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Search phrase: precedent

Plays

18 result(s). alternate result(s)

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Antony and Cleopatra	AC IV.xiv.83	Or thy precedent services are all	Or thy precedent Seruices are all
Cymbeline	Cym III.i.75	Their liberties are now in arms: a precedent	Their Liberties are now in Armes: a President
Hamlet	Ham III.iv.99	Of your precedent lord, a vice of kings,	Of your precedent Lord. A vice of Kings,
Hamlet	Ham V.ii.243	I have a voice and precedent of peace	I haue a voyce, and president of peace
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 II.iv.32	thee a precedent.	thee a President.
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 II.ii.33	For shame, my liege, make them your precedent!	For shame, my Liege, make them your President:
Henry VIII	H8 I.ii.91	Are to be feared. Have you a precedent	Are to be fear'd. Haue you a President
Henry VIII	H8 II.ii.84	Your grace has given a precedent of wisdom	Your Grace ha's giuen a President of wisedome
King John	KJ V.ii.3	Return the precedent to these lords again,	Returne the president to these Lords againe,
King Lear	KL II.iii.13	The country gives me proof and precedent	The Country giues me proofe, and president
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL I.ii.111	may example my digression by some mighty precedent.	may example my digression by some mighty president.
The Merchant of Venice	MV IV.i.217	'Twill be recorded for a precedent,	'Twill be recorded for a President,
Richard II	R2 II.i.130	May be a precedent and witness good	May be a president, and witnesse good,
Richard III	R3 III.vi.7	The precedent was full as long a-doing;	The Precedent was full as long a doing,
The Tempest	Tem II.i.296	Shall be my precedent. As thou got'st Milan,	Shall be my president: As thou got'st Millaine,
Timon of Athens	Tim I.i.137	Our own precedent passions do instruct us	Our owne precedent passions do instruct vs
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.iii.43	A pattern, precedent, and lively warrant	A patterne, president, and liuely warrant,
The Winter's Tale	WT II.i.84	Lest barbarism, making me the precedent,	Least Barbarisme (making me the precedent)

Poems

3 result(s).

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
A Lover's Complaint	LC.155	‘ But, ah, who ever shunned by precedent	But ah who euer shun'd by precedent,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.1261	The precedent whereof in Lucrece view,	The president whereof in LVCRECE view,
Venus and Adonis	Ven.26	The precedent of pith and livelihood,	The president of pith, and liuelyhood,

Glossary

11 result(s).

account, accompt	expectation, precedent, normal explanation
case	[Q variant, 'judge by case'] case-law, precedent
example	precedent, parallel case
example	act as a precedent for
pattern	be a pattern for, act as a precedent for
pattern	precedent, previous example
pattern	show a model, give a precedent
precedent	former, previous, prior
precedent	worthy example, model to be followed [in mediaeval chivalry]
precedent	example, instance, case
precedent	original text from which a copy is made

Thesaurus

7 result(s).

precedent	account, accompt
precedent	case
precedent	example
precedent	pattern
precedent, act as a	example
precedent, act as a	pattern
precedent, give a	pattern

Themes and Topics

1 result(s).

a- as a particle

... i have spent to write it over the precedent was full as long a-doing for activiti...

Words Families

4 result(s).

Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
PRECEDENT	BASIC	precedent adj, precedent n, precedence n, preceding adj

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