Cymbeline | Cym V.v.398 | Is severally in all. Let's quit this ground, | Is seuerally in all. Let's quit this ground, |
Hamlet | Ham I.i.15.1 | Friends to this ground. | Friends to this ground. |
Hamlet | Ham I.iv.61 | It waves you to a more removed ground. | It wafts you to a more remoued ground: |
Hamlet | Ham I.v.156 | Hic et ubique? Then we'll shift our ground. | Hic & vbique? Then wee'l shift for grownd, |
Hamlet | Ham I.v.162 | Well said, old mole! Canst work i'th' earth so fast? | Well said old Mole, can'st worke i'th' ground so fast? |
Hamlet | Ham III.ii.165 | Neptune's salt wash and Tellus' orbed ground, | Neptunes salt Wash, and Tellus Orbed ground: |
Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.18 | We go to gain a little patch of ground | |
Hamlet | Ham IV.v.39 | Which bewept to the ground did not go | Which bewept to the graue did not go, |
Hamlet | Ham IV.v.71 | i'th' cold ground. My brother shall know of it. And so I | i'th'cold ground: My brother shall knowe of it, and so I |
Hamlet | Ham V.i.76 | once. How the knave jowls it to the ground, as if 'twere | once: how the knaue iowles it to th' grownd, as if it were |
Hamlet | Ham V.i.158 | Upon what ground? | Vpon what ground? |
Hamlet | Ham V.i.225 | She should in ground unsanctified have lodged | She should in ground vnsanctified haue lodg'd, |
Hamlet | Ham V.i.277 | Millions of acres on us, till our ground, | Millions of Akers on vs; till our ground |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.210 | And like bright metal on a sullen ground, | And like bright Mettall on a sullen ground: |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.202 | Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, | Where Fadome-line could neuer touch the ground, |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.24 | yards of uneven ground is threescore-and-ten miles | yards of vneuen ground, is threescore & ten miles |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.31 | down, lay thine ear close to the ground and list if thou | downe, lay thine eare close to the ground, and list if thou |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.212 | – began to give me ground. But I followed me | Began to giue me ground: but I followed me |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.11 | No man so potent breathes upon the ground | No man so potent breathes vpon the ground, |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.106 | Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury, | Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury, |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.101 | He spieth Falstaff on the ground | |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.132 | Breathless and bleeding on the ground. Art thou alive? | Breathlesse, and bleeding on the ground: Art thou aliue? |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.77 | any vantage of ground to get up. | any vantage of ground, to get vp. |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.139 | By this heavenly ground I tread on, I must be | By this Heauenly ground I tread on, I must be |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.53 | If they get ground and vantage of the King, | If they get ground, and vantage of the King, |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.87 | Which should not find a ground to root upon | Which should not finde a ground to roote vpon, |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.17 | Thus do the hopes we have in him touch ground | Thus do the hopes we haue in him, touch ground, |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.21 | And, by the ground they hide, I judge their number | And by the ground they hide, I iudge their number |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.107 | That you should have an inch of any ground | That you should haue an ynch of any ground |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.40 | Till that his passions, like a whale on ground, | Till that his passions (like a Whale on ground) |
Henry V | H5 I.ii.106 | Who on the French ground played a tragedy, | Who on the French ground play'd a Tragedie, |
Henry V | H5 III.vi.159 | We shall your tawny ground with your red blood | We shall your tawnie ground with your red blood |
Henry V | H5 III.vii.124 | Who hath measured the ground? | Who hath measur'd the ground? |
Henry V | H5 IV.vii.139 | upon God's ground and His earth, in my conscience, la! | vpon Gods ground, and his earth, in my conscience law |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.118 | They pitched in the ground confusedly | They pitched in the ground confusedly, |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.45 | And with my nails digged stones out of the ground | And with my nayles digg'd stones out of the ground, |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.89 | On any plot of ground in Christendom. | On any Plot of Ground in Christendome. |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.12 | That droops his sapless branches to the ground. | That droupes his sappe-lesse Branches to the ground. |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.17 | Now, Rouen, I'll shake thy bulwarks to the ground. | Now Roan, Ile shake thy Bulwarkes to the ground. |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.16 | As to vouchsafe one glance unto the ground. | As to vouchsafe one glance vnto the ground. |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.79 | A spirit raised from depth of under ground, | A Spirit rais'd from depth of vnder ground, |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.169 | Raising up wicked spirits from under ground, | Raysing vp wicked