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Search phrase: yellow

Plays

 30 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CymbelineCym II.iv.166This yellow Iachimo, in an hour, was't not?This yellow Iachimo in an houre, was't not?
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.ii.183hand, a yellow cheek, a white beard, a decreasing leg,hand? a yellow cheeke? a white beard? a decreasing leg?
Henry VIIIH8 prologue.16In a long motley coat guarded with yellow,In a long Motley Coate, garded with Yellow,
King Edward IIIE3 II.i.117The yellow amber. – ‘ Like a flattering glass ’The yelow Amber like a flattering glas,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.884And lady-smocks all silver-whiteAnd Cuckow-buds of yellow hew:
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.885And cuckoo-buds of yellow hueAnd Ladie-smockes all siluer white,
MacbethMac V.iii.23Is fallen into the sere, the yellow leaf;Is falne into the Seare, the yellow Leafe,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW I.iv.22little yellow beard – a Cain-coloured beard.little yellow Beard: a Caine colourd Beard.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND I.ii.89yellow.yellow.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.i.126And sat with me on Neptune's yellow sandsAnd sat with me on Neptunes yellow sands,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.393Turns into yellow gold his salt green streams.Turnes into yellow gold, his salt greene streames.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.324These yellow cowslip cheeksThese yellow Cowslip cheekes
Romeo and JulietRJ IV.i.83With reeky shanks and yellow chapless skulls.With reckie shankes and yellow chappels sculls:
The TempestTem I.ii.375Come unto these yellow sands,Come vnto these yellow sands,
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.26Gold? Yellow, glittering, precious gold?Gold? Yellow, glittering, precious Gold?
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.34This yellow slaveThis yellow Slaue,
Twelfth NightTN II.iv.112And with a green and yellow melancholy,And with a greene and yellow melancholly,
Twelfth NightTN II.v.148Remember who commended thy yellow stockings and wishedRemember who commended thy yellow stockings, and wish'd
Twelfth NightTN II.v.160my yellow stockings of late, she did praise my leg beingmy yellow stockings of late, shee did praise my legge being
Twelfth NightTN II.v.164will be strange, stout, in yellow stockings and cross-gartered,will bee strange, stout, in yellow stockings, and crosse Garter'd,
Twelfth NightTN II.v.192yellow stockings, and 'tis a colour she abhors; and cross-gartered,yellow stockings, and 'tis a colour she abhorres, and crosse garter'd,
Twelfth NightTN III.ii.68such impossible passages of grossness. He's in yellowsuch impossible passages of grossenesse. Hee's in yellow
Twelfth NightTN III.iv.25Not black in my mind, though yellow in myNot blacke in my minde, though yellow in my
Twelfth NightTN III.iv.47‘ Remember who commended thy yellowRemember who commended thy yellow
Twelfth NightTN III.iv.49Thy yellow stockings?Thy yellow stockings?
Twelfth NightTN V.i.336To put on yellow stockings, and to frownTo put on yellow stockings, and to frowne
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG IV.iv.186Her hair is auburn, mine is perfect yellow;Her haire is Aburne, mine is perfect Yellow;
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.iv.20And I'll clip my yellow locks, an inch below mine ee;And ile clip my yellow lockes; an inch below mine eie.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK IV.ii.103He shows no such soft temper. His head's yellow,He shewes no such soft temper, his head's yellow,
The Winter's TaleWT II.iii.106No yellow in't, lest she suspect, as he does,No Yellow in't, least she suspect, as he do's,

Poems

 2 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
SonnetsSonn.73.2 When yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang When yellow leaues, or none, or few doe hange
SonnetsSonn.104.5 Three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turned Three beautious springs to yellow Autumne turn'd,

Glossary

 9 result(s).
auburnyellow-brown, light brown
broom-grovegrove of broom [a yellow-flowered shrub]
Cain-colouredreddish-yellow
cane-colouredreddish-yellow
freestonegreyish-yellow, browny-yellow [as of limestone or sandstone]
French-crown-colourlight yellow coloured [as the French crown coin]
yellowsallow, pasty-faced; or: jealous
yellow[colour of] jealousy
yellow(plural) jaundice [as found in horses]

Thesaurus

 10 result(s).
brown, yellowtawny
brown, yelloworange-tawny
browny-yellow [as of limestone or sandstone]freestone
greyish-yellow [as of limestone or sandstone]freestone
reddish-yellowCain-coloured
shrub, yellow-floweredbroom-grove
yellow coloured, lightFrench-crown-colour
yellow-brownorange-tawny
yellow-brownauburn
yellow-browntawny

Themes and Topics

 3 result(s).
Humours...ized blood phlegm choler (also called yellow bile) and melancholy (also called black...
Plants... lll v ii 885 unclear meaning ‘of yellow hue’ possibly the buttercup or an inve...
Gods and goddesses...ath she sat with me on neptune' s yellow sands roman water-god chiefly associ...

Words Families

 5 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
YELLOWBASICyellow adj, yellow n, yellow v, yellowing adj, yellowness n

Snippets

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the yellow stockings speech
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