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Search phrase: hard-favoured

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As You Like ItAYL III.iii.26No, truly, unless thou wert hard-favoured:No truly, vnlesse thou wert hard fauour'd:
Henry VH5 III.i.8Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage;Disguise faire Nature with hard-fauour'd Rage:
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.vii.23O thou whose wounds become hard-favoured Death,O thou whose wounds become hard fauoured death,
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.v.78Hard-favoured Richard; Richard, where art thou?Hard fauor'd Richard? Richard, where art thou?
Richard IIR2 V.i.14Why should hard-favoured grief be lodged in theeWhy should hard-fauor'd Griefe be lodg'd in thee,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG II.i.46Is she not hard-favoured, sir?Is she not hard-fauour'd, sir?

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1632 ‘ For some hard-favoured groom of thine, quoth he, For some hard fauour'd Groome of thine, quoth he,
Venus and AdonisVen.133 ‘ Were I hard-favoured, foul, or wrinkled-old, Were I hard-fauourd, foule, or wrinckled old,
Venus and AdonisVen.931Hard-favoured tyrant, ugly, meagre, lean, Hard fauourd tyrant, ougly, meagre, leane,

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hard-favouredugly, unattractive, unsightly, hideous

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Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)...his dead son] o thou whose wounds become hard-favoured death become (v ) 3--5 befall (v ) 1 ...

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