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Search phrase: pleading

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.v.180Pleading so wisely in excuse of it!Pleading so wisely, in excuse of it.
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.vii.99I'll bridle it. He shall die, an it be but for pleading soIle bridle it: he shall dye, and it bee but for pleading so
King JohnKJ IV.i.98Must needs want pleading for a pair of eyes.Must needes want pleading for a paire of eyes:
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.113Pleading for a lover's fee.Pleading for a Louers fee.
Romeo and JulietRJ III.i.192I will be deaf to pleading and excuses.It will be deafe to pleading and excuses,
Titus AndronicusTit III.i.1.4before, pleadingbefore pleading.
Titus AndronicusTit V.iii.129And from the place where you behold us pleadingAnd from the place where you behold vs now,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1401 There pleading might you see grave Nestor stand, There pleading might you see graue NESTOR stand,
Venus and AdonisVen.217 This said, impatience chokes her pleading tongue, This said, impatience chokes her pleading tongue,
Venus and AdonisVen.328 That lovesick love by pleading may be blest; That louesicke loue, by pleading may be blest:
Venus and AdonisVen.609 Her pleading hath deserved a greater fee; Her pleading hath deseru'd a greater fee,

Glossary

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advocationadvocacy, pleading, entreating
importunedbeseeching, pleading, imploring

Thesaurus

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pleadingadvocation
pleadingimportuned

Themes and Topics

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Politeness

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