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Search phrase: stuff

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Antony and CleopatraAC V.ii.97It's past the size of dreaming. Nature wants stuffIt's past the size of dreaming: Nature wants stuffe
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.iv.147Come to the Centaur. Fetch our stuff from thence.Come to the Centaur, fetch our stuffe from thence:
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.iv.156Therefore away, to get our stuff aboard.Therefore away, to get our stuffe aboord.
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.409Master, shall I fetch your stuff from shipboard?Mast. shall I fetch your stuffe from shipbord? 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.410Dromio, what stuff of mine hast thou embarked?Dromio, what stuffe of mine hast thou imbarkt 
CoriolanusCor II.i.83so honourable a grave as to stuff a botcher's cushion or toso honourable a graue, as to stuffe a Botchers Cushion, or to
CymbelineCym I.i.23So fair an outward, and such stuff withinSo faire an Outward, and such stuffe Within
CymbelineCym I.vii.125Which rottenness can lend Nature! Such boiled stuffWhich rottennesse can lend Nature. Such boyl'd stuffe
CymbelineCym V.iv.49moulded the stuff so fair,moulded the stuffe so faire:
CymbelineCym V.iv.146'Tis still a dream: or else such stuff as madmen'Tis still a Dreame: or else such stuffe as Madmen
CymbelineCym V.v.255A certain stuff, which being ta'en would ceaseA certaine stuffe, which being tane, would cease
HamletHam II.ii.311My lord, there was no such stuff in myMy Lord, there was no such stuffe in my
HamletHam III.iv.37If it be made of penetrable stuff,If it be made of penetrable stuffe;
HamletHam IV.vii.31That we are made of stuff so flat and dullThat we are made of stuffe, so flat, and dull,
Henry IV Part 11H4 I.ii.130go, I will stuff your purses full of crowns. If you willgo, I will stuffe your Purses full of Crownes: if you will
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.i.148And such a deal of skimble-skamble stuffAnd such a deale of skimble-skamble Stuffe,
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.63Bourdeaux stuff in him. You have not seen a hulk betterBurdeux-Stuffe in him: you haue not seene a Hulke better
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.195Here's goodly stuff toward!Here's good stuffe toward.
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.268What stuff wilt have a kirtle of? I shall receiveWhat Stuffe wilt thou haue a Kirtle of? I shall receiue
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.v.85your doublet, and stuff me out with straw. I beseechyour Doublet, and stuffe me out with Straw. I beseech
Henry VIIIH8 I.i.58There's in him stuff that puts him to these ends;There's in him stuffe, that put's him to these ends:
Henry VIIIH8 III.ii.137You are full of heavenly stuff, and bear the inventoryYou are full of Heauenly stuffe, and beare the Inuentory
Julius CaesarJC III.ii.93Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:Ambition should be made of sterner stuffe,
King Edward IIIE3 III.ii.2And wherefore are ye laden thus with stuff?And wherefore are ye laden thus with stuffe:
King JohnKJ IV.ii.133To your proceedings? Do not seek to stuffTo your proceedings? Do not seeke to stuffe
King LearKL III.v.20stuff his suspicion more fully. (Aloud) I will persever instuffe his suspition more fully. I will perseuer in
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.iii.274I never knew man hold vile stuff so dear.I neuer knew man hold vile stuffe so deere.
MacbethMac III.iv.59.2O proper stuff!O proper stuffe:
MacbethMac V.iii.44Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuffCleanse the stufft bosome, of that perillous stuffe
Measure for MeasureMM III.ii.4O heavens, what stuff is here?Oh heauens, what stuffe is heere.
The Merchant of VeniceMV I.i.4What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born,What stuffe 'tis made of, whereof it is borne,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.207This is the silliest stuff that ever I heard.This is the silliest stuffe that ere I heard.
Much Ado About NothingMA III.i.50Of prouder stuff than that of Beatrice.Of prowder stuffe then that of Beatrice:
OthelloOth I.ii.2Yet do I hold it very stuff o'th' conscienceYet do I hold it very stuffe o'th'conscience
PericlesPer IV.ii.17What else, man? The stuff we have, a strong windWhat else man? the stuffe we haue, a strong winde
Richard IIR2 I.i.44With a foul traitor's name stuff I thy throat,With a foule Traitors name stuffe I thy throte,
The Taming of the ShrewTS induction.2.137No, my good lord, it is more pleasing stuff.No my good Lord, it is more pleasing stuffe.
The Taming of the ShrewTS induction.2.138What, household stuff?What, houshold stuffe.
The Taming of the ShrewTS III.ii.230My household stuff, my field, my barn,My houshold-stuffe, my field, my barne,
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.iii.87O mercy, God! What masquing stuff is here?Oh mercie God, what masking stuffe is heere?
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.iii.117I gave him no order, I gave him the stuff.I gaue him no order, I gaue him the stuffe.
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.iv.96afternoon as she went to the garden for parsley to stuff aafternoone as shee went to the Garden for Parseley to stuffe a
The TempestTem II.i.258.2What stuff is this?What stuffe is this?
The TempestTem IV.i.156Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuffLeaue not a racke behinde: we are such stuffe
The TempestTem IV.i.234Make us strange stuff.Make vs strange stuffe.
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.273Must be thy subject; who in spite put stuffMust be thy subiect; who in spight put stuffe
Timon of AthensTim V.i.82Why, thy verse swells with stuff so fine and smoothWhy thy Verse swels with stuffe so fine and smooth,
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.161Would seem hyperboles. At this fusty stuffWould seemes Hyperboles. At this fusty stuffe,
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.184As stuff for these two to make paradoxes.As stuffe for these two, to make paradoxes.
Twelfth NightTN II.iii.50Youth's a stuff will not endure.Youths a stuffe will not endure.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.i.46The circuit of my breast any gross stuffThe circuit of my breast, any grosse stuffe
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.ii.66What stuff she utters!What stuffe she utters?

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.297 Stuff up his lust, as minutes fill up hours; Stuffe vp his lust: as minutes fill vp howres.

Glossary

 19 result(s).
bona-robahigh-class prostitute, good quality bit of stuff
cram upforce into a small space, stuff in
farcestuff, cram
forcestuff, cram [see farce]
gearstuff, substance
linecram, stuff, fill
luggagestuff, trappings, goods
matterstuff, soul, substance
stopfill, cram, stuff
stuffrubbish, nonsense
stuffmatter, notion, idea
stuffbaggage, belongings, luggage
stuffpeople, rabble
stuffsubstance, composition, quality, essence
stuffequipment, stores, supplies
stuffmaterial, cloth
stuff[in phrases]
stuffstock-in-trade, merchandise
trashrubbish, stuff, paraphernalia

Thesaurus

 8 result(s).
stufftrash
stuffmatter
stuffstop
stuffgear
stuffline
stuffluggage
stufffarce
stuff incram up

Themes and Topics

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Functional shift... brain* cym v iv 147 such stuff as madmen / tongue and brain not * i...
... tongue* cym v iv 147 such stuff as madmen / tongue *in sense of ‘utte...
Hence, thence, and whence...hence from ce iv iv 147 fetch our stuff from thence   whence from ...

Words Families

 6 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
STUFFBASICstuff n, stuff v, stuffed adj, stuffing n
STUFFNOTunstuffed adj
UNSTUFFEDBASICsee STUFF

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