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Search phrase: mud

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Antony and CleopatraAC II.vii.26Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mudYour Serpent of Egypt, is bred now of your mud
Antony and CleopatraAC V.ii.58Be gentle grave unto me! Rather on Nilus' mudBe gentle graue vnto me, rather on Nylus mudde
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.101The purest spring is not so free from mudThe purest Spring is not so free from mudde,
Henry VIIIH8 II.iii.92For all the mud in Egypt. Have you heard it?For all the mud in Egypt; haue you heard it?
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.i.98The nine men's morris is filled up with mud,The nine mens Morris is fild vp with mud,
Titus AndronicusTit V.ii.169Here stands the spring whom you have stained with mud,Here stands the spring whom you haue stain'd with mud,

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
A Lover's ComplaintLC.46 Bidding them find their sepulchres in mud, Bidding them find their Sepulchers in mud,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.577 Mud not the fountain that gave drink to thee; Mudde not the fountaine that gaue drinke to thee,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.850 Or toads infect fair founts with venom mud? Or Todes infect faire founts with venome mud?
SonnetsSonn.35.2 Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud; Roses haue thornes, and siluer fountaines mud,

Glossary

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clayearth, ground, mud
mudbury in mud
mudmuddy, make foul
muddiedcovered in mud, made filthy
muddymade of clay, resembling mud
slimerich earth, mud, soil

Thesaurus

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bury in mudmud
mudclay
mudslime
mud, bury inmud
mud, covered inmuddied
mud, resemblingmuddy

Themes and Topics

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Functional shift
French...r (n m ) h5 iii vii 62   mire mud brave (adj ) h5 iv iv 56 ...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
MUDBASICmud n, muddy adj, muddy v
MUDMINDmuddy-mettled adj

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