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Search phrase: hunt

Plays

 33 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
As You Like ItAYL IV.iii.19Her love is not the hare that I do hunt!Her loue is not the Hare that I doe hunt,
CoriolanusCor I.i.234.1That I am proud to hunt.That I am proud to hunt.
CoriolanusCor III.i.273Do not cry havoc, where you should but huntDo not cry hauocke, where you shold but hunt
CymbelineCym III.vii.62Boys, we'll go dress our hunt. Fair youth, come in;Boyes wee'l go dresse our Hunt. Faire youth come in;
CymbelineCym IV.ii.138Cave here, hunt here, are outlaws, and in timeCaue heere, hunt heere, are Out-lawes, and in time
CymbelineCym IV.ii.148To hunt this day: the boy Fidele's sicknessTo hunt this day: The Boy Fideles sickenesse
CymbelineCym IV.ii.162We'll hunt no more today, nor seek for dangerWee'l hunt no more to day, nor seeke for danger
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.ii.89hanged. You hunt counter. Hence! Avaunt!hang'd: you Hunt-counter, hence: Auant.
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.iv.14I think he's gone to hunt, my lord, at Windsor.I thinke hee's gone to hunt (my Lord) at Windsor.
Henry VI Part 22H6 V.ii.15For I myself must hunt this deer to death.For I my selfe must hunt this Deere to death.
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.iv.13For I myself will hunt this wolf to death.For I my selfe will hunt this Wolfe to death.
King Edward IIIE3 IV.iv.137We do pursue and hunt the time to die.We do pursue and hunt the time to die,
King Edward IIIE3 IV.iv.141If then we hunt for death, why do we fear it?If then we hunt for death, why do we feare it?
King LearKL II.iii.3Escaped the hunt. No port is free, no placeEscap'd the hunt. No Port is free, no place
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.i.1Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives,LEt Fame, that all hunt after in their liues,
Love's Labour's LostLLL III.i.160The Princess comes to hunt here in the park,The Princesse comes to hunt here in the Parke,
OthelloOth III.iv.62Should hold her loathed, and his spirits should huntShould hold her loathed, and his Spirits should hunt
Richard IIIR3 III.iv.97Which we more hunt for than the grace of God!Which we more hunt for, then the grace of God!
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.48A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death.A Hell-hound that doth hunt vs all to death:
The Taming of the ShrewTS induction.1.27Tomorrow I intend to hunt again.To morrow I intend to hunt againe.
The Taming of the ShrewTS induction.2.43Above the morning lark. Or wilt thou hunt?Aboue the morning Larke. Or wilt thou hunt,
Timon of AthensTim I.ii.187tomorrow to hunt with him, and has sent your honourto morrow, to hunt with him, and ha's sent your Honour
Timon of AthensTim I.ii.189I'll hunt with him; and let them be received,Ile hunt with him, / And let them be receiu'd,
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.496To hunt the panther and the hart with me,To hunt the Panther and the Hart with me,
Titus AndronicusTit II.ii.1The hunt is up, the morn is bright and grey,The hunt is vp, the morne is bright and gray,
Titus AndronicusTit II.ii.25Chiron, we hunt not, we, with horse nor hound,Chiron we hunt not we, with Horse nor Hound
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.19As if a double hunt were heard at once,Asif a double hunt were heard at once,
Titus AndronicusTit IV.i.54See, see. Ay, such a place there is where we did hunt – See, see, I such a place there is where we did hunt,
Titus AndronicusTit IV.i.95But if you hunt these bear-whelps, then beware:But if you hunt these Beare-whelpes, then beware
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.i.20And thou shalt hunt a lion that will flyAnd thou shalt hunt a Lyon that will flye
Troilus and CressidaTC V.vi.31Why then, fly on; I'll hunt thee for thy hide.Why then flye on, Ile hunt thee for thy hide.
Twelfth NightTN I.i.16Will you go hunt, my lord?Will you go hunt my Lord?
The Winter's TaleWT III.iii.63brains of nineteen and two-and-twenty hunt thisbraines of nineteene, and two and twenty hunt this

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.267 ‘ Why hunt I then for colour or excuses? Why hunt I then for colour or excuses?
Venus and AdonisVen.588 To hunt the boar with certain of his friends. To hunt the boare with certaine of his frends.
Venus and AdonisVen.614 But that thou toldst me thou wouldst hunt the boar. But that thou toldst me, thou woldst hunt the boare,
Venus and AdonisVen.673 ‘ But if thou needs wilt hunt, be ruled by me; But if thou needs wilt hunt, be rul'd by me,

Glossary

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Calydonregion of ancient Aetolia, Greece, where the hunt for the Calydonian boar took place
chasepursuit, sequence, hunt
coursechase, hunt, pursue
coursehunt hares [or other game] with hounds by sight
ferretworry [like a ferret], hunt after
flesh[give a piece of the kill to a hound to stimulate its desire to hunt further] reward, stimulate, excite
flyhawk, hunt with hawks
hawkhunt with hawks
huntgame, quarry that has been killed
mouse-huntmouse-hunter; prowler, pursuer of women
spoil[hunting] piece of the kill [given to a hound to stimulate its desire to hunt further]

Thesaurus

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hares, huntcourse
hawks, hunt withfly
hawks, hunt withhawk
huntcourse
huntchase
hunt afterferret
hunt game with hounds by sightcourse
hunt with hawkshawk
hunt with hawksfly

Themes and Topics

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Functional shift...rd at court that such as we / cave here hunt here * in intransitive use c...
World [outside Britain], places and peoples...of ancient aetolia wc greece where the hunt for the calydonian boar took place melea...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
HUNTBASIChunt n, hunt v, hunted adj, hunting n
HUNTACTIONbloody-hunting adj
HUNTMUSIChunt's-up n
HUNTPEOPLEhunter n, huntress n, huntsman n, mouse-hunt n

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