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Search phrase: hue

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
HamletHam III.i.84And thus the native hue of resolutionAnd thus the Natiue hew of Resolution
Henry IV Part 11H4 II.iv.492First, pardon me, my lord. A hue and cryFirst pardon me, my Lord. A Hue and Cry
King JohnKJ IV.ii.13To smooth the ice, or add another hueTo smooth the yce, or adde another hew
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.iii.253The hue of dungeons, and the suit of night;The hue of dungeons, and the Schoole of night:
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.885And cuckoo-buds of yellow hueAnd Ladie-smockes all siluer white,
The Merchant of VeniceMV II.i.11Have loved it too. I would not change this hue,Haue lou'd it to: I would not change this hue,
The Merchant of VeniceMV II.vii.22What says the silver with her virgin hue?What saies the Siluer with her virgin hue?
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.v.83Hue and cry, villain, go! Assist me, knight. I amHuy and cry, (villaine) goe: assist me Knight, I am
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.v.84undone! Fly, run, hue and cry, villain! I am undone!vndone: fly, run: huy, and cry (villaine) I am vndone.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.i.86Most radiant Pyramus, most lily-white of hue,Most radiant Piramus, most Lilly white of hue,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.i.118(sings) The ousel cock so black of hue,The Woosell cocke, so blacke of hew,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.167O grim-looked night, O night with hue so black,O grim lookt night, ô night with hue so blacke,
The Taming of the ShrewTS II.i.248Is straight and slender, and as brown in hueIs straight, and slender, and as browne in hue
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.185This palliament of white and spotless hue,This Palliament of white and spotlesse Hue,
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.264A goodly lady, trust me, of the hueA goodly Lady, trust me of the Hue
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.73Doth make your honour of his body's hue,Doth make your Honour of his bodies Hue,
Titus AndronicusTit IV.ii.71Zounds, ye whore, is black so base a hue?Out you whore, is black so base a hue?
Titus AndronicusTit IV.ii.98Coal-black is better than another hue,Cole-blacke is better then another hue,
Titus AndronicusTit IV.ii.99In that it scorns to bear another hue:In that it scornes to beare another hue:
Titus AndronicusTit IV.ii.116Fie, treacherous hue, that will betray with blushingFie trecherous hue, that will betray with blushing
Titus AndronicusTit V.i.28Did not thy hue bewray whose brat thou art,Did not thy Hue bewray whose brat thou art?
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.i.3But in their hue,But in their hew.

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
A Lover's ComplaintLC.287 That flame through water which their hue encloses. That flame through water which their hew incloses,
SonnetsSonn.20.7 A man in hue, all hues in his controlling, A man in hew all Hews in his controwling,
SonnetsSonn.59.6 Even of five hundred courses of the sun, Euen of hue hundreth courses of the Sunne,
SonnetsSonn.67.6 And steal dead seeing of his living hue? And steale dead seeing of his liuing hew?
SonnetsSonn.82.5 Thou art as fair in knowledge as in hue, Thou art as faire in knowledge as in hew,
SonnetsSonn.98.6 Of different flowers in odour and in hue, Of different flowers in odor and in hew,
SonnetsSonn.104.11 So your sweet hue, which methinks still doth stand, So your sweete hew, which me thinkes still doth stand
Venus and AdonisVen.345 To note the fighting conflict of her hue, To note the fighting conflict of her hew,
Venus and AdonisVen.398 Teaching the sheets a whiter hue than white, Teaching the sheets a whiter hew then white,
Venus and AdonisVen.747 Both favour, savour, hue and qualities, Both fauor, sauour, hew, and qualities,

Glossary

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casttinge, shade, hue
damaskedhaving the hue of the damask rose, adorned with colours
hueappearance, complexion
hue and crygeneral pursuit [of a felon]
sickpale, wan, of a sickly hue
sicklycover with a sickly hue, make pallid
tinctcolour, hue, tint

Thesaurus

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huecast
huetinct
hue, cover with a sicklysickly
hue, of a sicklysick
sickly hue, cover with asickly
sickly hue, of asick

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
HUEBASIChue n
HUECOLOURpurple-hued adj

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