Spirits from vnder ground, |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.19 | Will bring thy head with sorrow to the ground! | Will bring thy head with sorrow to the ground. |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.296 | On any ground that I am ruler of, | On any ground that I am Ruler of, |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.334 | Now, by the ground that I am banished from, | Now by the ground that I am banish'd from, |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.75 | Thy lips that kissed the Queen shall sweep the ground; | Thy lips that kist the Queene, shall sweepe the ground: |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.161 | May that ground gape and swallow me alive, | May that ground gape, and swallow me aliue, |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.15 | Richard cried ‘ Charge! And give no foot of ground!’ | Richard cry'de, Charge, and giue no foot of ground, |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.76 | Might in the ground be closed up in rest! | Might in the ground be closed vp in rest: |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.16 | Giving no ground unto the house of York, | Giuing no ground vnto the house of Yorke, |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.9 | And with dishonour laid me on the ground; | And with dis-honor layd me on the ground, |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.125 | Whereof the root was fixed in virtue's ground, | Whereof the Root was fixt in Vertues ground, |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.62 | Sink in the ground? I thought it would have mounted. | Sinke in the ground? I thought it would haue mounted. |
Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.114 | Stops on a sudden, looks upon the ground, | Stops on a sodaine, lookes vpon the ground, |
Henry VIII | H8 V.v.62 | To th' ground, and all the world shall mourn her. | To th'ground, and all the World shall mourne her. |
Julius Caesar | JC III.i.191 | My credit now stands on such slippery ground, | My credit now stands on such slippery ground, |
Julius Caesar | JC IV.ii.49 | A little from this ground. | A little from this ground. |
Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.202 | The people 'twixt Philippi and this ground | The people 'twixt Philippi, and this ground |
Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.57 | Is not that he that lies upon the ground? | Is not that he that lyes vpon the ground? |
King Edward III | E3 I.i.26 | And that's the special ground of their contempt | And thats the speciall ground of their contempt: |
King Edward III | E3 I.i.28 | But they shall find that forged ground of theirs | But they shall finde that forged ground of theirs, |
King Edward III | E3 I.ii.107 | In duty lower than the ground I kneel, | In duetie lower then the ground I kneele, |
King Edward III | E3 I.ii.150 | The ground, undecked with nature's tapestry, | The ground vndect with natures tapestrie, |
King Edward III | E3 II.i.58 | Herself the ground of my infirmity. | Herselfe the ground of my infirmitie. |
King Edward III | E3 II.i.123 | Upon this voluntary ground of love! – | Vpon this voluntarie ground of loue, |
King Edward III | E3 II.i.199 | The flowers of solace in a ground of shame. | The flowers of solace in a ground of shame, |
King Edward III | E3 III.i.100 | Shall climb the higher ground another way; | Shall clyme the higher ground an other waye: |
King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.13 | Up, up, Artois! The ground itself is armed | Vp, vp Artoys, the ground it selfe is armd, |
King John | KJ II.i.304 | Whose sons lie scattered on the bleeding ground; | Whose sonnes lye scattered on the bleeding ground: |
King John | KJ II.i.399 | And lay this Angiers even with the ground, | And lay this Angiers euen with the ground, |
King John | KJ II.i.405 | And when that we have dashed them to the ground, | And when that we haue dash'd them to the ground, |
King John | KJ II.i.576 | Made to run even upon even ground, | Made to run euen, vpon euen ground; |
King John | KJ III.i.70.1 | She seats herself on the ground | |
King John | KJ IV.i.3 | Upon the bosom of the ground, rush forth | Vpon the bosome of the ground, rush forth |
King John | KJ IV.iii.2 | Good ground, be pitiful and hurt me not! | Good ground be pittifull, and hurt me not: |
King John | KJ V.v.3 | When English measured backward their own ground | When English measure backward their owne ground |
King Lear | KL II.iv.139 | 'Tis on such ground and to such wholesome end | 'Tis on such ground, and to such wholesome end, |
King Lear | KL IV.vi.3.1 | Methinks the ground is even. | Me thinkes the ground is eeuen. |
Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.233 | supper. So much for the time when. Now for the ground | supper: So much for the time When. Now for the ground |
Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.161 | I do affect the very ground, which is base, | I doe affect the very ground (which is base) |
Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.223 | Kisses the base ground with obedient breast? | Kisses the base ground with obedient breast? |
Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.293 | And abstinence engenders maladies. | And abstinence ingenders maladies. / And where that you haue vow'd to studie (Lords) / In that each of you haue forsworne his Booke. / Can you still dreame and pore, and thereon looke. / For when would you my Lord, or you, or you, / Haue found the ground of studies excellence, / Without the beauty of a womans face; / From womens eyes this doctrine I deriue, / They are the Ground, the Bookes, the Achadems, / From whence doth spring the true Promethean fire. / Why, vniuersall plodding poysons vp / The nimble spirits in the arteries, / As motion and long during action tyres / The sinnowy vigour of the trauailer. / Now for not looking on a womans face, / You haue in that forsworne the vse of eyes: / And studie too, the causer of your vow. / For where is any Author in the world, / Teaches such beauty as a womans eye: / Learning is but an adiunct to our selfe, / And where we are, our Learning likewise is. / Then when our selues we see in Ladies eyes, / With our selues. / Doe we not likewise see our learning there? |
Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.36 | I were the fairest goddess on the ground. | I were the fairest goddesse on the ground. |
Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.115 | With that they all did tumble on the ground, | With that they all did tumble on the ground, |
Macbeth | Mac III.v.25 | I'll catch it ere it come to ground; | Ile catch it ere it come to ground; |
Macbeth | Mac V.vi.67 | To kiss the ground before young Malcolm's feet | To kisse the ground before young Malcolmes feet, |
Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.103 | To the ground, mistress. | To the ground, Mistris. |
Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.170 | Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough, | Then womans lightnesse? hauing waste ground enough, |
Measure for Measure | MM V.i.53 | But one, the wicked'st caitiff on the ground, | But one, the wickedst caitiffe on the ground |
The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.97 | run some ground. My master's a very Jew. Give him a | run some ground; my Maister's a verie Iew, giue him a |
The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.102 | I serve not him, I will run as far as God has any ground. | I serue not him, I will run as far as God has anie ground. |
The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.116 | Drops earliest to the ground, and so let me. | Drops earliest to the ground, and so let me; |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.209 | Like a fair house built on another man's ground, so | Like a fair house, built on another mans ground, so |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.81 | On the dank and dirty ground. | On the danke and durty ground. |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.106 | But who is here? – Lysander on the ground? | But who is here? Lysander on the ground; |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.404.1 | To plainer ground. | to plainer ground. |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.448 | On the ground | On the ground |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.85 | And rock the ground whereon these sleepers be. | And rocke the ground whereon these sleepers be. |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.101 | With these mortals on the ground. | With these mortals on the ground. |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.172 | That standest between her father's ground and mine, | That stands between her fathers ground and mine, |
Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.25 | Close by the ground, to hear our conference. | Close by the ground, to heare our conference. |
Pericles | Per I.ii.58 | I have ground the axe myself. Do you but strike the blow. | I haue ground the Axe my selfe, / Doe but you strike the blowe. |
Pericles | Per IV.vi.142 | An if she were a thornier piece of ground than she | And if shee were a thornyer peece of ground then shee |
Pericles | Per V.i.25 | Upon what ground is his distemperature? | Vpon what ground is his distemperature? |
Richard II | R2 I.i.11 | On some known ground of treachery in him? | On some knowne ground of treacherie in him. |
Richard II | R2 I.i.65 | Or any other ground inhabitable | Or any other ground inhabitable, |
Richard II | R2 I.iii.306 | Then, England's ground, farewell! Sweet soil, adieu, | Then Englands ground farewell: sweet soil adieu, |
Richard II | R2 II.iii.90 | Dared once to touch a dust of England's ground? | Dar'd once to touch a Dust of Englands Ground? |
Richard II | R2 III.ii.87 | At thy great glory. Look not to the ground, | At thy great glory. Looke not to the ground, |
Richard II | R2 III.ii.140 | And lie full low, graved in the hollow ground. | And lye full low, grau'd in the hollow ground. |
Richard II | R2 III.ii.150 | Save our deposed bodies to the ground? | Saue our deposed bodies to the ground? |
Richard II | R2 III.ii.155 | For God's sake let us sit upon the ground | For Heauens sake let vs sit vpon the ground, |
Richard II | R2 IV.i.137 | The blood of English shall manure the ground, | The blood of English shall manure the ground, |
Richard II | R2 V.ii.117 | And never will I rise up from the ground | And neuer will I rise vp from the ground, |
Richard II | R2 V.iii.105 | Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow. | Our knees shall kneele, till to the ground they grow: |
Richard II | R2 V.v.83 | So proudly as if he disdained the ground. | So proudly, as if he had disdain'd the ground. |
Richard III | R3 I.iii.68 | Makes him to send, that he may learn the ground. | Makes him to send, that he may learne the ground. |
Richard III | R3 III.vii.48 | For on that ground I'll make a holy descant; | For on that ground Ile make a holy Descant: |
Richard III | R3 V.iii.15 | Let us survey the vantage of the ground. | Let vs suruey the vantage of the ground. |
