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Search phrase: melody

Plays

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Henry IV Part 22H4 III.i.14And lulled with sound of sweetest melody?And lull'd with sounds of sweetest Melodie?
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND I.i.189My tongue should catch your tongue's sweet melody.My tongue should catch your tongues sweet melodie,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.ii.13Philomel with melodyPhilomele with melodie,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.ii.24Philomel with melodyPhilomele with melody, &c.
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.12The birds chant melody on every bush,The Birds chaunt melody on euery bush,
Titus AndronicusTit III.ii.64That with his pretty buzzing melodyThat with his pretty buzing melody,
Titus AndronicusTit IV.iv.86He can at pleasure stint their melody:He can at pleasure stint their melodie.
Troilus and CressidaTC III.i.67You shall not bob us out of our melody; if you do,You shall not bob vs out of our melody: / If you doe,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1108 Make her moans mad with their sweet melody; Make her mones mad, with their sweet melodie,

Glossary

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airmelody, tune, strain
dumpplaintive melody, mournful song
dumptune, melody
measureaccompaniment, background melody
notemelody, tune, music, song
plainsongsimple straightforward melody

Thesaurus

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melodyair
melodydump
melodynote
melody, backgroundmeasure
melody, plaintivedump
melody, simple straightforward plainsong
plaintive melodydump

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
MELODYBASICmelodious adj, melody n

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