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Search phrase: swine

Plays

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King JohnKJ V.ii.142To hug with swine, to seek sweet safety outTo hug with swine, to seeke sweet safety out
King LearKL IV.vii.39To hovel thee with swine and rogues forlornTo houell thee with Swine and Rogues forlorne,
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.ii.88enough for a swine. 'Tis pretty; it is well.enough for a Swine: 'tis prettie, it is well.
MacbethMac I.iii.2Killing swine.Killing Swine.
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.ii.101'Tis old but true: 'Still swine eats all the draff.''Tis old, but true, Still Swine eats all the draugh.
Richard IIIR3 V.ii.10In your embowelled bosoms – this foul swineIn your embowel'd bosomes: This foule Swine
The Taming of the ShrewTS induction.1.32O monstrous beast, how like a swine he lies!Oh monstrous beast, how like a swine he lyes.
Timon of AthensTim V.i.47Than where swine feed!then where Swine feede?
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.i.103Our pointed javelins, whilst the angry swineOur pointed Iavelyns, whilst the angry Swine
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.vi.12That I lay fatting like a swine to fight,That I lay fatting like a Swine, to fight

Poems

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Venus and AdonisVen.616 With javelin's point a churlish swine to gore, With iauelings point a churlish swine to goare,
Venus and AdonisVen.1115 And nuzzling in his flank, the loving swine And nousling in his flanke the louing swine,

Glossary

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Circe[pron: 'ser'see] enchantress who detained Odysseus and his followers on the isle of Aeaea, transforming his’ men into swine with a magic drink
swinewild boar
swine-drunkdrunk as a pig, excessively drunk

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Themes and Topics

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Functional shift... wast thou fain / to hovel thee with swine   label* tn i v 235 ev...
Classical mythology...a transforming odysseus&rsquo men into swine with a magic drink collatine ...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SWINEBASICswine n, swinish adj
SWINEPEOPLEswine-herd n
SWINESTATEswine-drunk adj, swine-keeping n

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