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Search phrase: starved

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Henry IV Part 11H4 II.i.28are quite starved. What, Ostler! A plague on thee, hastare quite starued. What Ostler? A plague on thee, hast
Henry IV Part 22H4 III.ii.293old men are to this vice of lying! This same starvedold men are to this vice of Lying? This same staru'd
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.iv.27Ay, come, you starved bloodhound.Yes, come you staru'd Blood-hound.
Henry VH5 IV.ii.14Do but behold yon poor and starved band,Doe but behold yond poore and starued Band,
Henry VI Part 22H6 I.i.133She should have stayed in France, and starved in France,She should haue staid in France, and steru'd in France
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.343I fear me you but warm the starved snake,I feare me, you but warme the starued Snake,
King LearKL V.iii.25Ere they shall make us weep. We'll see 'em starved first.Ere they shall make vs weepe? / Weele seee'm staru'd first:
The Merchant of VeniceMV IV.i.138Are wolvish, bloody, starved, and ravenous.Are Woluish, bloody, steru'd, and rauenous.
The Merchant of VeniceMV V.i.295.1Of starved people.Of starued people.
PericlesPer I.iv.38They are now starved for want of exercise.They are now staru'de for want of exercise,
PericlesPer I.iv.96And give them life whom hunger starved half dead.And giue them life, whom hunger-staru'd halfe dead.
Romeo and JulietRJ I.i.219For beauty, starved with her severity,For beauty steru'd with her seuerity,
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.iii.9Am starved for meat, giddy for lack of sleep,Am staru'd for meate, giddie for lacke of sleepe:
Titus AndronicusTit III.i.250As frozen water to a starved snake.As frozen water to a starued snake.
Troilus and CressidaTC I.i.95It is too starved a subject for my sword.It is too staru'd a subiect for my Sword,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG IV.iv.151The air hath starved the roses in her cheeksThe ayre hath staru'd the roses in her cheekes,

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SonnetsSonn.75.10 And by and by clean starved for a look, And by and by cleane starued for a looke,

Glossary

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Dives[pron: 'deevez] in the Bible, a rich man who feasted while the beggar Lazarus starved at his gate
hungry-starveddying with hunger, famished
starvedfrozen-stiff, near-perished with cold
starvedmeagre, insubstantial, wanting
starvedscrawny, lean, emaciated
starvelingstarved individual, emaciated being

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starved individualstarveling

Themes and Topics

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Religious personalities and beings...man who feasted while the beggar lazarus starved at his gate eve lll v ii 322...

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