Richard III | R3 V.iii.285 | I would these dewy tears were from the ground. | I would these dewy teares were from the ground. |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.87 | Throw your mistempered weapons to the ground | Throw your mistemper'd Weapons to the ground, |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.16 | So stakes me to the ground I cannot move. | So stakes me to the ground, I cannot moue. |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.45 | Hadst thou no poison mixed, no sharp-ground knife, | Had'st thou no poyson mixt, no sharpe ground knife, |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.70 | And fall upon the ground, as I do now, | And fall vpon the ground as I doe now, |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.84 | There on the ground, with his own tears made drunk. | There on the ground, / With his owne teares made drunke. |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.5 | Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts. | Lifts me aboue the ground with cheerefull thoughts. |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.4 | Holding thy ear close to the hollow ground. | Holding thy eare close to the hollow ground, |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.172 | The ground is bloody. Search about the churchyard. | The ground is bloody, / Search about the Churchyard. |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.179 | We see the ground whereon these woes do lie, | We see the ground whereon these woes do lye, |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.180 | But the true ground of all these piteous woes | But the true ground of all these piteous woes, |
The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.9 | He lies on the ground | |
The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.39 | Say thou wilt walk; we will bestrew the ground. | Say thou wilt walke: we wil bestrow the ground. |
The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.71 | ‘ Gamut I am, the ground of all accord – | Gamouth I am, the ground of all accord: |
The Tempest | Tem I.i.4 | we run ourselves aground. Bestir, bestir! | we run our selues a ground, bestirre, bestirre. |
The Tempest | Tem I.i.62 | for an acre of barren ground. Long heath, brown furze, | for an Acre of barren ground: Long heath, Browne firrs, |
The Tempest | Tem II.i.57 | The ground, indeed, is tawny. | The ground indeed is tawny. |
The Tempest | Tem II.i.328 | Lead off this ground and let's make further search | Lead off this ground & let's make further search |
The Tempest | Tem II.ii.60 | ever went on four legs cannot make him give ground;’ | euer went on foure legs, cannot make him giue ground: |
The Tempest | Tem IV.i.173 | For breathing in their faces, beat the ground | For breathing in their faces: beate the ground |
Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.60 | With man's blood paint the ground gules, gules. | With mans blood paint the ground Gules, Gules: |
Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.48 | Full well I wot the ground of all this grudge. | Full well I wote, the ground of all this grudge. |
Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.70 | This discord's ground, the music would not please. | This discord ground, the musicke would not please. |
Titus Andronicus | Tit II.ii.26 | But hope to pluck a dainty doe to ground. | But hope to plucke a dainty Doe to ground. |
Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.15 | And make a chequered shadow on the ground. | And make a cheker'd shadow on the ground: |
Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.271 | you as surely as your feet hits the ground they step on. | you as surely, as your feete hits the ground they step on. |
Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.295 | Give ground if you see him furious. | Giue ground if you see him furious. |
Twelfth Night | TN V.i.73 | Though, I confess, on base and ground enough, | Though I confesse, on base and ground enough |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.101 | If the ground be overcharged, you were best stick | If the ground be ouer-charg'd, you were best sticke |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.114 | Her chamber is aloft, far from the ground, | Her chamber is aloft, far from the ground, |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.97 | But touch the ground for us no longer time | But touch the ground for us no longer time |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.56 | Theirs has more ground, is more maturely seasoned, | Theirs has more ground, is more maturely seasond, |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.v.33 | And where there is a path of ground I'll venture, | And where there is a path of ground Ile venture |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.141 | A bolder traitor never trod thy ground, | A bolder Traytor never trod thy ground |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.192 | My knees shall grow to th' ground but I'll get mercy. | My knees shall grow to 'th ground but Ile get mercie. |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.18 | And make him cry from under ground, ‘ O, fan | And make him cry from under ground, O fan |
The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.353 | Of good Polixenes, and my ground to do't | Of good Polixenes, and my ground to do't, |
The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.159 | Upon this ground; and more it would content me | Vpon this ground: and more it would content me |
The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.132 | i'th' ground. | i'th' ground. |
The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.48 | (grovelling on the ground) O that ever I was | Oh, that euer I was |
The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.16.1 | Thy father's ground. | Thy Fathers ground. |